trimming overgrown beak

[finchbreeder]

Interesting, as my hen painted needs her top mandible trimmed back regularly. And no other bird in the avairy has problems. But while she has laid a couple of times over a couple of years, she has never hatched even 1 chick. And it's not the young boy of Spanna's that is her mate, if enthusiasm has anything to do with it.
LML

[Jayburd]

Thanks all
gave the males beak a trim with some nail clippers, and he looks much better. (in the beak at any rate )

Although finches don't get beak and feather disease the same as parrots do (which is caused by the psittacine circovirus), we have recently discovered that both canaries and finches have their own circovirus which causes death in young birds, and can potentially lead to feathering problems.
Watch this space...

will keep ears open with much interest....

[GregH]

I was just poking my nose into somebody else's business (i.e. pigeons and not finches) and noticed that Col Walker has an article on circovirus virus that you may find interesting.

[BlackCobra]

I have had 2 painted finches with over grown beaks, after I trimmed them they were still able to feed there young.