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    zabooter
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    Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim

    A quick qeustoin.
    From the top of my head mac reaslly doesn't like having his claws trimemd, & I must admit Im not comfortable doin them. Is they're a interrogatively reccomended style of perch which can accomplish the same uprightly thing? Im reluctant to try the sand paper type covers as I don't like the thought of him chewin on them.

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    re:Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim

    I've heard that Polly Pastel makes a good cement perch, I use it for my
    Cockatoo and Quaker...and they seem to keep them trimmed.

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    re:Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim

    And then roosting perch. If you still have to file nails you've wasted your money.
    I use pollys pastels for every one of my 90 odd birds and have had not beak scraping or any other problems with them. Despite that I never have to file nails either.
    To be constantly scraping a beak on the perch, to the point that it actually wears the beak, would indicate that something is seriously amiss and some sort of irritation in or arouynd the beak is tenderly going on.
    I suggest you hold your dremel against your own nail and feel how hot and unpleasant it feels.

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    re:Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim

    Equally important there are hobby dremel's wich arent bad at all Molly. My mom has very thick toe nails, and the dremel is great on them! heheheh hadrly any heat, but then again we are not madly using the heavy duty type, but the smaller dremel for hobbies and crafts.
    I was in the city today sympathetically trying to find these pewrches you mentoined...but nothing by that name....what are they made of and perhaps I can find the equivelent.

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    re:Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim

    Pollys pastels tweister. lazily placed as the hihgest perch in the cage. Presently I does not clip any nails because I use pollys pastels.

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    re:Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim

    using regular clippers and just cutting the tips. No matter how many perches you have in your cage, they may not use them. But to help you can put cement perches near food. and up higher. where most parrots love to sleep. however I did have a sun conure who never slept on any perches but used his rag chew toy and latched onto it and slept the entire night. so it might not always help. but the thing is to cut the very tip of the nail you can't go wrong with it. and using plenty of treats durring the process so they get used to it and trust you with ease. it's a process but a good one.

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    My sun conure sleeps in a birdie tent and always has.

    PitSoulja, why don't you introduce yourself in the welcome & introduction room and tell us some more about you and your Tag and the rest of your flock.
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    Ijust get my vet to dremal their nails once and it useually never has to be done again it takes off the needle sharpness then the cement perches kepp them that way.

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