Wood Chewing Then Rubbing Beak On Rough Edges

[LauraC]

HELP!

Fuji is eating his wooden perches and wooden playpen and then rubbing his beak on the rough edges of the wood. I am scared he will injure himself (either his beak, face, or worse his eyes). He has plenty of toys so i don’t think it is boredom.

Any suggestions how to break this new behavior? I bought sandpaper to try and sand down the rough edges but at the rate he is going his perches and playpen are going to be toothpick thin.

 

[LordTriggs]

sounds very normal to me. Birds will chew perches and rub their beaks on them for fun, to clean their beaks of food and to keep their beaks trim. If a perch is particularly chewed and rough then just get a new perch