Hello! I am not an owner of budgies myself, but my grandmother is. She has 3 budgies (2 males, 1 female, at least 6 years old), all in the same cage. Upon looking at her budgies today, I noticed that the female has an overgrown cere. I can't tell if it's covering her nostrils, but apparently it's been growing since at least January. I saw various different results about it online so I'm not exactly sure why it's happening or how to fix it. In addition, I believe they only eat a generic parakeet/finch seed, so I'm not sure if that could contribute to it as well. I attached some photos, but some health related/diet advice would be appreciated! I've never owned birds before so they're not my specialty!

Edited July 16, 20223 yr by moony

Hi Moony,

While looking for answers on a similar issue my budgie has with her cere, it looks like Scaly face mite? Although I'm not 100% sure.

My budgie had a similar issue which continued to grow (photos attached). I have just cut off the growth but am concerned whether this is a fungal infection. If anyone has any advise/answers it would be much appreciated.