by Lucysmom » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:37 pm
We have been trying to learn to do some of Lucy's grooming ourselves, because the place we used to take her to closed, & the other places are far away- at least 40 mins. each way. I did find one place about 20 mins. away but they didn't even clean up in between birds- never took her back there again. The vet wants to charge us for a visit ($65.00) just to do grooming! So, I bought a good quality emery board at the beauty supply, & I wrap Lucy in a towel & tell her that I'm going to "wipe her beak", (which she understands, because if her beak gets messy when eating, I tell her to "wipe your beak" on a napkin, then she tries to chew on the napkin) then I file the tip a little bit, & she lets me- I have to wrap her in the towel because it seems to calm her down. But a previous groomer (place that closed) told me that if you don't file it properly they can get an infected beak. Is that true? (This is also the place that clipped her too short) I only file the very tip, so it's not too sharp- they used to file it more than that. My husband files her nails when they get too sharp, but the stinker makes a fist so it's really hard for him (he's her favorite, so he gets to do the nails). Any ideas for the nails? We do have a Sandy Perch in her cage but that only helps a little.