My husband commented the other day that Clyde's beak looks "dry." I hadn't thought about it until then, but it is sort of dry-looking, compared to the photos of other people's birds. Like he needs hand lotion. Should I feed him something to help that? Put something on it? Is it normal for it to look like that? Here's a close-up photo from a couple of weeks ago and it looks about the same today.

Click to view attachment

I'd say it looks pretty normal, just make sure you feed him lots of foods with calcium in them.

I was concerned about those "flakes" on Willie's beak until I saw that at least most of them are like that. I think it has something to do with the fact that the beak grows from the top down.

I agree with the above. Also, I noticed Eli's beak looks a little dry when he's been buffing it on his concrete perch which is a good thing. Maybe give him a little bowl of water to splash in also?

Looks normal, their beaks do flake

I use to give Kiwi some coconut oil. I don't give him much anymore..

Thanks! He does buff his beak on his sandy perch though he won't touch his cuttlebone. I got a fancy one and I guess I need to take it out and replace it with a plain one.

LOL I just asked the same question a few days ago. I was worried too! We have lovebirds and their beaks and cuticle/nares area looks like the complete opposite (thick, moisturized).

Can`t hurt to run a little vit e oil or olive oil onto it, I use Vit E capsuals for myself and often break one open get a little on my fingers and rub over the boys beaks ....

I recently visited a board certified avian vet for a wellness visit plus something else that was concerning me. She picked off his dry white flakes on his beak and said it's perfectly fine to do this plus you can always dab a little mineral oil or vit. e oil on the beak like mentioned before.

I don't know if he'd let me do either of those things yet -- we're still working on letting me touch him in places he doesn't want to be touched -- but I'll give it a shot. Would corn oil do? I don't have mineral oil or vitamin E, but I could get some if necessary.