Sex of Parakeets
I worked in a Pet store for awhile and we told the sex of parakeets by their beaks. Blue boy and pink girl. Sometimes it was difficult to tell as you have noticed.
Parakeets do better in pairs than alone. Unless you are looking for a parakeet to teach tricks too. Parakeets alone make great human pets while pairing them makes themselves good pets to eachother. It just makes it more difficult to train if they are together a majority of the time.
They may fight out of boredom. Make sure to give them a mirror and enough play toys. Maybe that will distract them a bit. However, you may need to separate them but put them in cages next to eachother. That way they can see eachother and not be lonely.
Breeding parakeets is extremely difficult. From my experience, male and female parakeets may never breed in captivity. They can stay years with eachother and never produce. If you do want to breed parakeets it is possible but their living conditions would need changing. More privacy with a cover over their cage and a special nest can be added to the cage. They need a "romantic" atmosphere to possibly reproduce.
So if your birds are female and male they may not reproduce unless you intentionally want this to happen. Good luck! Maybe provide some pics!
Scooby, Shaggy the "Dogs", Ms. Thang the "Cat" and introducing Measley Weasle "The Ferret".
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