Should I trim my birds beak?

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Amy Pike · Answer

Should you trim your birds beak? The answer is a little bit more complicated than just. Yes. Or no. For the most part for a normal average bird. The answer is no, but if your bird has what's called a malocclusion, where their beak doesn't know, lay in the normal fashion, you can see Pappy's beak there. How the top overrides that bottom, then they may need some trimming help. So Pavlov has a cuttlebone in his cage that that allows him to go and kind of scratch his beak on it and we're down the really sharp points on his beak and that he just keeps it naturally the normal length as he should. But if your bird has trouble eating or like I said, has a malocclusion. You definitely want to talk to your vet about perhaps trimming that beak and how you should trim. It is going to depend on what's going on. So definitely ask your vet for more information

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"Should I trim my birds beak?"