aw64 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Well guys all went well, clean bill of health!! Until today I did not know how much noise these darlings could make, needless to say he was not keen on the vet! Didn't go ahead with having him/her sexed though had good chat to the vet and we decided it was not worth the extra stress as at the end of the day does it really matter he is my lovely moody Alfie moon. Only bit of advice he did give was not to use the rough perches which I do as I throught it was good for nails, alfie does have other perches as well so what do you good people think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsmomto1 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Storm was dna'd before I got him, but even if he hadn't been I would have done it anyway. It can help to rule out some things like egg binding bc I know he is a male. But honestly even without the test I would have known he was a male, his head is so friggen flat, I am certain you could easily rest a small plate on it lol. When talking about rough perches, what do they mean? Storm has several different ones, Rope, wooden, calcium, branch and one that is tapered and made of something like cement but its to light to be so, it does have a rough surface, is this the one? Why not to use rough surface? out of all the ones offered he much prefers the rope ones and I don't even think I have seen him use any of the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aw64 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 yes he ment cement type he said they can cause sore feet, we have different ones but he said he has seen birds with sore feet due to these sort, there are a few different kinds Alfie has 3 one is almost like a sand covered one which is very rough, so I dont no really hope others will add their input on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Sometimes, cement or sand paper perches can cause talon sores. That happens rarely and most the time with perfectly round perches that apply pressure to the same spot constantly. If you have the varying shape cement perches, those are fine. It is good to have at least one cement perch to keep the needle points knocked off. I only have one cement perch in his cage. All the rest are wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aw64 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 arrrrrh thanks danmcq, yes mine are all different shapes and sizes and different sorts and have a wooden branch type one and a apple tree branch which get swapped around and moved about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The only one I would recommend removing, is the one with a sand paper type cover. The rest are all fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I have a couple of those cement perches in Josey's cage and both are the irregular shape as those exercise the feet better than the perfectly round type, they help to keep her talons from being so sharp. Congrats on Alfie getting the clean bill of health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aw64 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Sand one is now removed, thank you, I did ask about beak clipping.................just joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Same here, my vet said concrete type was OK but not to use sandpaper type. Glad to here about the successful vet visit! A clean bill of health is a wonderful thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Yay for Alfies good vet check !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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