In the previous post, I mentioned the 'vets' I am registered with but sadly because they are not Avian vets they couldn't do anything to help Bimbo. They did recommend an avian vet but it was too far away for me to get there

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The pervious photo I posted of Bimbo was taken on the 26th July this year and you can see quite clearly then that the Bimbo's beak needed to be sorted. Now its beak was much, much worse.

I kept on trying to find an avian vet and was told by friends of a few other vets (not avian vets) that do treat birds. I made appointments but when they examined Bimbo non of them was prepared to trim Bimbo's beak.

By September Bimbo's beak was much worse and I had to make sure I cleaned inside its beak to make sure there was no food stuck there. Bimbo soon realised that if it came onto my hand what was going to happen next--fast learner!! and scooted to the other side of the aviary to avoid me. Before this Bimbo was always the first one to come to my hand.

Then in the middle of September another person I knew who has a parrot said she was taking her parrot to an avian vet (the same avian vet my own vet had recommended) to get its claws done and agreed to take Bimbo too, only problem was she wasn't sure when she would be going.

So once again I tried the internet and by chance someone recommended a vet ---wait for this---whose practice was only 10 minutes drive from my house who had done marvellous work with some of her birds. (never knew about this vet because after we had moved house I had still kept going to my own vet )

I immediately phoned and made an appointment for Monday the 3rd November and was so pleased that Bill Wooton the vet agreed to trim Bimbo's beak. I have to take Bimbo back again in 2 weeks to have a check up and the beak may need more work done to it but I don't really mind how often I have to go back with Bimbo.

I don't know how Bimbo feels after the 'makeover' but I definitely feel better

(Maybe I should have made an appointment for a 'makeover' for myself too )

Bimbo is eating well and preening itself. Hope you notice a difference between the before photo (first post) and after photo(this post) of Bimbo.