2006-10-10 11:52:18 · 10 answers · asked by owllady62 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Budgies change the color of their cere according to their physical condition and what age they are. Females will get a brown cere and males will have a vibrant blue or purple one, depending on what color they are and whether they're chicks. As a female approaches breeding condition the cere becomes crustier and much browner. This happens at about 6 months of age. It looks a bit like a shriveled apple piece was glued to their face :-) . It means she's ready to lay and she may go through the motions of breeding, including laying eggs in a small area of her cage. Once laying is finished the cere will return to a pale brown to light tan color. Sometimes birds will keep their shriveled look.
2006-10-10 19:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One a baby budgie is born the cere will change different colours and once it reaches a few months old it well then change to either pink/brown or blue. If a budgies cere changes to pink or brown this means that the budgie is a female and as it gets closer to the stage where it is able to breed it will become very brown which is completey normal. If a budgies cere turns blue then it means that it is a male. Obviously since you meantioned that your budgies cere has been changing colours and is now brown then it is a young female.
2006-10-13 15:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by geeb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark brown in color and rough in texture means ready to breed, much like i'm doing now. I just laid my first egg (of my second clutch) yesterday. I can't wait to see how many I lay this time around.
2006-10-10 15:27:39 · answer #3 · answered by vinnytheparakeet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means she is ready to mate. my budgies cere is peachish
right now good luck and take good care of her!
2006-10-10 11:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by al3xxx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means she's a GIRL! And that she's perfectly fine and healthy. And she wants to be a momma bird.
2006-10-10 12:33:49 · answer #5 · answered by Ayliann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mean's that "it" is an female & that she is ready to breed good luck
2006-10-10 12:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by Katie<3 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means the she is ready to mature enough to mate and rear
a family. good luck and have many happy babies...
2006-10-10 13:30:14 · answer #7 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is a female and is in breeding condition. Its ok and not to worry.
2006-10-10 12:04:21 · answer #8 · answered by patty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah she has reached maturity!
2006-10-11 00:43:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
means she is now an adult
2006-10-10 14:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by Jewelz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋