how can you tell if your parkeet is a girl or a boy???
2007-04-18 10:12:19 · 13 answers · asked by ♥~Jeff Hardy's babe~♥ 3 in Pets ➔ Birds
Gender: It is difficult to determine gender on the young Keets, however a mature male will usually have blue around the nose holes (cere) and the female will have a tan or pink cere. Purple cere is an indication of a young male parakeet.
2007-04-18 10:15:46 · answer #1 · answered by Melli 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parakeets are sexed by the skin over their noise or their cere. Males usually have a bright to deep blue and the females can be anywhere from purple to brown. When they're young the males will usually start out with a small amount of blue around the actual nostrils that will get darker and deeper in colour as they grow up. Some females may look like they have a blue tinge but will never get darker.
Hope this helps!
2007-04-18 18:18:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at your parakeet's beak ... there is a little space right above it that is either 'blue' or 'tan' ... and if your bird isn't still a 'baby' you know a 'blue' band means you have a boy parakeet, and if it's a girl, the band is 'tan.' If you 'can't tell' the color EASILY then your bird is 'too young' to tell it's gender in this way, but if you can just 'wait for about a month' (generally) then you should be able to discern the 'color' easily.
2007-04-18 17:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The boys have a blue band over their beak. The girls have either pink or brown. In Latinos and Albinos, the bands (called are ceres) are both pink in both sexes.
2007-04-18 21:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by lora351 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In adult MALES, the cere is BLUE all over.
In adult FEMALES, the cere VARIES. Females grow an ugly brown crusty skin on the cere when they are ready to breed.
cere (the fleshy skin over the beak, where the nostrils are).
2007-04-18 17:16:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be impossible to tell without having them sexed. However, they say that the male have a darker purple band above their beak. The females can be very light purple to white.
2007-04-18 17:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A female well have a brown band over her beak and a male has a blue band
2007-04-18 17:15:21 · answer #7 · answered by wigglemommyof3 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
usually little part just above their beck where their nostril holes are different colors.
Females are pale tan or pink.
Males are usually a blue.
2007-04-18 17:17:13 · answer #8 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u have to wait until its ithink i or 2 old and then get it sexed
ps U CANT BUT A BIRD PERSON CAN
2007-04-18 19:05:18 · answer #9 · answered by sarsy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
walk around the room scantily dressed. If it watches your every move - its a boy.
If it turns up its nose and says something snotty about your outfit - its a girl.
2007-04-18 17:15:31 · answer #10 · answered by Wind Chime 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋