Zena's break

[Nazo]

I own 2 parakeets they are in deep love but just yesterday my green parakeet Zena which is a boy got 2 little like spots on his break. I tried wiping it off but it's still there. They are side to side and they are the same length. They kinda look like this () only turned on it's and much smaller. Is this bad or normal?

[Monica]

Sounds like he might have bruised his beak....

[Nazo]

How do you think Nazo did that or it might be because we clipped their wings and he has been running into walls sometimes. What do you think?

[Monica]

It would have been caused by a hard collision into an object...

[Nazo]

Ok what? please speak clearly I'm only 10 you know.

[Monica]

Yes, what I mean is that he'd be trying to fly into something too hard..... by doing so it causes his beak to bruise...

[Nazo]

Should I worry about taking it to the vet or should I try and stop him from flying into walls. :)

[Monica]

You probably want to keep him calm for a while, at least until he gets used to his wings being clipped. If he seems fine in every way he probably is, but if he starts acting strange then indeed a vet visit would be in order...

[Nazo]

nothing strange but he does now want Nazo more than us I went to the store today and now we have 3 perches and got some grit and grit holder. By the way is breeding season in the summer when does it normaly start? By the way again we got their wings clipped about a mounth ago but Zena is starting to fly a lot better now. He can fly about 6 feet high and about 12 feet away. I was thinking of clipping it more what do you say? The reason why Zena runs into walls more than Nazo is becuase he seems to have less control of his flight more than Nazo.

[Monica]

Budgies don't need grit....... only pigeons from my understanding. Grit can cut up the crop as well as if the bird eats too much of it it causes the crop to impact, or to say get so full of grit that the bird cannot get any of it out of it's crop and the bird ends up starving to death.

There is no set breeding season in captivity though the amount of light and temperature can have an effect on their hormonalness.... IF it's a problem that Zena is starting to fly well you may want to consider clipping the wings, however let Zena fly for a good week or two before clipping them, that way she can build up her flight muscles.