Conure's beak is too sharp.

Question

I've have a geen cheeck Conure for the past couple of months. He nips a lot and it hurts but lately his beak's gotten so sharp it actually pierces through the skin and hurts like heck when he bites. What can I do? Is there a way to trim it?

Answer 1

try getting ur bird a cuttlefish bone or a mineral block for it to chew on,

this will file ur birds beak.:D  

Answer 2

Never trim a beak by yourself, its to risky, leave that to your vet.  What your concern should be is getting him to stop biting, Then you wont have to worry about it. By the way, the way you explained that I'd say you got a baby, there beaks get sharper when they hit adult hood.

I also have a green cheeked conure and had the same problem. Birds are not stupid. Thet are VERY smart actually specialy conures. Sternly tell him no when he bited like you would a dog. Also don't pull back when he bites you...I know its hard but thats what he wants you to do. Don't give him the satisfaction. Also you can try fermly tapping his head with your finger, carefull birds are fragile, not to hurt him but to startle him. You can firmly tap him when he is biting you. He needs to learn that he's not supposed to bite you. He also needs to learn that if he does bite you there is no effect on you, or he wont stop.

I know it works because my bird wouldn't dare bite me now, she will go to do so but she thinks twice

Keep in mind he only does not bite the people who do this to her. She will bite other people. Conures are the type of parrot that get atttached to one person. Its rare if they get attached to multiple people. My bird gets a new favorite every week, this is odd behavior but she does only like one person at a time..keep in mind thats not normal though.

I hope this helps

Answer 3

Find a local Certified AVIAN Vet who can file the beak for you. As mentioned previously, NEVER attempt to file/trim the beak yourself. The beak's made up of many keratin layers that continually grow, which causes that point, but underneath that is a sensetive honey-comb like structure with many nerve endings. You need to know the anatomy of a bird's beak well to know where you can and can not file, or else you could hit that honeycomb structure, which would be very dangerous & painful for your new bird!

Also, do you have enough wooden/destructible toys for him?  Parrots typically chew so much that they file their own beaks naturally, thus rarely needing their beaks trimmed. You can find great destructible toys for him at:

http://www.parrotworldusa.com/destroytoy...

You can go to:

http://www.aav.org/vet-lookup/

to find a local AVIAN Vet.  Make sure that the vet is what is called a Certified Avian Vet.  All/Most vets will SEE birds, but only a Certified Avian Vet knows enough about birds to properly be their doctor, diagnose problems & conditions as well as knowing their anatomy well enough to safetly work on them.

Expect to pay around $40 for this beak-filing. (They will often charge a "room fee" and then an additional several dollars for the actual beak filing)