In order to file down Ick's toenails, and clip his wings (for the sake of my arms), he has to learn to lay on his back. Ick is already used to being handled all over his body, but that doesn't make laying on his back come easy. It's a very unnatural and unsafe position for birds. At first, he would flip himself back as soon as I let go, before finally learning that a little patience, and I would turn him back over.

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