hi i am new to this site but wondered if anyone can advise me, my female budgie sparky is bout 16 months old she is healthy , eating well etc but today i noticed a greyish patch on her cere, i havnt seen it befor and it is not raised or scaly just looks a bit like someone has splodged a bit of paint on her, i rang the vets who doesnt have a avian vet but they said just keep eye on her i am worried so wondered if anyone has any advice please ,she is definatly chirpy enough thank you to anyone who replies i would be gratefull den

has she flown into anything and hit her face? or been rough with her toys?

 

the cere is just fleshy skin and it can bruise rather easily if they run into a mirror or wall or if they play a bit too hard and swing a toy and it comes back and hits them

 

if you can get a nice clear picture of it, that would also help

When a female budgies cere isnt brownish red the top layer peels away to reveal a whitish blue to greyish look underneath. Thats what she would appear like when not in breeding condition. You may be seeing some of that as her brown part peels away.

Here's a hen whose cere is peelinbg off to reveal that underneath colour

Edited April 28, 201114 yr by **KAZ**

hey thanks for your replies it DOES look a bit like the picture kaz posted but its only a small bit so cant see to clearly , as far as i kno she hasnt banged into anything , she doesnt come out to often tho the cage is alwayz open when im home , she a very independent lil thing n does what she wants when she wants to , took me a year to get her to play with toys n she still not that keen , i do appreciate your replies and will keep eye on her for a few days to make sure all okay, she being very noisy while im typing this maybe she saying thanks too , den

 

sorry p,s cant get picture sparky FREAKS big time at the camera little woosy birdee

She doesnt have to have banged into anything. The brown part of the cere peels off on a regular basis over a year. Its normal.

ahh thanks kaz feel alot more reasured now , wud hate to think my lil one sick x