This was my Nibbler, the only ever blue budgie I had. He was given to my dad from a breeder as a gift. He was my big blue boy.

Now I've got to admit that this was a time when I knew not much about budgies and had to learn the hard (and painful way) about things. :hap: But of course, I know so much more now, and thanks to this site I'm learning even more about giving the best possible care.

 

Anyway, I had always assumed he was a normal cobalt, but reading some more I'm starting to think otherwise.

 

Nibbler with flash - purple cheek patches.

 

This is as close to real colour as I can get.

Nibbler butt.

 

You can see bits of light blue on his wings (like an opaline) as well as some brown. He also had violet on his neck.

Can you help me out?

 

(If you're wondering about the beak - he developed a tumour in his upper beak It was causing his beak to grow off to the side, and he could only use one side of his mouth. Because of that, it didn't wear down and instead grow abnormally long. I took him to the vet when I saw it was just going to get worse (I tried so hard to convince my parents, in the end I just snuck out). He trimmed it and gave some medicine but it didn't get better Not long after, Nibblet started bleeding profusely from his mouth and it just wouldn't stop; everytime he closed his beak it would dislodge the clot and it would start again. The vet put him down, right in my hands, I will always remember him, not only because he was such a bouncy character but because I realised right at that moment that no animal deserves to suffer, no matter how much it pains us to let them go. That euthenasia, though heartbreaking, is a "good death" that saves them a slow, painful end. One final kindness.)

Fly free, little one.

he is a beautiful bird and with the last shot of pics he looks like my Merlin coloring who is a violet. So if the last shots are true to color I would say normal violet but I can see how you would think cobalt. The flash really washes blues out and they are very hard to take pics of true to their coloration.

 

the blue on the bottom of the wings is normal Merlin has that also.