Ellabow 0 Posted January 25, 2021 Member ID: 9,344 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 22 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/01/21 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 8, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 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 Link to comment https://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?/topic/36012-confused-about-the-age-of-my-budgie/
Ellabow 0 Posted January 25, 2021 Member ID: 9,344 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 22 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/01/21 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 A few more pics Link to comment https://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?/topic/36012-confused-about-the-age-of-my-budgie/#findComment-389416
ShawnK 0 Posted September 22, 2023 Member ID: 9,647 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 55 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/22 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 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 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? Link to comment https://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?/topic/36012-confused-about-the-age-of-my-budgie/#findComment-390142
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