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Hi there, I bought a beautiful budgie a few days ago. I got her from a pet shop who claimed that their budgies were all 8-10 weeks old. I’d done some research into sexing before hand to see if I could get an idea of what gender I was purchasing however when I got there, the Ceres of the budgies seemed more “adult”. The budgie I chose had a dark brown cere, the lady said she was a girl based on her bite? I double checked the age and they said definitely 8-10 weeks. Given that I’m quite new to all this I took their word for it but since getting her home I’ve become more convinced she is older. It doesn’t bother me, she is lovely and I wouldn’t swap her but it would be nice to know, especially as I’ve read that taming older budgies can be more tricky. I’ll attach a picture below for opinions. It’s not been edited and it’s from the day I purchased her. Thanks 

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On 25/01/2021 at 8:18 PM, Ellabow said:

Hi there, I bought a beautiful budgie a few days ago. I got her from a pet shop who claimed that their budgies were all 8-10 weeks old. I’d done some research into sexing before hand to see if I could get an idea of what gender I was purchasing however when I got there, the Ceres of the budgies seemed more “adult”. The budgie I chose had a dark brown cere, the lady said she was a girl based on her bite? I double checked the age and they said definitely 8-10 weeks. Given that I’m quite new to all this I took their word for it but since getting her home I’ve become more convinced she is older. It doesn’t bother me, she is lovely and I wouldn’t swap her but it would be nice to know, especially as I’ve read that taming older budgies can be more tricky. I’ll attach a picture below for opinions. It’s not been edited and it’s from the day I purchased her. Thanks 

F999367B-1700-41F4-A617-5A95B220B4F2.jpeg

You're absolutely right. Taming older waved budgies can be more tricky.
I don't think +/- 2-3 weeks made much difference, do you?
So it's a girl, right?

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