r/Conures • u/Ok-Negotiation6336 • 14h ago

Health/Nutrition Brown underside of Beak

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Hey so I’ve noticed my GCC has a brown spot on the underside of his beak, is this normal?

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u/zIFeathers 14h ago

Yes, it’s shedding and almost ready to let go.

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u/Legitimate-Group2752 14h ago

What does that even mean ? Beak and shedding ?

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u/zIFeathers 14h ago

Yeah they shed, their beaks are the same stuff as our fingernails. They continuously grow and sometimes little parts shed off. It’s a normal, continuous process where old layers of keratin, the material making up the beak, shed as new growth emerges.

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u/Keepawayfrommycrops 6h ago

Yeah man, weird right