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Can budgies and cockatiels live together? How to tell male or female?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Female

Can I keep 4 budgies and 2 cocktails in a large cage together? And how can I differentiate between male and female cocktail ?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on October 7th, 2017

You cannot differentiate between male and female cocktail externally, a blood test is needed for that. you cannot keep budgies with cocktails together, you run a very high risk that the cocktails will attack and seriously injure the budgies,

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