Elly

Of course, you dont need to ask Elly It has been added.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder SW You can also wipe down your cat daily, I know people do that with a damp wash cloth if you get them as a kitten and start it early they do get used to it. .

We have a fanastic FAQ section with articles that answer these questions in depth. CLICK to Read Evaluation of a Pet Shop CLICK to Read Evaluation of a Breeder CLICK to Read How to Tell a Young Budgie CLICK to Read Signs of a Healthy Budgie All these articles are excellent and there are even more to read and review .

I hope he pulls through, I would also find yourself an AVIAN vet to have your birds checked out once this ordeal is over. At the grandparents house did you notice if they used candles, air freshners, strong cleaners around his cage? This can irriate the lining and cause respiratory infection...I am not saying this is what happened but I would investigate grandma's house.

sounds like everything is coming along nicely.

That is cool , I have heard the pelvic bone methods is not very reliable though.

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I would say GoldenFace or YellowFace Type 2 Double Factor Mauve or Cobalt Dominant Pied Spangle. No grey coloring if it looks grey it could be from mauve.

that is pie expertise, I am not good identifying them out of the nest just explaining why...I am better when they have their feathers.

Look by the belly you can see the uneveness of the coloring not the yellow patches but the green coloration you can see how it varies because of the way the yellow is running through the body feathers. The dark factors are giving it the different coloration of green that is why it is darker then some that you see. Plus if we are dealing with GoldenFace you are dealing with a deeper and darker blue which also make the coloring darker. This bird reminds me of Bea's Ozzie.

It would be just a Dominant Pied, he would only have been split for opaline if his mom was an opaline.

The bird is a blue based bird so Chrissy it can't be split if it is blue. Only a Green bird can be Split to Blue. Blue is a recessive gene so it can never be split. It is not a Green series blue because you can see the patches of blue in her if she was a Green Series bird she would be equally green all over and you wouldn't be able to visually tell if it was carrying the YF gene. As of right now they don't identify greens as Yellow Face because they always have a yellow face . I agree it is a Yellow Face Type 2 (it could be a double factor making the yellow deeper) or a Golden Face Type 2 also. The green is darker because the bird could be a cobalt in blue or a mauve which means it has 1 or 2 dark factors. The seafoam green that you are speaking of usually I believe occurs more in your sky blue (no dark factors) yellow face 2 blues. I hope that makes sense.

maple

Good to hear!

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Well donw!!!!

I wouldn't know the width, maybe someone else will?

Oh Libby can't you just share 1 ...

To be on the safe side, you can do a 30 day quarantine back into the flock, I think that is better to be safe they sorry. Did the avian vet do tests and tell you exactly what type of bacterial infection it was? As for passing on to people MB covered that. Hope she is on the road to recovery quickly.

Excellent, I will add to the FAQ, can I upload your pics to the BBC photobucket?

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You can enter them all it is member vote now

This would be a good competition caption one for next time Great looking birds, Kaz!