Too long a beak, unless an early unknown injury to the “cuticle” sent the beak growing at a bad angle where the bird cannot easily grind it against the other mandible in its sleep, or if the bird were caged without anything to grind its beak on by a previous owner, can be indication of a liver issue like fatty liver disease. If so you may have to watch its diet carefully.
Thank you. I had not known about the liver issue.
The beak has been trimmed bluntly. They had no cuttlebone. They chewed the wood of the perches. There was no gravel paper but newsprint and there was no gravel as a “side dish” to help them digest.
I’m not an expert on parakeets but I’ve rescued enough to know abuse when I see it. I think the previous owners were just ignorant and not necessarily cruel. But at any time in those five years, they could have bought books to learn how to care for their little charges.
I don’t know as much as I want to, but I’ll buy as many books as I need to in order to learn as much as possible.