Budgie toenails

[Anneke]

Does anyone perhaps know of a stick or something that budgies can use to 'file' their toenails with? I would cut Lychee's nails myself, but she isn't quite tame enough ( We're working on it tho! ) This morning I caught her trying to scratch her nails against the cage bars.

Thanks!

[TheNzJessie]

im sorry i dont want to sound stalkerrish but you look so familiar! =p umm but back on topic to keep my budgies nails trimmed i file them my self with a filer and i also with natural branches

[zazanomore]

There's pedi perches on the market for budgies. I've actually ordered one for the budgies and one for the cockatiel.

But you have to be careful which brand/type you get, as some can be more harmful. (So I've heard)

[entrancedbymyGCC]

I don't know if you can source them in NZ, but I've given each of our cages a perch that has abrasive on the front and back but not on the top. The problem with sandpaper/pedi-perches in general is that they can abrade the foot as well as the nail, causing sore or even injured feet. The ones that are smooth on top, if they are sized so the end of the nail hits the abrasive part when the bird is perched seem like a good compromise.

Scotty has one made out of bamboo with sand applied to the sides and Scooter has one of these:

[zazanomore]

I don't know if you can source them in NZ, but I've given each of our cages a perch that has abrasive on the front and back but not on the top. The problem with sandpaper/pedi-perches in general is that they can abrade the foot as well as the nail, causing sore or even injured feet. The ones that are smooth on top, if they are sized so the end of the nail hits the abrasive part when the bird is perched seem like a good compromise.

Scotty has one made out of bamboo with sand applied to the sides and Scooter has one of these:

This is how the ones I bought my birds are like.

http://www.parrotdiseperch.com/parrot/s ... ?prod=1885

[entrancedbymyGCC]

This is how the ones I bought my birds are like.

http://www.parrotdiseperch.com/parrot/s ... ?prod=1885

That's the same design, I think it may even be the same manufacturer!

[Anneke]

Thanks peoples! That's real helpful. I will go phone some of the pet shops we have here in Christchurch. NZJessie, you don't know of some stores that have them, by any chance????

Cheers!

[entrancedbymyGCC]

Do you have any pet stores left? Maybe we should send you a care package!

[captwest]

I should have bought stock in the company that makes those perches we have them in all of the cages.