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Re: purple cere with whitish color, male or female?
Posted by jill on 12/08/05

On 12/04/05, Elaine wrote:
> On 12/04/05, jill wrote:
>> 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!
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>> 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
>
> thanks jill yes I am sure about the age. will be 1 year in
> early feb. ela


elaine, color of the bird does matter as well. i have a heavy
pied male that's cere never went blue....he looks like a baby
always, but he did do the mating dance and sing alot. he is now
a proud pop soooooo..... but if your bird is not pied the
statement i made before this is pretty accurate....if the cere
turns crusty looking and has a hint of brown....well anyway,
hope you found these answers helpful.

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.