changing color???

[gooftroop]

ive had my love bird just short a month now, and where he was yellow hes now turning a really pretty pink??? is this normal... hes just over 3-4 mnths old, not exactly sure how old he is....

all help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks..
gooftroop! :)

[bookworm0550]

do you have photos?

[gooftroop]

how do i upload photos onto here?? i have a couple with his old color and ill take new now and upload them to the computer

[bookworm0550]

just open up a photobucket account and upload photos there. from there, you can post up the links to them on here. i'm sure his color changing is normal.

[bookworm0550]

do you know what kind of mutation he is? and where on his body are colors changing? when they mature, the baby colors change from soft to bright. and if he's a whiteface, his hood will change colors. my joey's gray face is gone and he has a orange hood now. my evie is starting to have a soft orange appear.

[gooftroop]

im not sure this will work, but im gunna try it. its a picture from my facebook uploads
http://http://www.facebook.com/photos/?ref=sb#/photo.php?pid=1066692&id=517619892

http://http://www.facebook.com/photos/?ref=sb#/photo.php?pid=1084078&id=517619892

still waiting for his new pic to be uploading from my phone to the net...

where he is yellow/white, he is now pinkish, same with the top of his head somewhat and at the tips of his wings?

[gooftroop]

new color
http://http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/tewtafer/?action=view&current=media1.jpg

old color

http://http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/tewtafer/?action=view&current=goof.jpg

[gooftroop]

old color


http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/tewtafer/?action=view&current=goof.jpg

new color

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/tewtafer/?action=view&current=media1.jpgd

[gooftroop]

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/tewtafer/?action=view&current=media1.jpg

^^ new color, hope this post works

[bookworm0550]

wow, i've never seen this before. i thought maybe it was the hood or something. goof is one pretty bird!!!!!!!!! you don't need me to tell you that. i'm sure someone on here will be able to explain the color change.

[gooftroop]

thankyou! : )
and as for his name if you were to meet him you would know why lol, his attitude and actions fit perfectly

ok another question for you, maybe you can answer. He doesnt sleep on his perch? he'll climb to the top of his cage and sleep there? no perch nothing, just hanging by his feet?

[bookworm0550]

like he's clinging onto the cage? mmmm, he probably feels safer at the top than on a perch that is lower. i know, it doesn't look comfortable, but he must be if he does that. do you have something he can sleep in? like a happy hut? yeah, birds will sleep holding onto the cages.

[HaleBoppPeachyluv]

my sunnybird doesn't have a happy hut, and depending on her mood will either sleep on her rope perch, or some mornings i find her with one foot on one of her chew toys & the other foot on the side of the cage...doing li'l birdie splits...hehehehe.... i recently put a finch nest thingie in her cage & she's taken to going in that... i'm wondering if she'll sleep in it... my hale-bopp did, but my maka just chewed it to pieces.


your lovvie is pretty!! is it a pied? i know my sunny is getting really yellow now including where she was a soft red before...and she's got a pink on her wing that tickles me bc it's the same shade as on her cheeks.

[gooftroop]

im not sure what a pied is? he's my very first lovebird, havent learned everything yet lol

[kimsbirds]

Goof is adorable!!!
And...beginning to grow his/her adult coloring by the looks of things. Babies look rather muted as far as coloring goes, but around 4 months of age, they get their 'peachfaces'...ie red/pink/orange coloring in the head/chest area.
Hope this explains what you are seeing!
PS If you can offer photos from behind, side and expanded wings, we can likely give you a better idea of mutation, pied is a possibility but I'd like to see the above shots before i say for sure :)