budgie sexing question..

[tikeyas_mom]

I know if the bird has a blue nostril it is male,
http://www.justbajan.com/pets/birds/species/budgies/male.jpg

and if the bird has a brown nostril it is female.
http://www.budgerigar-world.com/images/Fotos/Email/Grahan5_G.jpg


but what if the nostril is in the middle.. example..

http://www.justbajan.com/pets/birds/species/budgies/budgie2.jpg

http://www.nitasnest.homestead.com/files/keet2.jpg

Springs looks like that one ^ is she a she?? :confused:

[popcornbird]

LOL! If its in the middle, it means its a baby and hasn't matured yet. You will have to wait a few months to find out for sure. Spring is only a baby. :) That's the color all budgies have whether male or female, when very young.

[tikeyas_mom]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! thanks popcorn bird :). you are a great help all the time, just thought I'd let you know :D. I thought she was just a baby because she was WAYY smaller then Spanky is. ;). thanks again ..

[CathyBogart]

All the little ones we have at work are like that, and I am thinking about making a sign with a chart explaining that they are babies so we can't sex them. I always feel bad because inevitably half of the people who want our budgies want a friend for an existing budgie, and I just don't know. ^_^ They're so cute though, especially when we give them Raspberries!! SO MESSY!

[Tweety_Pie]

:eek: so that means Dexter might not be male? cause he is only a couple weeks! and his cere is in the middle:eek: Oh well it's slightly turning blue so thats a good sign lol!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid60/pc5c3bb8f8ef7486b3ac066bdf6207aa6/fc5682b1.jpg

[tikeyas_mom]

my budguies is slightly blue and slightly pink, so I have no clue if Spring is a male or female :D.

[Tweety_Pie]

lol....Spring is probably a female:)

[tikeyas_mom]

I dont really vare either way though, Cheeko loves Spring and I'll kjeep her/his name whever Spring is :)..

[primabella]

It's weird, we were able to tell our birds' sex very easily at the pet store. And they were even young, about 8 weeks or whatever the normal age would be. I can't remember anymore :rolleyes:

[Tweety_Pie]

I'm pretty sure that Dexter is a male because his cere is turning more blue than brown....and also the people at the pet store were saying he was a male.

[tikeyas_mom]

that good :D. I hope Spring is a female -eek-

[Tweety_Pie]

tikeyas_mom do you have any pictures of spring up close so you can see Springs cere?

[tikeyas_mom]

thoughs are very close up, my web cam just really sux! sorry.

[Tweety_Pie]

My web cam sux to lol

[tikeyas_mom]

mine always takes such blurry pics I hate it. I wish I had a digital cam :(. oh well.

[lute]

the people att the petstore don't know very much about animals....when i got my budgie at petco they told me that "i should be proud for choosing a male keet!" i lookded up on the internet about how to tell what it was and it was a female....that is not the only time that people at petstores were wrong.....once i heard a lady ask if she should brred her rabbit because it seemed stressed out from a move......they said yes and they talked her into buying a 3o$ bunny............that was a petland.......that's why i take things into my own hands when it comes to knowing things about animals before i go into a petstore.....lol