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How tell two parakeets boy girl tell me

Hi Jonathan,

With many parakeets, you can tell the gender by the color of the cere, the skin around the nostrils, once the parakeet is about a year old. However, with some color mutations, the cere is not an indication. If your parakeet has a blue cere, then it is a male, and if the cere is white or brown, it is a female. If the cere is a pale lavender color, then you won’t be able to tell the gender without having the vet do a blood test. This is usually the case with the pale or pastel colors or the solid white or yellow parakeets. You can guess based on behavior – the males are generally friendlier and more vocal and the females are more shy and mostly make a loud screeching sound.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda