Oct 14, 2015 15:53:08 GMT
sammiejo123
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Post by sammiejo123 on Oct 14, 2015 16:04:07 GMT
Im not sure whats happening to my budgies cere it was blue when he was younger and now its got a changing colour to a brownish pinkish colour he/she is about 7 months old im a bit worried that something could be wrong any help appreciated i would add a photo but im not sure how xx
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Post by starlingqueen on Oct 14, 2015 17:24:49 GMT
It is probably a hen coming into breeding condition. You can add a picture by either uploading it to an image hosting site and posting the link here or using the button "Add image to post" at the top left of the screen when you make a post.
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Post by FFG on Oct 14, 2015 18:23:42 GMT
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Oct 14, 2015 15:53:08 GMT
sammiejo123
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Post by sammiejo123 on Oct 14, 2015 18:23:28 GMT
 This is Charlie |
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 14, 2015 18:43:33 GMT
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 14, 2015 18:45:21 GMT
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Post by BudgieS90 on Oct 14, 2015 19:34:29 GMT
he is probably a she, we made the same mistake, we thought basilina was a boy and called her basil, then her cere went from like a blue to brown
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2015 0:20:51 GMT
Hmmm, I am not totally convinced that Charlie is a girl. The blue of the cere is very blue and I don't see any whiteness around the nares. Do you have photos of Charlie as a younger bud? It would be good just to compare.
Two of my boys' ceres have looked like this as younger birds, and it was only as they fully matured that they produced the bright blue that we associate with the boys.
It is not anything to worry about, anyway.
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Post by OP on Oct 15, 2015 7:05:22 GMT
Looking at the photo the cere colour is what Joey's cere has looked like since I got him. It has occasionally gone a slightly deere shade of blue but has never gone the bright blue that Whiskers does. Is it to do with the breeding perhaps?
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2015 7:10:15 GMT
I can only comment on the boys I have personally, but my blue boys, Spyro and Misty, are the ones whose cere I have seen this almost indeterminate shade. They have gotten darker as the boys have matured, but Sparky's cere is the brightest blue of the lot, and he is a normal green. He is also the least interested in breeding, so go figure.
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Post by OP on Oct 15, 2015 7:24:46 GMT
Neither Joey nor Whiskers are interested in mating with Edward, that is definite. Whiskers has a very rich blue cere which brightens and almost glows when he is in condition (I suppose he is). Joey's rarely alters. It is blue but a pale washed out sort of blue. How do I know they are not interested in mating with Edward. First off Joey is Whiskers best friend. I will try and get a video of the action that I see nearly every morning when the covers come off. It is the only time that I have seen Edward so close and in contact with Whiskers. It is a proper love triangle with Whiskers in the middle and Edward trying to get in on the act. When it is all over the final act is for Whiskers to feed Joey.
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Post by ffiscool on Oct 15, 2015 15:27:07 GMT
I think boy
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