Im not sure it’s gender!
I feel it’s a her, but does an albino bird need to be with another albino bird, I have anothe blue parakeet with dark blue nose and they haven’t had babies ? And I’ve had them for a while!
Hi!
No, you do not need another albino. The first rule of breeding is that it takes a LOT of patience. For some pairs, you might wait weeks, months or even years and some pairs never breed. A parakeet pair should be at least 2 years old before you try to breed them. Then they need to bond as a pair. This means they spend most of their time together sitting together, feeding each other, grooming each other and finally mating. When they start mating, you can give them a nest box. The box should be attached as high as possible, preferably to the outside of the cage. You have to feed your birds a nutritionally balanced food like pellets or our foraging diets. A loose seed mix will not provide the nutrition they need. You should also offer dark leafy greens, veggies and some fruit. Once they are mating and have a nest box, you should offer an egg food – this can be a commercial dry egg food or cook an egg with the shell washed, crushed and cooked with the egg. Breeding birds need a lot of privacy and you can’t get them out of the cage or try to interact with them anymore. Once they are breeders, they are no longer pets. Even if you do everything right, not all birds will be good breeders. All you can do is provide what they need and hope they breed for you!
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
