6th October 2014

As I am just starting this 'BLOG' and haven't done anything like this before please excuse all the mistakes I will be making.

To begin with I'm going to use some of the posts I have already posted on the main forum (to practise )

I think you may already have read this earlier post about Bimbo my hand reared cockatiel with the overshot beak. (already having problems tried to download a picture of Bimbo but Bimbo seems to have 'flown away' )

Well I had spoken to my vet about the problem with Bimbo's beak and what could be done, but he is not an avian vet and asked me to send him some photos of Bimbo's beak and he would contact an avian vet to find out what could be done.

Great!! So I emailed 4 photo's of Bimbo showing the deformed beak at various stages of Bimbo's growth.

I know the vet wont be able to deal with this for a week because he is off on holiday.

That night I posted the email I was having a good look at Bimbo's beak when I had him out for his feed and I was shocked to find that its bottom beak wasn't fully attached to its neck and I could see its throat through the back of its beak .

Panic stations!!

Another quick email to the vet to let him know about my latest discovery.

Because of finding this I decided to examine ALL my cockatiels and discovered they all had this 'deformity' (my conclusion )

Then suddenly it dawned: the cockatiels weren't related so this must be how cockatiels beaks are meant to be!

To make sure I asked a friend who has parrots and she informed me all parrot type birds have this hole at the back of their beak and you can see their throat through it. OHHH!!

Another quick email to the vet to own up to my ignorance --

Well after all is said and done where cockatiels are concerned I've still got my 'L' plates on

This is the reason I wished I could delete a sent email

Now to discover where I've sent Bimbo to on the web! Just maybe when I click 'publish' Bimbo may decide to come back (lol)