Grooming

Failing to groom your bird regularly may lead to problems. These include overgrown nails which may cause accidents, overgrown beaks that harbor bacteria causing illness and overgrown wings that may lead to aggression, injury, not to mention flying away if the bird is full flight.

Although OMAR'S encourages good grooming, we discourage customers from grooming their birds themselves as an untrained groomer puts a bird at risk. Trimming a bird's nails and beak can be dangerous if not done correctly and could cause hemorrhaging if cut too short.

Wing clipping is equally important. Although some bird owners feel ambivalent about wing clipping, flighted birds can escape out a window, get caught in a ceiling fan, or land unknowingly on a hot stove. Allowing your bird to fly means putting its life at risk. Like nail trimming, wing clipping should be done by a trained professional. Trying to clip wings yourself may result in a number of accidental injuries such as snipping a blood feather or trimming wings too short causing a bird to lose its coasting ability and take a dangerous fall.

Grooming services are best performed by experienced OMAR'S employees who have been properly trained and adhere to the highest health and safety standards.