Cere colour change

[Qib]

So I've got my two female budgies, but I've noticed a cere colour change in one. i'm not too concerned about it because she's otherwise healthy and it doesn't look like scaly face or anything horrible. she's just getting a slight blue tinge and I wasn't wondering if this was due to a hormonal change, an early warning sign of a disease or something.
sorry about the lack of photo but she's currently hiding in my hair and I wouldn't want to disrupt her from her cosy place.

 

[songlake]

Without a photo, I'd guess she's going out of breeding condition.

 

[MonicaMc]

Hens can get blue-ish ceres. Usually white with blue, or white with blue and tan, and that's normal.

 

[Qib]

does this happen at any particular age? I don't know how old my girl actually is so ima be hunting for clues.

 

[MonicaMc]

As long as they aren't recessive pieds, you might be able to age them by their eyes. However, once they are adults, you can't guess at their age.


0 - 4 months of age : no irises
4 - 6 months of age : dark-grey irises
6 - 8 months of age : mid-grey irises
8 +++ of age : pale-grey irises

 

[4dugnlee]

Are you sure she is in fact a she? If so, then females can have a bluish tint to the cere.

 

[veimar]

As far as I know females can have light blue cere. It sounds totally normal to me. Does she have white around her nostrils? I have two babies who I think are both boys, and their ceres started just changing in color (purple to blue). I always thought the cere color change was normal - let's see what the experts say.