My parakeet's beak is too long and he can't eat. What should I do?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Bird | Parakeet | Male | 2 years and 1 month old
Hi, my parakeet won't file his beak on his cuttlebone. His beak has gotten long where when he eats the shell of the seed gets stuck on the point. What should I do?
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Most Helpful Answer
Published on May 1st, 2019
Poor Sky. I would recommend taking him to a vet for a proper beak trim so he can start eating normally. Typically over grown beaks are actually due to nutrition. I would recommend taking his diet with you to the vet to discuss how to change his food to prevent beak over growth and possibly take him for more routine trimmings. hope tha thelps
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Published on May 28th, 2017
Hi, Beaks can grow abnormal if there is a malocclusion which means the bottom and top are not meeting in the correct formation and closing against each other properly. Keeping the diet proper and the beak trimmed are good ideas for birds with this issue. Also provide chewing materials to keep the beak worn down as much as possible. Hope this helps !
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Published on August 13th, 2017
As the beak grows, it certainly becomes difficult for parakeets to eat certain things or even get at their water. I have a similar aged parakeet and this also happened around 3 yrs of age with him. We added more sand paper perches throughout the cage and cuttlefish bones and that seemed to increase the time between beak trimmings. We haven't actually had to trim his beak this year because he is doing so well. Give this a try and if it does not help, I am free to chat via consultation if needed.
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