flakey beak and wont go in his cage!
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flakey beak and wont go in his cage!
please help,
my little friend Jerry is only 6 months old now and he's beautiful. but I am a bit worried about him. instead of having a smooth looking red beak, he has a red beak but there are 2 whitish flakes and now he has a flake on the hook on his beak. I am worried about this, is it a diet thing? we feed him heaps of fresh fruit and veg and seeds. he has calcium blocks to eat and stuff. should i be worried?
Also, he has a problem going in his cage. whenever we are home, he is out of the cage, but when we go out he is supposed to go in his cage. but the thing is he seems to know that we ae going out, and so wont go near us when we try to catch him to put him in his cage. he is very tame, but also very smart and knows that he's going to end up in his cage eventually. some times it can take half an hour to catch him! how can we train him to go in his cage?
my little friend Jerry is only 6 months old now and he's beautiful. but I am a bit worried about him. instead of having a smooth looking red beak, he has a red beak but there are 2 whitish flakes and now he has a flake on the hook on his beak. I am worried about this, is it a diet thing? we feed him heaps of fresh fruit and veg and seeds. he has calcium blocks to eat and stuff. should i be worried?
Also, he has a problem going in his cage. whenever we are home, he is out of the cage, but when we go out he is supposed to go in his cage. but the thing is he seems to know that we ae going out, and so wont go near us when we try to catch him to put him in his cage. he is very tame, but also very smart and knows that he's going to end up in his cage eventually. some times it can take half an hour to catch him! how can we train him to go in his cage?
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Tray choosing a word like go home and when you put him back in the cage give him a treat. Eventually he will realize that when he goes home he is going to get a treat.
As for the beak I would take him to the vets.
As for the beak I would take him to the vets.
Mom too, Two Jack Russell Terriers, Rocky & Jack, Six Chinnies, Three Fish Tanks, One Ringneck, Chiquita & One Conure, Boomer.


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