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Posted by rapterble on March 12, 2003 at 13:37:09:

In Reply to: Re: beak & nail trimming posted by PHBudgie on March 12, 2003 at 13:31:35:

Thank you Budgie...we do have all kinds of wood in her cage for chewing. Also, different kinds and shapes perches for her. She has a swing in her cage that she loves to get on and it has the rough (sandy) type texture. I guess maybe I just need to take her more often than I do. But at about $40 a shot, it gets quite expensive.

::I have a four year old umbrella. I take her to the vets a couple times per year to get her beak & nails trimmed. I can do her flight feathers here at home, but she doesn't like me doing the beak & nails. Right now she is grown out enough that my eight year old daughter can hardly stand to handle her because her nails hurt her so much. It's a shame because they're normally such a sweet twosome and inseparable. My question is...is there a certain time of the year that the beak & nails grow out quicker. If I take her right now just before spring time would I be wasting my money because she would grow out right after we got her trimmed? Should we wait until spring sets in? I seem to have remembered hearing something about that, but not sure. Just trying to be a "thrifty" but responsible pet owner :) Is that possible? haha Thanks for your replies.

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:I've not heard of any particular time of year that nails and beaks grow faster. Both their nails and beaks are just like our finger and toe nails, and will grow year 'round.

:Try using various woods (thickness and hardness) for perches as well as a "sandy" perch. The different types of perches are goon not only for foot exercise but for keeping nails and beaks trimmed.

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