Ok ive had my budgie for over a year and when he was about 4 months old his nose started to turn brown. Now its fully dark brown and flakey, and ive looked up the scaly face thing budgie can get and its not it coz his nose is brown. he doesnt seem to be in any discomfort im just scared coz it hasnt gone away since he got it and im scared plz help: (
also im scared to go to a vet coz they killed my last bird.
is there anything i can use to clean it that doesnt have chemicals or something??
i lightly scartch his nose n little flakes come off i just dont want to hurt him: (
Budgies beaks can turn in to 2 colors or also it called "cere", red or blue.
The red one is for females and the blue one is for males, so when it's time for budgies to get some eggs that red/blue changes to a dark red or brown for females and very shine blue for males, however, if it is male and it turned into some dark red thats means it is sick!
A brown cere (nose) indicates that the budgie in question is a female budgie and is ready for breeding. So their is nothing to be concern to be about it to as being bad to your budgie's health.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com Below is a link to a website that will explain it. It also has pictures of budgies that also have the brown ceres just like your budgie.
http://www.budgieplace.com/mf.html
I had no idea about the two previous answers, but my budgie has that too.
Squirt flew into my backyard, and I saved him from the jaws off my cat, all in all.
We were afraid that she, (I guess!) Had a scab on her nose, but she has been living happily for 4 years since then. She's still here, healthy and chirping.
If its a female, it usually means its ready to breed or its breeding season.
