Ajax is growing his nails back?

[babypiggy]

hi everyone

last nite i clipped his nails a bit (just the tip as he needs em longer for grip) as they felt like daggers


anywho i noticed some of his toes that has no nails have very tini tiny nails growing

(i posted this b4 with pics but i found more)

my question is

do u guys think it may grow into full nails?

[greencinacheeks]

i would say yes they might be nails my friend had a bird that lost the tips of his toes (on 3 toes) and a few months maybe a year, i forget, but nails started growing back.

can we have a picture? :)

~N

[babypiggy]

i'll try to get a good pic sometime soon

he is a busy body so a touch hard to take macro pics
lols

[Lisa B]

the nails will most likely grow in straight and not curved like normal if they do grow back in. I had a zon like that.

[babypiggy]

here are some pics






what do u guys think?

[babypiggy]

clearer pic of the first pic

[KimM]

Yay! Isn't nature just amazing!

[babypiggy]

the one that's clear.. it's either a nail or the bone
:S

[pippy]

Hi

Found this thread via a Google search for parrots with no nails! So pleased to have found it!

In a few weeks time I'll be buying THIS CAG. His parents, or more accurately, his Dad, chewed the ends of most of his toes off (he did this to two others and actually killed another).

I've chosen to go ahead with the purchase regardless of this as he/she is such a little sweetheart as you can see HERE!

At the moment the baby is only three weeks old so I've a few weeks to go yet.

I've bought the cage, THIS one. I've bought THIS tent. I'm going to buy one of THESE and one of THESE.

I'm hoping that with all of the above plus a variety of perches that Mojo will find somewhere comfortable to rest.

Can you tell me please what type and size of perch would be best in your experience? I was thinking of buying a selection and seeing which was favoured but perhaps you may know of a particular type which would be comfortable for perching with just one nail?!

Can you also tell me how your bird copes with gripping onto the cage or toys when climbing? And how it copes when landing?

Sorry for all the questions, I'm just glad to have found someone who may have first hand experience!

Thank you in advance.

[babypiggy]

hi there!
welcoem to the thread
i'm glad u found this forum in hopes of finding someone with a african grey that is someone like the one you are about to get.

since your grey is only three weeks old u still got quite a number of weeks to go

i got ajax at 13 weeks old
so jsut make sure the breeder has weaned your parrot before you recieve the bird

perches:
i use different diameters. ranging form 1", 3/4" and 1/2"

i also used the EXACT same platform made for chinchillas
but i was told the platform wasn't a big enough area, but buy the larger sized one
ajax doens't seme to prefer a certain size. he just goes on all of them

rope perches are great as it's soft. since our greys are misisng nails.. they are more prone to get sores on the underside of their feet

not sure about the tent.
i wouldn't use it (but it's jsut my opinion) i was goign to buy him one a while back and i was told that it's not a god idea as they may just like to stay in there(not sure if this was true but better safe than sorry)

ajax has 3 out of 8 nails left
his grip is not terrible....
he has learnt to cope with it
he has rarely fallen off any of his perches/playstand/play top
when he was younger he (he loves shoulders) he use ot have a hard time getting a grip when we walk around.

so we've learnt to walk really slow and he's learned to shift his weight and grab on with his beak.

ajax was clipped by the breeder. so he has not learnt to fly yet but we are workign on that as i just finished harness training him

so i cna't tell you how his landing will be

ajax is one now and i can not ask for a better parrot

he's very well behaves,loving,playfull, and tame dispite his rough start in life

we also went to see a lady who specialized in special abled parrot cage setup and this is how she told us to set up the cage

some key points she gave us
1. have some platforms
2.make sure perches are not straigh across (if u use a rope perch u can wind and twist it in different directions)
3.make sure all perches,platforms,ladders are not wobbly and secured tightly with zip ties (if things are wobbly they will have lower confidence)
4.make sure the toys do no block access to perches


here are some pics
:D

if u have any more questiosn feel free to post a thread



i have taken out the smaller platforms and bought bigger ones or made some of my own
i have also twisted and zipe tied everything down (i shoudl really take a updated pic)



bad wing clipping thanks to the breeder






ajax grip and climbing


they cope with having missing nails very well especially if they are young or if it happened when they were in the nest

they do not know any different

so they don't even think they are special abled.

that's all for now hope it helps

please feel free to have any questions on this board
there are many members here who have great information