I have two budgies one of which has a cere that has always remained white. Sudenly over the space of 2/3 days at age 18 months old it has turned blue. I have never know a budgie take so long for the colour to apperar. anybody know why? Thanks
2007-01-31 20:23:10 · 5 answers · asked by Dave P 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Thanks for these answers. I will add word budgerigar for search purposes as suggested. Diet has not changed and is very good with good seed mixture, fresh mixed salad daily, mineral block etc. Plus they are "free range" and can come out of their cage whenever they want to fly and play. The other bird's cere was totally blue at about 2 months old and is the most active, happy and vocal budgie I have known. unfortunately the bird the question refers to isn't. He is the opposite - but we still love him just as much!
2007-01-31 21:11:43 · update #1
Some budgies take alot longer to develop than others its natural, just like it takes some kids longer to walk than others ar for their hair to grow. Don't worry about it. Now you have a nice blue budgie.
2007-01-31 22:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by Just Emma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes it depends on the colour of the budgie my sister had a blue budgie with a lot of white on it the cere was half blue and half brown for months then went brown so she had a female budgie all the time.i bought a blue and white on more white last year his was half an half and the lad in the pet shop wouldn't say what it was a girl or boy. i really did think he was male and after his first moult it went blue and he is a boy on his way to becoming a dad his girlfriend is green definitely a girl.
2007-02-01 01:19:31 · answer #2 · answered by wendywoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its just because they are slow maturing, blue boy, girl brown, I had some I bred and they tended to be a little slow at giving up what sex they were./can see by the way they react to birds you might have.as to the sex.
2007-02-01 04:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by archaeologia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strange that. Maybe it was a dietary change. Maybe he (at least you know its a "he" now) was lacking in nutrients to make the pigment. Did you change his food? If not I've no idea.
2007-01-31 20:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by ordiofile 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might have to refer to them as budgerigars, if you want the experts to answer, I'm told.
2007-01-31 20:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋