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Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?
Posted by jill on 12/04/05

On 12/03/05, Elaine wrote:
> I adopted this keet and am trying to find out if it is
> male or female. I don't want to take it to a vet yet,
> it's still very shy. It's about a year old. Yellow with
> black markings. Cere is a gray-purple with a whitish hue
> in the middle. Definitely not pink and definitely not
> blue. I've read several books about parakeets and they
> all contradict each other. Can anyone tell me if male or
> female? Once it's tame, I'd like to get it a friend but
> don't want baby keets! Thank you for helping!


elaine,
in my experience this is a female. if the cere has not
turned blue or at least darker purple by 1 year....female it
is.....if your sure about the age of the bird. hope this
helps..jill

Posts on this thread, including this one

• purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/03/05, by Elaine.
• Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/04/05, by jill .
• Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/04/05, by Elaine.
• Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/07/05, by Kitty.J.
• Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/08/05, by jill.
• Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/08/05, by Kitty.J.
• Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?, 12/09/05, by jill .
• Re: found out he's a boy- recessive pied , 1/04/06, by elaine.