2006-07-29 07:25:19 · 11 answers · asked by shah 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Don't take it to a pet store, take it to the vet, they can tell you for sure the age and gender of your keet.
2006-07-29 08:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by LFL 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A Parakeet that is less then 4 months old will have lines across their forehead no matter what sex it is, plus their noses (CERE) will be a light purple. When a Parakeet becomes breeding age which is as young as 4 months old and older, their lines will disappear and their CERE will either turn blue or dark purple for a while for a MALE and the CERE will turn white, pink or taned and appear to peel once the FEMALE is old enough and ready to breed. Unless the person who raised the babies placed a dated band on the leg of the bird, there really is no way to really tell how old an older bird is. It is best to know the young information so that you can estimate by what you know, into what to look for in young parakeets if thats what you are looking for. I hope this helped. {:O) I am raising English Budgies (not parakeets), cockatiels, and quakers right now.
2006-07-29 15:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by reasonable-sale-lots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a quick comment on taking birds to vets. I agree that vets should be used when needed. However, the vast majority of vets see very few birds and are not the people to take your parakeet to for routine questions. Their answers won't be any better than the next guy you see walking down the street.
If you are concerned your parakeet actually needs to be seen by a vet try to find an avian specialist, or at least a general vet who owns birds.
2006-07-30 13:10:05 · answer #3 · answered by chet_swanson 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have owned several parakeets and can tell you that unless the pet store or breeder (depending on where you got it) are able to tell you based on when they got, you really can't tell for sure.
A young parakeet has dark black lines on their heard and solid black eyes and their ceres (above their beak) are usually a light color, usually tan, peach, beige,..something along these lines.
Parakeets are generally small anyway, so size isn't as much of a factor.
Hope this helps.
2006-07-29 16:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by DJgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the stripes on the head dissapear as it gets older
2006-07-30 18:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by mandy w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can tell their age by looking at their eyes, cheeks and the face. They have the same face as we have , even they smile too.
2006-07-29 14:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by ddmarquise 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
the cere
2006-07-30 17:06:02 · answer #7 · answered by <3 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ask it and it will answer.
2006-07-29 17:38:53 · answer #8 · answered by whatsgoingoninheah 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
cut it in half and count the rings? maybe not...
2006-07-29 14:29:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Just ask it.
2006-07-29 14:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by Wrong Answer 3 · 1⤊ 6⤋