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Is it normal for a female budgie to eat the sandpaper at the bottom of her cage?
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∙ 14y ago
Most seed eating birds require grit of some form in their diet. It is used in their gizzard to grind against the seeds to break them down. If no other grit is available to your bird she is using the sand from the sand paper for the same purpose. Female birds alo need a source of Calcium in order to make shells for their eggs. Cuttlefish bone is commonly hung up in the cage for this purpose.
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∙ 14y agoThe sand/grit helps aid their digestion.
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Is this normal Budgie has a brown and crusty nose area?
If the brown area is restricted to the cere, this is normal, as it indicates a female that is ready to bed. If it is a crusty discharge, the budgie is suffering from a respiratory infection, and must be taken to a vet.
Is this normal for your budgie?
Whether that is normal for your budgie will depend on what you are referring to. Budgie is a nickname for a budgerigar, a type of pet parakeet that is quite common.
Is your budgie normal?
All budgies are normal, there is no record of insanity to be found anywhere about budgies.
What is sandpaper without sand?
its normal paper robert callaway
What happens to a girl budgie when its beak turns brown?
This could be a condition called scaly face. This is when a budgie nose turns brown and scaly which is caused by mites. This could be fatal in the late stages but it is curable. This could also be age related, when budgies get older, their noses turn brown. Correction: When a female budgie's beak turns brown, this is an indication that she is ready to breed.
These parakeets are constanley humping each other is this normal?
I have a budgie and he is always humping his mirror so i think that it is normal.
Is irritation normal after rough sex?
depends on what kind of sandpaper you use to wipe after
If you got New female budgie and put it with your male budgie but every time she gets close to him he peaks her what will you do please take this seriously please help?
the bird is getting annoyed at the boy but it will pass. i had a similar case and now they are breeding :)
Is it good to have a budgie inside with lights on inside?
A budgie inside its cage in the house should be covered up in the evening so that the conditions reflect its normal cycle of daytime-night time. A budgie should not be permitted to fly freely around the house with the lights on.
Why my budgie crack its egg?
Cracked eggs are often caused by thin, fragile shells - possibly due to the bird not getting enough calcium in its diet.
How do you tell if a parakeet is a girl?
It's often really difficult to tell the sex of your parakeet or budgie. They are only sexually dimorphic on their cere. The cere is the fleshy part just above their beak. It is the area of skin around their nostrils. The remaining areas of a budgie body, whether male or female are too similar, often identical, to be able to tell the difference in gender. However, if your budgie is younger than twelve months, then it may be impossible to visually identify whether it's gender is male or a female. If that is the case, then you will have to take your budgie to an avian veterinarian to be surgically sexed. To determine parakeet gender yourself, take a look at the cere. In normal variety males the cere will be blue or purplish. If your budgie is recessive pied, fallow, lacewing, lutino, or dark-eyed clear then the cere will be bright purple or ping. All female budgie varieties develop a white, tan, or brown cere. The brown ceres tend to be flaky and thick. Some experts also agree that there are some behavior differences between budgie sexes. While this isn't scientific evidence that they're either a male or a female it can help in the parakeet gender identification process. Behavior differences include: Male Parakeets: -Head bobbing -More Singing -More Active and Social Female Parakeets: -Bossy -Louder -Don't generally sing I hope this was helpful :)
Your guppy is due to have her fry soon Is it normal for her swim up to the top then sink down to the bottom?
That is perfectly normal behaviour for a female livebearer just prior to parturition. She will drop her young soon.
