New DIY beak and nail grinder

[tielmama]

Whiteboy found this new invention while perching out on the porch! No toweling needed for nail or beak filing!

[anengineerswife]

That is way to funny. I never thought of anything like that. Wonder if there is any that they shouldn't mess with.

[homebird]

Now that looks like a photo out of the 'wilds'. Is that a piece of limestone?

It is a lot like the stone i use for sharpening my metal tools - maybe you could get a sharpening stone - they come in different coarsenesses & are about that size.

Limestone is fairly porous - did you boil it & do you know where it's been? When i collected rocks for my aquarium i got them from the farm back in the pasture so i knew they'd never seen insecticide or chemical fertilizer.

Beautiful photos & Beautiful bird.

[tielmama]

I hope the rock wasn't harmful. I didn't give it to him, he just picked it out of the planter that I stuck his perch in. They were river rocks that we got to landscape a couple of years ago. Actually, I had washed them in the kitchen sink in dishwashing liquid, but I didn't sterilize them. If I was doing it for him on purpose, I would have put more thought into it. He dropped it back in after he was finished with his pedicure.

[homebird]

I think it is a grand idea - just wanted you to revisit the washing part, just in case. I think it's fun to see animals/birds being natural & using their own ingenuity to check stuff out - like in nature. Unless they drop it onto your foot!

Again i am impressed with Whiteboy's beauty.

[tielmama]

Whiteboy says, Thanks homebird!

[CrazyforCockatiels]

What a great idea. What a great Whiteboy shot. I love him!

[tielmama]

He'd probably love you too, if he knew you. He loves the ladies!

[GlendaNS]

Maxie says Whiteboy has a "present". LOL Then she told him, "I lub U".

[tielmama]

Glenda- Did she really say that? Does she really pay attention to him on the screen? That is so cute and smart! The other day Whiteboy was on my shoulder while I looked at a cockatiel doing a head bobbing move on a video. He got so excited, I was afraid he was going to holler in my ear, so I moved him. He does seem to enjoy watching Maxie videos too. For her to make comments about the pictures is just out of this world smart. She's an extraordinary creature.