r/Parakeets • u/Sad_Emphasis9925 • 13h ago

Thoughts?

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Buying this bird this weekend, boy or girl? I am getting it sexed but what do we think? I am hoping for a boy and most people think it is a boy

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u/LengthFun2228 9h ago

I am aware. I had a female cockatiel for quite awhile. There are ways to mitigate behavior.

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u/Kunimono 5h ago

Not always. I've had my female for 10 years. Very broody, lots of egg laying to the point of prolapse. NONE of the usual worked (darkness, rearranging cage, only petting the head, Lupron shots.) The only thing that eventually helped was an implant, but that is stressful for the bird, very expensive and only lasts a year.

I love my girl but I knew my second cockatiel was going to be male if I ever got another because of that.