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Post by Hezz on Jan 21, 2014 1:18:23 GMT
alicem, what's your budgie's name, please? It would be nice to be able to call him by name, rather than "your budgie"  I love the lying down pose you have him in. He has obviously done that for you before. 
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Post by tinker on Jan 21, 2014 9:11:21 GMT
I just want to say I think he is gorgeous Is he trained to lie on his back? How did you do that (if you don't mind me asking). What a sweetie & he must have a nice life flying about your house. I hope you can find an answer to why his feathers have turned blue, and I hope you can share any answers about why with us when you do find out - it is most intriguing. |
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Post by Captain Howdy on Jan 21, 2014 14:13:31 GMT
I would advise taking him to an avian vet for some blood work just to rule our disease or underlying conditions.
It is far better to find out it is nothing than to find out later on it is something.
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Post by phoebe on Jan 21, 2014 14:38:09 GMT
He is quite a pretty bird and I agree that blue is lovely on his back. Very interesting.
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Post by alicem on Jan 22, 2014 9:04:17 GMT
His name is Max. He is a very tame bird and loves kisses. I never trained him to lie on his back and clasp his feet its just one of his little quirks that he did by himself. I held him in my hands a lot when he was young and spent every moment with him when I wasn't at school. I couldn't have asked for a better budgie! I will let you know what happens with his next molt, but otherwise I don't think I will ever find out what is happening. Thanks   |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 10:52:10 GMT
To me it looks as if the yellow pigment which creates the green colouration just isn't reaching the tips of the feathers. Like BB said, could be a mutation. Reminds me of our hair going grey but colour-change doesn't seem to be a thing in old budgies, so it's probably just a genetic mutation that's occurred in the gene which controls for yellow pigment and is most likely nothing to worry about.
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Post by starlingqueen on Jan 22, 2014 12:00:49 GMT
To me it looks as if the yellow pigment which creates the green colouration just isn't reaching the tips of the feathers. Like BB said, could be a mutation. Reminds me of our hair going grey but colour-change doesn't seem to be a thing in old budgies, so it's probably just a genetic mutation that's occurred in the gene which controls for yellow pigment and is most likely nothing to worry about. But why would this happen at his age? If it's genetic why hasn't it shown up before? |
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Post by suesbird on Jan 22, 2014 12:34:30 GMT
Perhaps like older people who go grey, a friend had chemo her hair was ginger and grew back grey
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 17:15:36 GMT
To me it looks as if the yellow pigment which creates the green colouration just isn't reaching the tips of the feathers. Like BB said, could be a mutation. Reminds me of our hair going grey but colour-change doesn't seem to be a thing in old budgies, so it's probably just a genetic mutation that's occurred in the gene which controls for yellow pigment and is most likely nothing to worry about. But why would this happen at his age? If it's genetic why hasn't it shown up before? Because the gene only mutated recently, it's not something he was born with. It's the same as the way we develop mutations in our genes as we age, usually when cells divide. As we age the proteins which check that our DNA has been copied correctly often don't work as well, thus we get more mutations. Most are harmless. |
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Post by starlingqueen on Jan 22, 2014 17:54:06 GMT
But why would this happen at his age? If it's genetic why hasn't it shown up before? Because the gene only mutated recently, it's not something he was born with. It's the same as the way we develop mutations in our genes as we age, usually when cells divide. As we age the proteins which check that our DNA has been copied correctly often don't work as well, thus we get more mutations. Most are harmless. Thank you Ira, that makes sense. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 19:25:50 GMT
You're welcome, starlingqueen. I was worried I sounded too impatient. I'm not the greatest at explaining things and online I'm sure I sound terse  |
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Post by starlingqueen on Jan 22, 2014 21:50:07 GMT
You're welcome, starlingqueen. I was worried I sounded too impatient. I'm not the greatest at explaining things and online I'm sure I sound terse Not at all Ira. I didn't get that from your post. I know what you mean though, I sometimes worry that people take me the wrong way. It's hard to get things across without face to face conversation. |
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Post by birdguhl on Jan 23, 2014 0:05:04 GMT
You are v good at explaining things, Ira!
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Post by Hezz on Jan 23, 2014 1:22:53 GMT
Well put, Ira. You definitely are not wasting your studies.  It is satisfying being able to use what you are learning about, or have learnt about to explain thing to others. (Unfortunately I have forgotten more than I remember ........ and therein comes the idiom use it or lose it.  ) |
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Post by tinker on Jan 26, 2014 8:12:49 GMT
Ira - did you do genetics at university? I have a degree in genetics and what you said makes sense and could be one possibility.
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I love the lying down pose you have him in. He has obviously done that for you before. 
It is satisfying being able to use what you are learning about, or have learnt about to explain thing to others. (Unfortunately I have forgotten more than I remember ........ and therein comes the idiom use it or lose it. 
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