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About Parakeets
Picking a Healthy Parakeet
Male Vs. Female Parakeets
When to Buy a Parakeet
Pairing Parakeets
Cost of Parakeets
Time Requirements for Parakeets
Safety Hazards for Parakeets
Cleaning Parakeet Messes
Native Sounds of Parakeets
Teaching a Parakeet to Talk
Other Pets & Parakeets
Caring for Parakeets
Diet Tips for Parakeets
Feeding Parakeets
Parakeet Cage Tips
Cage Accessories for Parakeets
Wing Clipping in Parakeets
Clipping Parakeet Nails
Health Problems in Parakeets
Taming a Parakeet
Sexing Parakeets
Hand Feeding a Parakeet
Negatives of Owning Parakeets
Positives of Owning Parakeets
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Summary: Identifying the sex of parakeets can be difficult. Learn about the different behaviors of male and female parakeets with this free pet care video clip.
Elizabeth Cantu has owned and been working with parrots since 1994. She has been active in captive parrot rescue and rehabilitation. She works with an avian veterinarian on behavior...read more
"Today we are going to talk about getting a male versus a female parakeet. With the particular Budgies a lot of the larger ones like the plum headed parakeets; a lot of them are sexually dimorphic like you can tell from the color of their head what sex they are. But there also some species like the Monk parakeet also known as the Quaker parrot that has no sexual dimorphism so you can't tell the difference. This particular species you can tell the difference by the cere which is their nostrils. This bird is too young to tell the gender of. You can tell its nose is neither blue nor pink or brown it is basically sort of a purplish or pinkish color. That is generally a sign of a very young bird also the bars on its head. It will be about five months before this bird starts showing any signs of gender so what you want to do if you want to get a male is you want a blue cere and a female is going to have a pink cere. The personality difference is that the males tend to be, if you want a bird that is going to talk especially with parakeets or budgies you are going to want a male bird. A female bird, I don't know of any females that talk, it is not to say that they don't talk, it is just not very well known for that species. They still make very sweet pets and they will still jump around and they are very active. The other reason you might worry about gender if you are going to get more than one parakeet, if you end up with a male and a female there is a good chance you are going to end up with babies if you end up with two sets. Even if you don't provide them with a nest, the need to breed with these birds is so high they will lay eggs on the bottom of the cage so two males, two females will get along just find so again if you are picking a flock environment you may want to just pick all one gender if you don't want any breeding. Otherwise if you are interested in a bird that you want to talk you probably want to end up with a male parakeet."
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pblume said
on 2/18/2009 I just got my parakeet about 2 weeks ago and i have been researching and maybe one problem your bird may have had is poor diet. 50% should be seeds and 45%should be fruits and vegetables(needs a variety for sure)and 5% is hard boiled eggs which they love and fully cooked meat. This is just a suggestion for your help
pblume said
on 2/18/2009 I just got my parakeet about 2 weeks ago and i have been researching and maybe one problem your bird may have had is poor diet. 50% should be seeds and 45%should be fruits and vegetables(needs a variety for sure)and 5% is hard boiled eggs which they love and fully cooked meat. This is just a suggestion for your help
bruisedbutnotbr said
on 9/7/2008 I'm new to being a parakeet owner. I bought mine at Petco. I owned the first one for 18 days and it was fine and then yesterday it stopped talking. Was still eating. I was told this was a Blue/Female Parakeet. I wasn't sure what was wrong with it but I knew somehow there was something wrong. Normally it would be Leary of my hand but it seemed so week that it didn't care. I thought maybe it needed attention so I held it on my chest with a sweater on and petted it and talked/singed to it. A few hrs later after putting it back in the cage I saw it shake it's feathers and have sort of a convulsion. I left for a couple min and came back and it was dead. Anyone know why this may have happened. It broke my heart. I bought another one later that night due to the exchange/return policy. The 2nd one I bought it all yellow with 2 blue dots just under the eyes. Please...any help would be appreciated. I really love animals and I want to do the right things. I've been reading and watching everything I can online to learn more. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
smilesatme1 said
on 5/9/2009 I keep parakeet for "Lucky Charm" and I don't mind if it is a male or a female as long as it is colored green. Good info in this video.
slphilbrick said
on 5/8/2009 Like the other commenters, I wasn't aware that the male is the talker of the two in general. It would explain why some that I've had in the past are vocal and others aren't. I can't say I ever tried to identify whether they were male/female, but I'd certainly know better next time !