While pondering the mail lament, Cindy Spangler said...
 
 TS> What could be causing that? What should I do? He shares a cage with 
another
 TS> Budgie, should I "isolate" the sick one?
 CS> He or should we say SHE is just doing the normal maturing a parakket
 CS> would  be. Females cere (the area around the nose) normally changes
 CS> from blue to  brown when the reach breeding age. The darker the color,
 CS> the closer to  breeding time they are. If the others one cere is not
 CS> changing it is probably  a male......   Have fun.
Don't I feel stupid now. ;-)  Thanks for the info.
Now that brings up another problem... The other budgie is older, and the
cere has not turned brown, so I can only assume that it is a male... So
is there any special steps I should be taking now that they might be
breeding? 
    -Tim
... This Tagline was cruelly tested on small furry animals.
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