Can you put nail polish on a parrot's nails?

[SuperOreoMan]

Is it safe to paint a parrot's nails?
I painted one claw (of our Blue Crowned Conure) without really thinking about it... X( I held him for a while and made sure it was dry before leaving the room, and I've checked on him and he doesn't seem to be picking at it. And I did it quickly in a well-ventilated room, holding the bottle away from him, so he shouldn't have inhaled anything.
So I just wanted to know what you think. I painted my green cheek's nail a couple years ago because we had just adopted him and his brother, and couldn't tell them apart. That polish had a particularly strong smell, so I took it away and didn't try again, but he was fine and we never had a problem.
SO ANYWAY, nail polish: safe, or not safe? (the way I put it on)

 

[antoinette]

NEVER EVER

There are chemicals in the polish that could harm your bird

A bird will feel it & chew it off & eat it, you would be it will be poisoning and killing your bird.

 

[Mayden]

Not safe. They're filled with so much crap that is unsafe for our fids. Ventilated room or not, it's right under their nose when you're applying it.

I wont paint MY nails in the same room as my fids unless it's well ventilated and I'm well away from them because they've got such tiny little lungs and they're so sensitive to everything.

Better safe than sorry, don't do it again, there's really no reason to.

 

[josiesmom]

I think Josie would bite my face off if I tried. My kids would disown me for doing that to her.

 

[Kalidasa]

Good lord!

 

[MollyGreenCheeks]

Birds are not for decoration, they are for companionship! Everything everyone else has said is absolutely correct and in addition, even though you were "holding the bottle away from him, so he shouldn't have inhaled anything" I guarantee your bird was inhaling damaging chemicals. Their respiratory system is much more delicate than that of a persons. Please refrain from this type of thing and always ask before doing anything in question.

 

[brianlinkles]

One word- "why"?

 

[crimson]

my question is: since you have done one nail, are you planning on removing the nail polish?
your going to be subjecting your bird to nail polish remover, which is deadly to a bird, or are you going to wait for him to chew it off, in 'hopes' he won't digest any of it?
sorry if this seems harsh, but I just can't wrap my brain around this

 

[FreddyCheeks]

If I were you at this point try to lightly file it off with a nail file. That or if you didn't put a clear coat on it maybe you could scratch most of it off with your nail. Good luck.

 

[Mayden]

I'd recommend picking at it yourself - if he lets you. Filing, if experienced, might result in a quick nick causing a lot more drama than needed!

No nail varnish remover, no more polish.

I'd maybe recommend using these to 'scrape' the varnish off if you've got no nails (and have these type of clippers!)

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Why! Why would you even think of doing that! Don't use nail polish remover, it will only make things worse.

 

[patch]

Putting nail polish on a bird's nails is comparable to painting my nails with, I don't know, arsenic or something equally deadly. Hopefully this is a lesson learned.

 

[ruffledfeathers]

I always have my own nails polished and even that is supposedly not great even for us as humans. A certain amount of the chemical is being absorbed. So, i wouldn't even use a pet nail polish on a bird. I never used it on my dog either, but with a bird, i would be 100 times more careful.

 

[Triplemoon]

I think the person stated they had done it before thinking about it. I am sure They can now see it was an error and we can help figure a way to remove it without hurting the bird. I am sure I would of thought of doing it on a larger bird just to be cute. Like we use a special polish on our female dog on groom days to make her look a bit more girlie. But yes I would of asked about it prior to doing it.

I would suggest filing it off or soaking it with warm water and trying to flake it off so the Fid doesn't chew it off.

 

[WannaBeAParrot]

Actually, not even good for humans, so definitely not fids due to absorption and possibility of them eating it.

 

[MagegrayWolf]

I wouldn't even open a bottle around a bird. The fumes alone could be incredibly harmful or even fatal to them.