Can a birds sharp beek tip be trimmed or filed down?? see detailed question.?

We have several birds, Parrot,parrolets,parakeet %26amp; a cockatiel, our female parrolet was not hand raised and bites her beek is very sharp %26amp; yes there is a cuddle bone in her cage. Can just the tip of the beek be trimmed or filed down ??|||That is not a good idea. The sharper tip of the beak allows for easy hulling of seeds and the crunch of other food into their own personal sized bits.





Cuttle bone does little for the edge of the beak because it is soft and easily broken. Get a beak block. It's a really difficult substance to break through which will trim the beak naturally. Real tree branches will also aid the trimming, and they will find it more fun to chew.





Other then this, go to a certified avian veterinarian for trims- if you cut too much off the beak, it will bleed, and it takes a long time for beak lesions to heal. Plus, iff you make it TOO dull, they will not be able to eat properly, making it difficult to hull seeds and it may starve her to death.





I highly doubt there will be a vet that will do this just because the beak is too sharp. It's too sharp for you, not the bird, if she is eating just fine. A dull beak hurts in a bite worse the a sharp one- believe me. Take precautions NOT to get bit so you may avoid this unneeded measure. This means giving her the space she needs to be comfortable and being a little more observent to what actions you make that make her uncomfortable.





Parrotlets are a lot of bird for their size- if you show you are afraid of getting bit, then she will keep doing it to make you back off. Most Parrotlets are like this, hand fed or not. May sister's Parrotlet was handfed and that little chicky has more attitude then a crazy Macaw. A co-worker's hand-fed Parrotlet bites unprovoked, and he has a major "big bird" complex and tries to take on their Military Macaw. That's just how most of the species is, and you just got one that's text-book. Some hand-feds are worse then breeders, but that is just the parrotlet way.|||Would you want your teeth filed down?|||Yup.., They do it in commercial poultry production all the time to prevent the birds from hurting each other.|||The beak does not really have to be super sharp to hull seeds, it just can't be dull or chopped off. If you take the parrotlet to an experienced avian vet, it will be done right in not much time.|||yes it can but I suggest you take it to a vet or a groomer that specializes in birds. For one thing, if she doesn't like it you won't be the one doing it and for another, it will be done properly by a professional.|||You can do this with out a vet, it is a temporary method. Get a strong finger nail filer, hold the bird with pointer and thumb under his jaw, kind of in the pinch position this will enable him from biting. Please be careful not to squeeze his body, so leave the rest of your hand open for his back to rest on. Then take the filer to his beak just like you would your own nail file the sharp point of his beak till it is rounded this will prevent the skin breaking. In about 3 weeks the bird will have sharpened it again, but with our bird who was a conure wich was a rescue bird(we got bit daily) it helped to keep us from bleeding.|||yes it can we had birds once and had to do it all the time but id let the vet do it so its done right