budgie/parakeet owners?

Question

hey everyone! well once again i have some questions about my budgie!ok 1. when i got my budgie i was told that it was male, and a few weeks after that i noticed that their was alot of brown around his nostrils,(his cere)so i assumed that Gizmo(that's his name)was female! however, three days ago i took him into my bathroom to let him splash around in the shower,which he loves to do, and when i took him out i noticed that all the brown was gone! his cere was now a lightish blue! i absolutely could not believe that! so i was wondering what on earth was all that brown stuff? was it the dust stuff from his food? and has that ever happened to you? 2. gizmo is now 4 months old and his cere still hasn't turned ''fully blue'' so exactly how much longer until that happens? thanks i appreciate it!

Answer 1

Stange. I breed budgies for 11 years and I never seen or heard that before
Maybe it was scaly face? because its sometimes white or brown but it stays on and builds up until you put vaseline on it to make it stop growing and killing the mites

Glad its off now

Answer 2

You have a hen that I would state is older than 4 months. Budgies only just start getting a dark blue for males and a brown crusty cere for females around this time.

It is normal for a hen to lose the brown colour of the cere and become a pale blue in colour. This means she is not in breeding condition at this time. In another few months she should regain the brown cere. Some can take a bit longer to come back into condition other shorter.

Make sure she has a source of calcium, such as a cuttlefish bone as well as a mineral block to chew on.

Many times buyers are told they have a male bird when in fact it is a young female. Young budgie males have a bright pink cere not a blue one.

Answer 3

it depends how old ur parakeet is. if u just got it and its a baby theres nohting to worry about. a babys parakeets cere changes color all the time. eventully it will settle on a color as it gets older. a blueish purple cere means its male. a brown white or pink cere means its a female.