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Claws / Nails Question
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:20 am
by sheyd
What is the easiest way to tell if your IRN's nails are too long?
Cheers.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:56 am
by inept
It's uncomfortable to have the bird stand on you? It gets stuck on fabrics when it climbs around?
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:30 am
by sheyd
No and no, but he's always chewing at them.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:39 pm
by Dolphinheart
ok and how do you shorten them
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:05 am
by sheyd
I think some people use nail clippers..I never would though- I would add more natural barky branches and calcium perches.
I'll take a picture of them--tell me if they're too long?
Okay, here they are:
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:07 pm
by inept
Oh he's such a little sweety!
They're definitely getting up there, I'd say. I usually towel my guy and take a couple mm off the ends with a nail clipper, being careful to avoid the quick. Two people make quick work of it and a treat afterwards makes him forget all about it.
Mine usually starts to chew on his nails and shortly thereafter he starts to get stuck on me and on other fabrics. Grooming perches and stuff just don't seem to do much.