Gender Change

[travieso1]

Ok so this is the question my budgie Sonic's [[which I bought when he was just 2 months old]] cere was purple and blue and is now blue. But is spendig alot of time in the nest he has alot and is fluffed up and no he is not sick. He does chirp alot but is acting like a female in breeding mode. Could I have been mistaken in him being a male?!

[birdlover912]

Purple/bluish cere's indicate a male budgie. You may find the Determining Gender section of this site to be helpful:

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Are you planning on breeding your budgies? Please, think about this: There are already thousands of homeless and neglected pet budgies. Breeding comes with high vet costs and potential health issues, like egg binding. Why risk it? If you'd like more budgies, why not adopt some? Please don't add to these already too high numbers.

[travieso1]

no im not intendig on breeding i would stop if i had the money for a cage but i dont and even if i were intending on breeding them they would only be for me and no one else unless i decide to give one or two away to my cousin

[Lori~D]

Take the nest out and they wont generally lay eggs. If he is fluffed up...How do you know he is not sick?

[RXK]

Originally Posted by Lori~D

How do you know he is not sick?

i was going to ask the same thing! fluffed up appearance does usually indicate illness.

[travieso1]

well Ive read that sick birds usually have their tail down and sleep most of the time on one perch but sonic moves around chirps happily eats regularly and flys out when he is out of hte cage and plays with toys - [That is not the way a sick budgie would act now would it]

[Monica]

Actually, a sick bird could act just like a very active bird who isn't sick... only they may be slightly slower, perhaps their eyes aren't as bright, they might not even be fluffed up. It's when they are showing obvious signs that they are sick is usually when they are *REALLY* sick.

[RXK]

Originally Posted by Monica

Actually, a sick bird could act just like a very active bird who isn't sick... only they may be slightly slower, perhaps their eyes aren't as bright, they might not even be fluffed up. It's when they are showing obvious signs that they are sick is usually when they are *REALLY* sick.

yeah!! and, a fluffed up appearance is an OBVIOUS sign of really being SICK!! so, please take him to the vet.

[travieso1]

umm RXK *JUST* being fluffed up doesnt mean he is sick because alot of birds do that not just sick birds. If I were to get these kind of responds I would never of had returned to this site again

[travieso1]

Originally Posted by Monica

Actually, a sick bird could act just like a very active bird who isn't sick... only they may be slightly slower, perhaps their eyes aren't as bright, they might not even be fluffed up. It's when they are showing obvious signs that they are sick is usually when they are *REALLY* sick.

and monica he isnt slower he's just as fast as he always is and his eyes arent as bright they are the same dark color as they've always been there is no difference in those two things sheesh sometimes people can overreact here!