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Expert: - 11/12/2007


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 i   have a   young  ressive   female   and   a blue   male  and  sky   coloured   male   i  have   everthing  in  the   cage   and  i  have  seen  the   feeding  each   other  and   everthing   but   her  cere is   gone  from   pink  to   white   what  do  i  do  please   help   me  asap   thank  you

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Hi, Fredrick,

You don't need to do anything.  A female's cere is supposed to be white/brown/tan/beige.  I'd say this is a young bird that has just started to get her adult coloration.  Therefore, if the female is not at least 1 year old, she is too young to breed.  Also, you can't have 2 males and 1 female in the same cage.  I recommend you remove the male that is not feeding the female beak-to-beak.  Only have 1 breeding pair per cage.

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I`ve been raising/breeding/handfeeding/selling parrots for over 20 years (parakeets/budgies, cockatiels, 6 subspecies of conures, parrotlets, amazons, lovebirds, etc.). I've been published in "Budgies" and "Cockatiels" offered by Bow Tie Productions, and have written avian articles for publication in England. I can provide advice in raising healthy birds, handfeeding/weaning babies, some health problems, nail/beak/wing clipping, general husbandry, etc. I also have experience with racing/showing homing pigeons. I cannot diagnose specific illness over this website. If you suspect your bird is ill or if you have an emergency, contact a certified avian veterinarian or emergency pet clinic ASAP.

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Over 20 years breeding/raising/handfeeding/selling 15 different species of parrots.

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American Federation of Aviculture, completed Level I course, Fundamentals of Aviculture. Keeping/breeding parrots and other birds for over 20 years.

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