Hi everyone, I adopted this little friend, Banana, one year ago from a local rescue. I was told they were male but now I am not sure. I don’t know their age. The entire time I’ve had them, they have had a pale bluish cere. Today I noticed it is a solid reddish brown. Is this a normal thing for...

I just noticed today that it looked like my budgie’s nose was peeling. Her cere used to be a dark brown put it is peeling back into a light brown. Should I be concerned?

Just had a question about when female budgies’ cere change colour. Is there a certain age it’ll turn brown or can it happen anytime? Is common/normal for it to not happen for awhile?

Hi, so I’ve already posted this on Healthy Highway but I thought I might get more input from this thread ———————————————————— Hi guys, I have two budgies, Kiwi (male - green) and Winter (female - blue) and I've noticed recently that they have flaky ceres. I know that the cere is supposed to...

Hi guys, I have two budgies, Kiwi (male - green) and Winter (female - blue) and I've noticed recently that they have flaky ceres. I know that the cere is supposed to look waxy and slight flaking is okay but I was wondering if this looks concerning to any of you? I was wondering after you’ve...

Hello all! I have four budgies. Luna (female, 3 years) and Sadie (female, 2 years) have some staining and "stiff" feathers that almost look like pins above their ceres. In the photo you can see it on Sadie. Luna (left of Sadie, white) has the same sort of marks and Frida (right of Sadie, green)...

Hi! This is my 3 month old budgie Percy, and his cere is appearing crusty. I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to what this may be? He is acting completely normal, eating and drinking as much as usual. When we originally let him out to fly for the first time, a few weeks back, he crashed...

It looks a bit odd — not the color, but it looks really crusty - more than usual. Is that normal?

hi this is mlky. im here to ask about this booger i saw in my budgies nose. his name is Ipse :pletb: and he is super cute, but im very worried about him. he only has it in one of his nostrils. im going to attempt to take it out somehow (probably by flushing it out/blowing/tweezers), if it's...

Hi y’all. I just went to a new petshop in my area and I noticed that some of budgies cere’s looked like this (picture). Anyway my question is is this hormonal or are they sick? They seem fine but their Ceres look horrible. I don’t know much about budgies though so I’m interested to know.

I have looked EVERYWHERE to try and find out what this thing is , and he wont let me get a good look at it. Also, does he possibly have mites?

Ella has been very grouchy as of late! She was doing very well with coming out of her cage and stepping up, but now if I try to touch her she bites me. She also doesn’t want to come out at all. I leave the door open but she just stays on her perch. Is she just feeling hormonal? Her cere tends to...

Hello, My budgie has had a bit of build up on his/her (I’m not sure at this point) cere for the last couple months.. initially I did some research and decided that he must be a she and was just getting the normal crusty cere that females tend to get when they’re hormonal. Last night I went out...

Só...my 9 year old lovebird seems to struggle to poop sometimes. I also don’t think she poops as often as a lovebird is supposed to. For the first time ever, Petey the female lovebird became eggbound earlier this year. She was put on Lupron shots for a couple months to help prevent her from...

I just got a new Budgie yesterday! His/Her name is Shiro (like that TV show character) And I have some questions for all of you... Q1: He (I'm just going to refer to him as a he) is not drinking! (or at least I have not seen him drink) Is there a possibility that he being sneaky and taking...

I've gotten my budgie, Navi, about two weeks ago, and I've started taming him. He goes onto my finger, but only if I put it close to his belly. And when that happens, he puts one foot on my finger until he steps up with the other (most of the time). I'm wondering what this is about. And another...

hello! i just recently adopted two female budgies and when I got home I had noticed that one of the budgies cere looked funny almost like it was rotting off? it's open on the top so she can breathe fine and seems to be acting normal. Can anyone help me know what's up? I don't have a vet near by.

Hey guys! Yes i did get my bird a week ago and hes/shes finally settling in. he/she is eating, playing with the toys, chirping, drinking and doing funny antics like wrestling the jingly toy! But i did get him/her rather young at 6 weeks (one month and 2 weeks) and so i wanted to ask what...

Hey guys! Yes i did get my bird a week ago and hes/shes finally settling in. he/she is eating, playing with the toys, chirping, drinking and doing funny antics like wrestling the jingly toy! But i did get him/her rather young at 6 weeks (one month and 2 weeks) and so i wanted to ask what...