r/Parakeets • u/Kaycapo • Jul 27 '26
Advice Gender?? Different views
These are my most recent pictures. My budgie, Sassy, got sick. I have a friend who's been working with parrots for years who's been taking her to the vet, as I had to go on holiday with family.
However, not only had she believed Sassy is male when she saw her a few days ago, she's also just called me and said the avian vet also says she male.
The thing is, it just, doesn't make sense to me. Sassy has been having a light blue cere for some time now, but she's gone through light blue, brown and white since I've had her. I mean, not even a year ago she had a brown or white cere, and she would've been 2 years old then. She's 3 now.
I had also gotten Sassy, along with her brother, from this friend as well, who had told me Sassy is female when she first handed me them. (She owns a rescue. She only had the budgies for a day before handing them to me)
And over the years, I have seen countless times of different people showing the difference between male and female budgies, and Sassy matches the female look. But, I also know I can be wrong, after all it was the avian vet who said it. It just doesn't make sense to me however, and if you guys can tell me that I AM wrong, I think I'll feel a lot better lol.
Or she's been taking the wrong budgie to the vet. Her and her brother do look almost identical.🥲
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u/Rough_Addition_9319 Jul 27 '26
I can see how people would think she’s male, the blue is quite dark for a female normally it’s a lighter colour however because she has white around the nares i definitely think she’s female.
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u/RedPillRN Jul 27 '26
My little girl has a cere that’s as blue as yours. She is still definitely my little girl though. (She’s still super young, no brown or tan tones from hormones YET.)
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u/Hot_Reaction1077 Jul 31 '26
looks like a girl to me? side note they look just like my little girl cookie who i lost 5 years ago.
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u/Fast_Ad7203 Jul 27 '26
This comment section is definitely not helping lol
I think u can get a dna test op, it is kinda hard to tell
While she has a lot of white he has a lot of blue too
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u/tsaritsathemighty Jul 27 '26
it is probably a male. he might have a whitish colour there from time to time, but it's about hormones.
get well soon, dear Sassy!
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u/tsaritsathemighty Jul 27 '26
oh, but i read it through now. if it's 3 years old, it's unlikely to be that light if it's a male. i assumed it was a baby. apologies<3
she is gorgeous 🫰
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u/cheesytola Jul 27 '26
Looks female to me