Overgrown claws and beak in canaries and finches
Other names: Long claws، Long beak
Symptoms
- The claws curl or catch on the wire
- The beak is long or crossed and makes eating difficult
How it spreads
Not contagious.
Diagnosis
Examination; and rule out liver problems and face mites.
Treatment
Trim the claws with small clippers against the light so you can see the vein (blood vessel) and cut before it. Merck advises cutting only the tip and leaving the bird able to grip the perch well. The beak is for the vet. (All under veterinary supervision.)
Prevention
Natural perches of different diameters, a beak stone, and cuttlebone.
Season
Year-round
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Egg binding
- Chronic egg laying
- Egg yolk peritonitis
- Cloacal prolapse
- Feather plucking
- Heatstroke / heat stress
- Cold stress in adult birds and chicks
- Teflon fume poisoning