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I have a pair of CB finches.............ive been noticing that their beaks are longer and uneven........they do have a cuttlebone, but should i try to trim their beaks or just leave them alone? Im sort of scared to trim their beaks, ive never done it.............any advice?? thanks

I have done it, but you have to be careful. I use cuticle nippers and a magnifying glass that hangs around my neck, so I have a good view of what I am doing. I take off only a tiny bit at a time, working towards the top and lower beak matching up. Most of the time, the birds don't react while I'm doing this, so I'm assuming it doesn't hurt. If it was an extreme case of crossed beaks, I would have a vet do it.

I have a concrete mini pedi-perch made by Living World by each water tube, so the birds land on it when they drink. It helps with both nails and beaks, as they often wipe their beaks after taking a drink.

thanks Sally............ill keep an eye on the cb ............the beaks arent really bad yet.......Ill keep .u posted........

I finally put a terra cotta plant saucer in with my Cordon Blues and it has worked well to put their food into. That has kept their beak length down pretty well, as they peck at it to pick food off of the bottom. I had to trim them in the past, and this is so much easier.

anne22 wrote: I finally put a terra cotta plant saucer in with my Cordon Blues and it has worked well to put their food into. That has kept their beak length down pretty well, as they peck at it to pick food off of the bottom. I had to trim them in the past, and this is so much easier.

should keep those nails trimmed too.

update, i just got finished catching my cb male. he got out of his cage.............it took me hours!!! thus the name Houdini!!

Angeldov222 wrote: update, i just got finished catching my cb male. he got out of his cage.............it took me hours!!! thus the name Houdini!!

glad to hear you caught him sandy! one of my zebras got out the other day and i searched and searched but i couldn't find him anywhere. later on in the day, i found him sitting in the upstairs bathtub, singing!

oh geeze Amy............but at least u found him cute