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When is the right time to determine my young budgie's gender?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Parakeet | Male | unneutered | 5 months and 5 days old

Can you determine the gender of this budgie for me? Have another male about the months older and they get along really well.

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on January 21st, 2019

The color of the cere (the area just above the beak) is essential to understand the gender but unfortunately before 8months old is very difficult to visually distinguish males and females. Please repost your question in few months so we can help you assessing sex. Generally speaking I would recommend to have a look at this website for anything concerning your budgies. http://www.beautyofbirds.com/

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