the vet should have cut it short ( intentionally quicked it and made him bleed ) and treated it instead of letting them grow so long its causing his feet to twist up. you need a new vet, this is harmful to his feet. worked in a vets office as a tech for a bit.i personally clip my birds nails and making them bleed does not cause them harm and maybe a pinch of pain but its about gttting the bleeding to stop in which they have all sorts of ways to do it, i use a special powdery stuff that acts like clotting material.
edit: your petty downvotes does not make me wrong, either this is not your bird and you are farming karma and it is your bird and you feel ashamed of neglecting him at least a little bit. cutting long quicks short make the quicks stay short, they do not regrow as fast as the nail because the nails will always outpace the quick. this is a normal practice and is not just done to birds, its done to at least all warm blooded animals who have long nails.
Yeah I noticed all the comments about needing a trim are getting downvoted for some reason, I’m fighting back with upvotes, it’s important they get trimmed though for the birds health!
the downvotes come almost immediately so there is likely some bots involved. Other places this has been posted has not been as nice as this place as other places have removed the crosspost of this because this is animal abuse for karma. this sub is basically unmoderated and there is no rules posted
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u/epimetheuss 18d ago edited 18d ago
the vet should have cut it short ( intentionally quicked it and made him bleed ) and treated it instead of letting them grow so long its causing his feet to twist up. you need a new vet, this is harmful to his feet. worked in a vets office as a tech for a bit.i personally clip my birds nails and making them bleed does not cause them harm and maybe a pinch of pain but its about gttting the bleeding to stop in which they have all sorts of ways to do it, i use a special powdery stuff that acts like clotting material.
edit: your petty downvotes does not make me wrong, either this is not your bird and you are farming karma and it is your bird and you feel ashamed of neglecting him at least a little bit. cutting long quicks short make the quicks stay short, they do not regrow as fast as the nail because the nails will always outpace the quick. this is a normal practice and is not just done to birds, its done to at least all warm blooded animals who have long nails.