I was waiting for this vid! Thank you! My baby’s beak was quite flakey when he came to me and I have noticed the flakiness lessen as he grows while eating a varied fresh food diet. I love watching the change.
Went to the hardware store bought 100ft of sisal and untreated pine wood thinner planks. Going to cut it down into blocks, drill a hole, string them up all over. Pine is the first thing I've seen Buddy finally engage in with chewing. Cost wise way better. I happen to have the tools at home already to get it done! I wanted to buy these hourglass sorta looking toys, he loves, but cannot find them. I got 1 with the rescue budgies, not sure where the person bought it from.
That’s awesome! Ours will only chew pine if it’s super thin! If you have. A photo of the toy you can email it over and I can see if I can help you find them!
Another awesomely information video from the amazingly talented Sophie! 🥰 Thank you! I was wondering if my cockatiel's beak was too dry but it seems I was wrong, whew!
Our parrotlet had an unusually long, pointy, and very sharp beak when we first got him from the rescue where the foster told us that he had never been to a vet - he doesn’t have a leg band, so I assume his original owner got him from a friend who accidentally bread parrotlets at home. And that I would need to take him to the vet to get his beak trimmed. Fortunately we now don’t have to get his beak trimmed! 😀 That super sharp, pointy, beak was used like a weapon on our skin whenever we got too close. And probably wasn’t very comfortable for him either. Luckily after just a few short weeks of providing lots of toys to chew on, a cuttlefish bone to scrape, and lots of seeds for him to crack open with his beak as reward during training. Not to mention lots of sweaters that we wear around the house for him to destroy (parrotlets are notorious for chewing their humans while they wear them,) his beak now is worn to a regular looking parrotlets and we won’t have to take him in just for beak trim. Of course we will take him for a checkup anyway. But it’s amazing what providing lots of healthy toys, food, and foraging activities can do for their beaks!
@@BirdNerdSophie yes!!!!!! And training! Can’t have a bird in your house that goes around causing blood to be drawn every time you interact with him, that’s not ok. And apparently everyone who had him before us just never bothered to train him out of that. Amazing how quickly he responded to training also once we started feeding him lots of veggies also. Because he’s so desperate for those seeds as reward
Very nice and interesting vid 6:08 that is a bit odd..... Kinda thought he was a plucker... 7:44 maya and fluffy like sitting on their platform perches and just chewing away at the wood which is a bit odd because they don't like the thin popsicle stick toys I put in 7:51 earlier I put in a plastic charm toy for Maya. She seems to like rattling it around and hearing the noise but she is much more into her palm leaf shredding toys and her vine ball toy hahaha 8:47 yep the healthy diet of variety.... Not just plain old seeds... 10:48 maya hates the cuttlefish she won't go and even touch it but fluffy likes chewing away at it sometimes after he finishes eating his chop he snacks on it
PBFD makes birds lose feathers all over their body. That's great that they are chewing! One or two plastic toys are okay, but it makes me sad to see cages full of them! Haha that's cute about the cuttlefish!
Im not entirely sure why my birds beak grows so much but I have a suspicion that it is because of the injury he got as a baby from his previous owners and the vets worked on it and trimmed it every 2 weeks for like a year. Hes 8 now and his beak has always grown kind of quick. He doesnt chew on the soft wood block I provide for him either(but he destroyed his old perch, that point in time his beak stayed shorter longer lol but we upgraded cages and the perch is now not used) 😤. The only toys he likes are the paper-y ones. He is provided with fresh chop and pellets.
You're literally a bird goddess from heaven! I'm so so thankful that I came across your channel! you have covered the smallest topics which are so hard to find over the internet sometimes! I recently got a bird and we named her chip too! haha so happy to know one of your birds have the same name as ours💗 I need some help in finding a good avian vet in Bangalore, India. I've been to a couple but they were horrible! We went to them to get our birds nail trimmed and both of them cut chip's nail too too short and she bled like crazy! It was a nightmare. I really hope you could get back to me and help me find a good vet bc we havent touched her nails since bc we're too scared. Thank you again for all the help!!💕
Hey! Thankyou so much for your kind words - I'm glad you are enjoying my content! 💙 Have you got any nail trimming perches in Chip's cage? As for vets, have you tried these two? www.rmvveterinary.in/ www.cessnalifeline.com/
@@BirdNerdSophie I read online that nail trimming perches aren't good for you birds feet as they sometimes cut their feet when they walk around, but today I did order one sand perch as we didnt have any alternative. As for the animal hospitals I've been to the first one and one of the doctors cut Chip's nail so close to her toe and then it started bleeding. He didnt touch the other nails after the first one and then he didn't take any money either. We're planning to go to the second one(cessna) in future if something comes up as I've been there before but they're way too far and that is my only concern. Thank you for reverting💕
@@hitomimirgh4217 they are fine as long as they aren't the main perch your bird sits on - I have a video on feet which goes in to more detail :) Ah okay, good to know about the first one. I think the second one has a few different sites around Bangalore?
@@BirdNerdSophie yes they do, but the problem is that they have an avian vet only in one of their branches and that branch is far off from the city, its a long car journey:'(
Amazing vid as per usual! Iagree with you on beak coping, if you don't know how to do it, it can go VERY wrong. I can trim a bird's beak because i know how to do it (part of my falconry license) i still wouldn't do it though, and i 100% would avoid trimming at home. That cockatoo with no feathers made me sad 😔 hope it's okay (as okay that it can be, having a health issue.) I hope that i can get the same degrees as you! You're so knowledgeable 😀. What degrees do you have ?
Thanks buddy! I’ve seen some horrible videos of people using nail clippers on beaks 😳 I have a BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour and Welfare specialising in birds and a National Diploma in Animal Management! Much of my knowledge is also from independent research and experience!
@@BirdNerdSophie using nail clippers on a bird's beak is like Using a drill on a nail. It doesn't work! That's a nice set of degrees you've got there! Do you need to be good at math for some bits? I'm not that good at math, unless it's algebra, geometry or anything to do with weight management! I assume you'd need to be good at biology for sure lol
@@ornithologydude8649 you do need some advanced maths for the big project but you can get help with it - it’s not my strong point at all! Biology is very useful too! Plus having food writing and presenting skills too!
Hi sophie, I am getting a cockatiel very soon but i dont think they feed her chop or vegetables. I was wondering on how i should transition her onto pellets and chop.
I just bought a Canary Winged and it’s about 10 weeks old. I have it’s cage and I’ve been feeding it apple, banana, and carrots. But I have so many questions. One is why does it keep eating a lot? It goes an hour eating. And it’s poop is really watery
Is it fully weaned? In the wild, birds would spend a lot of the day foraging! Poops can be watery for a number of reasons - sometimes from fresh food, but others for Illness or stress.
@@BirdNerdSophie I bought at a Bird expo here in Monterey Ca. I’m not sure how to answer that question but I believe that he is capable of surviving on its own. I believe it’s digesting it’s food much better now thank you for the info. It might’ve been stressed from welcoming it to my house or a new environment for him. Im thinking of getting a budgie to accompany it. Do you think my bird would be fine with my budgie? It is a parakeet as well. Im not sure if my bird is a male or female. I assume it’s a male. Is there any way to tell? If it’s a male and I get another male would they fight?
@@AtomisticZero every bird is an individual so it’s hard to know if they will get along. You’d have to do a lot of training and bonding work to make sure they can tolerate each other - if you like a video link for this, let me know!
I have just bought a rainbow loorikeet and noticed her beach is getting sharp she has a hanging pumice 4 diffrent typex of wood purchex coconut wood toys and some toys like in your video does she need more what can i co to help her
Lorikeets are quite different to other parrots have have a much softer beak and sensitive tongue so they don’t typically chew stuff like others wood so if you think her beak is becoming misshapen or too long then I’d get it checked with a vet!
My dad keeps giving my quacker parrot soft corn tortillas my parrot loves it , but I tell him not to because I give him fruit, veggies and seeds, is it bad for a parrot to eat a plain soft corn tortilla
My conure has lower beak overgrowth... I think she has deficiency in Vit A because we don't give her much vegetables and fruits :s (She don't eat them... except banana!) We gave her Harisson pellet (I hope there is visit A in there). And vet in my country are not expert of parots... The vet. didn't event saw the overgrowth!... So I think I will try to do it myself, I don't trust them AT ALL) =(
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Cool video as usual!
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This is very fascinating and useful so tysm! Your vids are great for people who want to learn more about birds! :)
Thank you! Glad you liked it 😊
I was waiting for this vid! Thank you! My baby’s beak was quite flakey when he came to me and I have noticed the flakiness lessen as he grows while eating a varied fresh food diet. I love watching the change.
Thanks for watching! The flakiness worries some people but generally it’s quite normal!
Went to the hardware store bought 100ft of sisal and untreated pine wood thinner planks. Going to cut it down into blocks, drill a hole, string them up all over. Pine is the first thing I've seen Buddy finally engage in with chewing. Cost wise way better. I happen to have the tools at home already to get it done!
I wanted to buy these hourglass sorta looking toys, he loves, but cannot find them. I got 1 with the rescue budgies, not sure where the person bought it from.
That’s awesome! Ours will only chew pine if it’s super thin!
If you have. A photo of the toy you can email it over and I can see if I can help you find them!
I love this video!! Congratulations on 3K! 😊🎉🎊
Thank you so much 😊💙🦜
I love when you post! Especially in the morning so I get ready in the morning watching your video, it’s almost 7am for me right now😅
Yay! I hope you like it! Haha it’s 2pm here 😂
@@BirdNerdSophie oh!😅 I have to go to school in about 10minutes😅
Hope you have a good day at school! 😊
OMG I am so late!! But tysm Sophie This will be helpful for my Oldest budgie and Kiwi Goes crazy whenever he listens your Cute birbs Chirping💜💚
Glad you found it useful and that’s cute 😍
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Another awesomely information video from the amazingly talented Sophie! 🥰 Thank you! I was wondering if my cockatiel's beak was too dry but it seems I was wrong, whew!
Glad you enjoyed the video 💙😊
Our parrotlet had an unusually long, pointy, and very sharp beak when we first got him from the rescue where the foster told us that he had never been to a vet - he doesn’t have a leg band, so I assume his original owner got him from a friend who accidentally bread parrotlets at home. And that I would need to take him to the vet to get his beak trimmed. Fortunately we now don’t have to get his beak trimmed! 😀
That super sharp, pointy, beak was used like a weapon on our skin whenever we got too close. And probably wasn’t very comfortable for him either. Luckily after just a few short weeks of providing lots of toys to chew on, a cuttlefish bone to scrape, and lots of seeds for him to crack open with his beak as reward during training. Not to mention lots of sweaters that we wear around the house for him to destroy (parrotlets are notorious for chewing their humans while they wear them,) his beak now is worn to a regular looking parrotlets and we won’t have to take him in just for beak trim. Of course we will take him for a checkup anyway. But it’s amazing what providing lots of healthy toys, food, and foraging activities can do for their beaks!
Nice work! It shows just how important diet, toys and foraging is for a bird to be happy and healthy!
@@BirdNerdSophie yes!!!!!! And training! Can’t have a bird in your house that goes around causing blood to be drawn every time you interact with him, that’s not ok. And apparently everyone who had him before us just never bothered to train him out of that. Amazing how quickly he responded to training also once we started feeding him lots of veggies also. Because he’s so desperate for those seeds as reward
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Very nice and interesting vid
6:08 that is a bit odd..... Kinda thought he was a plucker...
7:44 maya and fluffy like sitting on their platform perches and just chewing away at the wood which is a bit odd because they don't like the thin popsicle stick toys I put in
7:51 earlier I put in a plastic charm toy for Maya. She seems to like rattling it around and hearing the noise but she is much more into her palm leaf shredding toys and her vine ball toy hahaha
8:47 yep the healthy diet of variety.... Not just plain old seeds...
10:48 maya hates the cuttlefish she won't go and even touch it but fluffy likes chewing away at it sometimes after he finishes eating his chop he snacks on it
PBFD makes birds lose feathers all over their body.
That's great that they are chewing!
One or two plastic toys are okay, but it makes me sad to see cages full of them!
Haha that's cute about the cuttlefish!
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2:42 both my birds don't like fruit. Is it normal because I thought they would like it since they are sweet
My budgie hen used to chew through pine wood as thick as a carrot!! She could chew through anything😂
That's awesome! Every bird is different! Love it when thy really love chewing!
Im not entirely sure why my birds beak grows so much but I have a suspicion that it is because of the injury he got as a baby from his previous owners and the vets worked on it and trimmed it every 2 weeks for like a year. Hes 8 now and his beak has always grown kind of quick. He doesnt chew on the soft wood block I provide for him either(but he destroyed his old perch, that point in time his beak stayed shorter longer lol but we upgraded cages and the perch is now not used) 😤. The only toys he likes are the paper-y ones. He is provided with fresh chop and pellets.
Yes beak injuries can affect beak growth for sure! You can train him to chew things - see my video on getting your bird to play with toys 😊
You're literally a bird goddess from heaven! I'm so so thankful that I came across your channel! you have covered the smallest topics which are so hard to find over the internet sometimes! I recently got a bird and we named her chip too! haha so happy to know one of your birds have the same name as ours💗 I need some help in finding a good avian vet in Bangalore, India. I've been to a couple but they were horrible! We went to them to get our birds nail trimmed and both of them cut chip's nail too too short and she bled like crazy! It was a nightmare. I really hope you could get back to me and help me find a good vet bc we havent touched her nails since bc we're too scared. Thank you again for all the help!!💕
Hey! Thankyou so much for your kind words - I'm glad you are enjoying my content! 💙
Have you got any nail trimming perches in Chip's cage?
As for vets, have you tried these two?
www.rmvveterinary.in/
www.cessnalifeline.com/
@@BirdNerdSophie I read online that nail trimming perches aren't good for you birds feet as they sometimes cut their feet when they walk around, but today I did order one sand perch as we didnt have any alternative. As for the animal hospitals I've been to the first one and one of the doctors cut Chip's nail so close to her toe and then it started bleeding. He didnt touch the other nails after the first one and then he didn't take any money either. We're planning to go to the second one(cessna) in future if something comes up as I've been there before but they're way too far and that is my only concern. Thank you for reverting💕
@@hitomimirgh4217 they are fine as long as they aren't the main perch your bird sits on - I have a video on feet which goes in to more detail :)
Ah okay, good to know about the first one. I think the second one has a few different sites around Bangalore?
@@BirdNerdSophie yes they do, but the problem is that they have an avian vet only in one of their branches and that branch is far off from the city, its a long car journey:'(
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Hi , please recommend how/what to give to conure, so he naturally reduces size of the overgrown beak?
Hey! Lots of easily chewables like yucca and balsa are great, but if his beak is very long then he might need a beak trim!
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Amazing vid as per usual! Iagree with you on beak coping, if you don't know how to do it, it can go VERY wrong. I can trim a bird's beak because i know how to do it (part of my falconry license) i still wouldn't do it though, and i 100% would avoid trimming at home. That cockatoo with no feathers made me sad 😔 hope it's okay (as okay that it can be, having a health issue.) I hope that i can get the same degrees as you! You're so knowledgeable 😀. What degrees do you have ?
Thanks buddy! I’ve seen some horrible videos of people using nail clippers on beaks 😳
I have a BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour and Welfare specialising in birds and a National Diploma in Animal Management! Much of my knowledge is also from independent research and experience!
@@BirdNerdSophie using nail clippers on a bird's beak is like Using a drill on a nail. It doesn't work!
That's a nice set of degrees you've got there! Do you need to be good at math for some bits? I'm not that good at math, unless it's algebra, geometry or anything to do with weight management! I assume you'd need to be good at biology for sure lol
@@ornithologydude8649 you do need some advanced maths for the big project but you can get help with it - it’s not my strong point at all!
Biology is very useful too! Plus having food writing and presenting skills too!
@@BirdNerdSophie can you recommend any good books? Stuff that you used perhaps?
Hi sophie,
I am getting a cockatiel very soon but i dont think they feed her chop or vegetables. I was wondering on how i should transition her onto pellets and chop.
Hey! I have a video here which will help with diet conversion 😊 th-cam.com/video/QbVzyFt8ZY4/w-d-xo.html
@@BirdNerdSophie tysm!
I just bought a Canary Winged and it’s about 10 weeks old. I have it’s cage and I’ve been feeding it apple, banana, and carrots. But I have so many questions. One is why does it keep eating a lot? It goes an hour eating. And it’s poop is really watery
Is it fully weaned? In the wild, birds would spend a lot of the day foraging!
Poops can be watery for a number of reasons - sometimes from fresh food, but others for Illness or stress.
@@BirdNerdSophie I bought at a Bird expo here in Monterey Ca. I’m not sure how to answer that question but I believe that he is capable of surviving on its own.
I believe it’s digesting it’s food much better now thank you for the info. It might’ve been stressed from welcoming it to my house or a new environment for him.
Im thinking of getting a budgie to accompany it. Do you think my bird would be fine with my budgie? It is a parakeet as well.
Im not sure if my bird is a male or female. I assume it’s a male. Is there any way to tell? If it’s a male and I get another male would they fight?
@@AtomisticZero every bird is an individual so it’s hard to know if they will get along. You’d have to do a lot of training and bonding work to make sure they can tolerate each other - if you like a video link for this, let me know!
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I have just bought a rainbow loorikeet and noticed her beach is getting sharp she has a hanging pumice 4 diffrent typex of wood purchex coconut wood toys and some toys like in your video does she need more what can i co to help her
Lorikeets are quite different to other parrots have have a much softer beak and sensitive tongue so they don’t typically chew stuff like others wood so if you think her beak is becoming misshapen or too long then I’d get it checked with a vet!
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Do you cook the vegetables like the yams or sweet potatoes
I don’t feed yams but the sweet potato is safe to feed raw!
My dad keeps giving my quacker parrot soft corn tortillas my parrot loves it , but I tell him not to because I give him fruit, veggies and seeds, is it bad for a parrot to eat a plain soft corn tortilla
I wouldn’t recommend feeding them to parrots as they aren’t healthy for them!
My parrot doesn't care about fruit or veg I give him carrots and spinach but anything no,and no fruit help
I’d recommend watching my video on how to get your bird to eat vegetables!
Just subscribed! Great content and so informative! Mine eats only broccoli from vegetables so no problem with vitamin a for him I guess (jk) 🤣😅
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And my parrot break looks like it's peeling in a round circle
If you are concerned, you could get your bird a check up with an avian vet!
Sorry i cant do any of these because i live in a country that peoples bird are in the worst condition
Many of these tips are accessible for all parrot owners 😊
My conure has lower beak overgrowth... I think she has deficiency in Vit A because we don't give her much vegetables and fruits :s (She don't eat them... except banana!)
We gave her Harisson pellet (I hope there is visit A in there). And vet in my country are not expert of parots... The vet. didn't event saw the overgrowth!... So I think I will try to do it myself, I don't trust them AT ALL) =(
I think it would be good to do some diet conversion with your bird - check out my video on 20 tips on how to get your bird to eat veggies!
Thanks for your advice ! I will try to put more toys to chew on