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My bird's nail is bleeding after trimming. What's the emergency fix?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male | unneutered

I just trimmed my birds nails the tiniest bit and one began to bleed and I do not know of any avian vets how can I stop this and help him it's an emergency

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on August 7th, 2017

You need to put pressure on the nail for at least 5 minutes, you can do it with the help of a towel. if the bleeding does not stop take a small amount of ground coffee and press the bleeding tip into the coffee mixture for 2 minutes.

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