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my budgie is about 4 months old i got him 2 months ago.how can i tell if my budgie has used the cuttlebone?????????? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Easy to tell - does it look nibbled? If it is being used it will have grooves, ridges etc where your budgie is nibbling at it. This will only be on one side as one face is hard and shell like and the other is very soft and can easily be scrapped with a nail.

Don't mean to be cheeky but if it doesn't seem to have been used then make sure that you have the soft face to your bird as that is what they eat the most.

thanx a bunch

Try to read that article about giving cuttlebone to your budgies... it was made by Mavis...

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1529.asp

This is an article I wrote about cuttlebone.

thanx ill check it

ok... if you still have a problem... dont think twice... post your questions here... and we'll give you the best answer we have...

o yeah here's a tip if a cuttle bone loses its smell it mean it has like 2 more weeks of use because it softens.i got this from a vet.my friends dad if a vet and i can get info books from him.

if a cuttlebone is tanish <img src="/images/graemlins/beamedup.gif" alt="" /> at the edges is it freash or rotten?

oh... that's great... you got a vet who's near from you...