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laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 02:49 PM
Hi. I don't know if this is in the right spot or not, but I'll ask anyways. I have 2 young budgies. A male and a female. They are from different parents but raised by the same female. Lee and Noodle are identical, we can barely tell them apart. They are pretty much exactly the same age, one may be a day or two older. They're about 5 months old. The male seems to be molting and the female isn't. Do male budgie molt for the first time before females? Thanks! :)
Husky_mom
06-08-2006, 03:02 PM
can you post pics??? molting i believe is like dogs shedding some do it before anothers adn its pretty normal not a gender thing.........

please post pics..........
laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 03:09 PM
Oh, I knew what molting was, I just didn't know if one sex molted sooner than the other. I'll post pics, I have to upload them on Photobucket first though. :)
Giselle
06-08-2006, 03:21 PM
Budgies hit sexual maturity around 6-9 months, so it just sounds like the male is just responding to the surge of Spring hormones better than the female. I don't think one sex moults quicklier than the other, however, because of all the enviornmental factors. Please post pictures! :)
Husky_mom
06-08-2006, 03:23 PM
Oh, I knew what molting was, I just didn't know if one sex molted sooner than the other. I'll post pics, I have to upload them on Photobucket first though. :)

i didnt meant to sound like you didnt knew just to compare that some dogs shed before others also beacuse of light conditions and such, like Giselle said, and not caused by either sex........
laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 03:28 PM
:D They look almost EXACTLY alike. They have different parents though. :) They're sweeties, just not very tame yet. We have 18 birds, I'll eventually post all of their pictures, lol. :D It seems that I've made them too small..lol

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/dane_lover161/Budgies%20and%20Tiels/Noodle1.jpg
This is Noodle.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/dane_lover161/Budgies%20and%20Tiels/Lee1.jpg
This is Lee.
laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 03:30 PM
There are the pics. :)
Husky_mom
06-08-2006, 03:32 PM
a little bit too small pics but they are beauties!!
laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 03:34 PM
Since I made the others too small, here are some others.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/dane_lover161/Budgies%20and%20Tiels/Noodle.jpg
Noodle

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/dane_lover161/Budgies%20and%20Tiels/Lee.jpg
Lee
laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 03:35 PM
a little bit too small pics but they are beauties!!

I know, sorry they're so small. The other ones should be better. :)
Giselle
06-08-2006, 04:55 PM
OOOHHH!!! They look EXACTLY like my hen, Lime, who passed away. Oh goodness!!! Those pictures bring back so many memories :(

This was Lime in all her pregnant glory =P
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/LSophie/The%20Birds/IMG_1185.jpg

I miss her so much.
laredos_mom06
06-08-2006, 05:46 PM
Aww, I'm so sorry. SHe does look like Lee and Noodle, very pretty! She was a big girl!! I lost one of my feathered friends a week ago. He's much better off now. He had seizures. Harry and Lime are flying free together now. :D We'll see our little buddies again one day though. It's not goodbye, it's I'll see you later. :)
Argranade
06-09-2006, 09:03 AM
Its very normal for your birds to molt even at this age some of my birds molt even when there only 6 months old somtimes its also on the weather season.
laredos_mom06
06-09-2006, 04:15 PM
Its very normal for your birds to molt even at this age some of my birds molt even when there only 6 months old somtimes its also on the weather season.

Yeah, I just didn't know if males molted before females. Thanks.