In nature, parrots walk a lot on branches and on the ground. Their claws are sewn on their own. When a bird lives in a cage , then under such conditions the claws grow very long, and the owners have to think about how to cut the claws of a parrot. If this is not done, too large claws can cause injury to the pet: it can catch on to something, pull out a claw or be scratched.
Are claws clawed at parrots?
In a natural environment, the parrot does not need to prune its claws, but at home it can not do without it. Why is this happening? The thing is that the diameter of the perches in the cage on which the parrot sits is very small. In this case, the claws do not touch the perch, but hang in the air. Of course, they will grow. To the claws themselves erased, you must use the perches with a diameter of not less than fifteen millimeters.
If the wavy parrot has long claws, then it must be very carefully trimmed so as not to touch the blood vessel that is in it. To cut off the claws of a parrot can be a claw, which is sold in pet stores, but you can use ordinary manicure scissors, which are in the makeup of every mistress. Be sure to enlighten the claw in the light: you will see a blood vessel inside. When the bird is small, the vessels are seen well, and if the big one is practically not visible and you cut it at random.
How to cut the claws of a wavy parrot? Take the bird in the towel, pull out the paw, each claw carefully trimmed separately. Cut must not more than a couple of millimeters, so as not to touch the vessel. If you still cut off excess and started bleeding, you need to stop it with a cotton swab and a solution of hydrogen peroxide or hemostatic powder.