First nail trimming

[Charlie Parker]

Well I decided that Charlie Parker needed his little toe nails trimmed the other day. I tried to sand them down with an emery board last month but of course all Charlie wanted to do was chew on the darn thing so luckily I had a couple of them and let him chew on the first one, which turned into the next and next lol. I was rotating them to try and keep him busy. I did get a few done but not enough. I decided to go an buy some bird nail clippers, used them and I don't think i'll do that again. I accidentally cut one of his front nails to short and it started to bleed everywhere, Yep, I panicked all right. I had some stop blood liquid junk that didn't do a thing. I tried to apply pressure but no luck with that either. A quick call to an emergency vet said to make him stand in flour to stop the bleeding and it worked immediately, close call! I know I wasn't suppose to panic but I couldn't help it because I was under a lot of stress from being burglarized not 3 hours prior to trimming his nails and other people saying to me stop the bleeding, stop the bleeding. boy did I feel guilty about hurting my lil boy, I didn't even care about the house being broke into at that point. The only reason I tried to trim his nails was because when he stood on a flat surface his toe pad wasn't touching the surface, his nail was pushing up his pad and even made the toes kinda bend sideways. I read that the nail should not push up on his toe at all. At least now I know flour stops toe nail bleeding and that I need to have some on hand so I don't have to run next door in a frenzy asking for flour. I think Charlie forgave me within a day, so forgiving he is.

[Acappella]

I've done that once, cut the quick of Dorians nail. Now I take him to a groomer to have his nails done. It means over the winter his nails get really sharp because it's too cold to take him outside, but I'll take some scratches on my hand. I won't try to do his nails again. I'm glad Charlie forgave you pretty quickly. Now you have to forgive yourself!

[SRSeedBurners]

All the reason why I use a dremel for beaks and toes!

[Dave007]

Well I decided that Charlie Parker needed his little toe nails trimmed the other day. I tried to sand them down with an emery board last month but of course all Charlie wanted to do was chew on the darn thing so luckily I had a couple of them and let him chew on the first one, which turned into the next and next lol. I was rotating them to try and keep him busy. I did get a few done but not enough. I decided to go an buy some bird nail clippers, used them and I don't think i'll do that again. I accidentally cut one of his front nails to short and it started to bleed everywhere, Yep, I panicked all right. I had some stop blood liquid junk that didn't do a thing. I tried to apply pressure but no luck with that either. A quick call to an emergency vet said to make him stand in flour to stop the bleeding and it worked immediately, close call! I know I wasn't suppose to panic but I couldn't help it because I was under a lot of stress from being burglarized not 3 hours prior to trimming his nails and other people saying to me stop the bleeding, stop the bleeding. boy did I feel guilty about hurting my lil boy, I didn't even care about the house being broke into at that point. The only reason I tried to trim his nails was because when he stood on a flat surface his toe pad wasn't touching the surface, his nail was pushing up his pad and even made the toes kinda bend sideways. I read that the nail should not push up on his toe at all. At least now I know flour stops toe nail bleeding and that I need to have some on hand so I don't have to run next door in a frenzy asking for flour. I think Charlie forgave me within a day, so forgiving he is.

 

 

Your bird is approx. 5 mts old. At that age, the nails are still soft and a bit pointy. This especially applies to baby birds who've been clipped. A bird needs to be able to grab things and sink or press the claws in to develop strength and balance. Putting a 8 to 10 inch concrete perch in the cage which will keep the claws slightly blunted. Later on, as Sterling has suggested, a dremel tool should be used because hitting the quik is greatly diminished. Using these types of methods helps to keep the claws blunted as the bird ages.It's an great method to use for a person who has little experience when using clippers. As time goes on, the claws don't need to have the claws clipped very often. In the wild, greys use those sharp claws to grab onto different sized branches.