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Parrot Beak

I have a little one who is currently 7 weeks old. He/She has what I've found out to be called Parrot Beak. When it was 3 weeks old I noticed it was very lethargic and didn't seem to be eating well. I started hand feeding it, and as it grew I noticed that it's beak was curved. I started doing some research and found that it's called Parrot Beak.

I'm curious if that is a genetic trait and will be passed down to any offspring, or if it is just a simple birth defect.

I have no clue if it's a male or a female, and I don't really care because I'll be keeping this little one since it's so sweet and comes when I call it's name. My Lil Bit is here to stay. It's molting bad in the photo I'm attaching and it's about 5 weeks there, so you can see what I'm talking about.

I have started using a dog nail trimmer on the beak and it's quite content to sit and have it's beak trimmed. I use the sander style that makes no noise. In the image the beak is still long, but it had been trimmed back by then.

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