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Parakeets nose looking dry
Does anyone know why my parakeets nose might be looking dry. I have 2 and one's nose is nice and pink and the cockatiel's nose is looking pretty pink but a different shad (as it's always been) So do you think maybe she isn't drinking enough water or something or is it too hot? Any ideas? Thank you.
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I have had budgies for about 9 yrs now and if the cere ic dry looking it is a girl and if it is colorful it is a boy because the boys have to impress the girls with that color
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Here's a direct quote from a page about
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Once they get older you can tell the sex of your bird by the color of it's cere. If it's a male Budgie it will have a blue cere, and if it's a female it will have a brown cere.
(The cere is the soft fleshy area on top of the beak surrounding the nostrils.
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The colorful strip where their nostrils are located are called "ceres" and it is normal for them to shed/peel every once in a while like we shed our skin.
And yes, their nose color changes. Usually, you can't tell the gender of the babies until they mature. Females ceres usually get brown/pink and males violet/blue.
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I'm not a parakeet expert by any means, but I'll try to point you to someone who is. Try birdhobbyist.com. I use the reptile counterpart (kingsnake.com), and they have lots of breeders and vets that get on regularly to answer questions of this nature. Also try googling parakeet care sheets.
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