Re: beak flaky

Posted by Carolan from c-76-23-8-65.hsd1.ut.comcast.net (76.23.8.65) on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 3:47AM :

In Reply to: beak flaky posted by Jo-Anne Tedford from pool-71-255-179-2.slsbmd.east.verizon.net (71.255.179.2) on Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 11:00PM :

: Is there anything I can do about a dry,cracking,flaky beak? Is there something missing that I can add to diet or is this normal for capes. Mine is a five year old male who is also beginning to molt.I don't know if there is a connection between the two.

Cape parrot beaks [maybe all beaks for all I know!] grow from the inside, and then the outside sloughs off. If he will let you, you can just gently scrape the flaky stuff off with your fingernail. If you do this every day, the beak stays in pretty good shape. I'm not sure what you mean by "cracking". If there are big cracks in the beak, that would not be normal. But if it's just flaky pieces, that's okay.

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