I clipped Tommy and Levi. I havent clipped nails in a while so i was very slow with Tommy but after when i finished and went to Levi, it was a breeze. Let me tell you, BOTH of these birds over exaggerated. When i had them upside down, they pretended they were dead. Their head was rested on the towel and his eyes looked like a fish's eyes out of water. Their body was laid out. It was so funny. They didnt die at the end. They were so relived that they were going to see daylight the next day. Their faces were priceless, it was like "my life is over!"

Be very careful clipping there nails, always keep cornflower or flour near bye incase they bleed...
even the avian vets keep a solution, by them when they trim birds nail just in case.. Sorry I cant remember what its called...
I lost a bird once when it bleed out to fast for me to stop it... was a terrible thing... I always have my vet do it now...
I'm not trying to frighten you off doing it but please be VERY VERY careful. not to clip to low...

Thanks for the warning. I clipped a birds nail too low, it was Bio's like a year ago. I luckily stopped the bleeding but he did loose a lot of blood. Carolyn taught me a way to clip them. You ONLY clip a tiny bit more than a tip at at time because the quick grows with the nail. You have to clip a little at a time every month (I belive) until you get the nail to a regular size. Only do that for overgrown nails.

My birds are usually more cooperative and friendly right after a clip than they are the rest of the time. I think maybe they're so relieved that they survived that they want to share the love.

Lol birds can be so dramatic! Haha, since we are on the topic of safety while clipping, I use a dremmel instead of clippers. I do this for several reasons, with the first being the risk of bleeding, especially on birds with dark nails. With a dremmel, even if you do go too deep you see it right away and rarely lose more than one tiny drop of blood, and it heals much faster. Also, clipping can leave sharp corners which can be nearly as uncomfortable on human skin as the original pointy nails. The dremmel dulls the point without making new points. Also, the sharp edges left by clippers can get caught in rope toys, cloth cage covers, seed guards, etc. I'm not saying don't clip, but if you are looking for an alternative to clipping, consider the dremmel it is louder and takes a little while for the birds to get used to, but I think it is worth it.

Dremels are great but you really need a second person to hold the bird. I help with bird grooming at my local pet bird club - I restrain the bird while a vet tech does the rest. She uses a dremel a lot to file the toenails of the larger parrots, but she usually goes for clippers on small birds like cockatiels. I can clip my tiels' toenails by myself but I'm not confident that I could dremel them without help. I have a dremel but the noise would make the birds wiggle extra hard.