Corina's Pet Boutique & Grooming

Keeping your birds's wing's properly trimmed is an essential part of owning a bird. Not only does it aid in keeping you, the owner, as the dominant member of the bird-human relationship, it is very important for the safety of your pet. Even birds who never go outside benefit from clipped wings. A fully flighted bird in the house is much more prone to wing, head and leg injuries resulting from crashes into doors, walls, ceiling fans, windows, mirrors, etc. Sometimes these injuries could prove fatal!

Long, overgrown toenails can be very dangerous to your bird. They are not only painful when you hold your bird, but they are more likely to get caught in toys, cages, carpet, etc. The result could be a broken toe! Also, long toenails could impede your bird's walking or perching, causing his toes to curl in awkward positions

Normally, your bird's beak should not require grooming. The natural wear and tear that your bird puts on its beak during daily feeding, climbing, beak-grinding and playing is usually enough to keep your bird's beak right where it should be. Occasionally, however, a bird might have physical limitations or deformities that make self-care of the beak impossible.Malocclusionsare one such case. In this situation, a bird's beak may be under-shot or over-shot. More commonly, the upper or lower beak (Maxilla or Mandible) veer or grow off to the side. This can be due to birth defect or injury. Certainillnesses, such as fungal infection or mite infestation, can cause beak-growth problems, too.Injuriesare yet another cause of beak-growth problems. For example, Seymour, the bird president of Birdmart.Com sustained an injury to her skull many years ago. As a result she has very limited movement of her upper beak. Because of this, she is unable to grind her beak properly, and has problems with beak overgrowth problems.