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Hi! I was wondering what your thoughts were on the sex of this budgie. Thanks, Jen

We ended up getting some pine tree perches. Not sure where to go here in WA for eucalyptus. That's probably something we'd have to order. Now I'm kind of curious. I've been going through some of the other posts on sexing budgies, and I'm thoroughly confused since the rules seem to change with the various mutations (or I'm just plain confused ). I'll have to keep studying. Since our bird is now female, what type of companion should we get? What kind of guidelines are there? I don't really want to be breeding, so do I focus on getting a female later on? How long should I wait (taking into consideration the 30 day quarantine?).

Sandpaper posts are gone Tried to take an up close pick of him but he was being coy (and moving) and the camera was focusing on the back of the cage. I was told that you couldn't tell definitively until they were close to a year, so we were just calling him Duke. Perhaps we'll have to change it to Dukette

SL26, Thanks for the fast response. I feel quite a bit relieved. He isn't tame yet. He's only just slightly comfortable with our hands inside the cage as long as we're a good 15cm from him. My hubby and I talk to him alot and have music playing for him when we're not there. He's only alone during the night and for 2 2-hour blocks during the day while my husband is in classes. We have him set up in the computer room where we both spend a lot of time doing homework We ultimately want a buddy for him, but we wanted him to be comfortable doing step-ups before he bonded with another keet. I will definitely check out more of the FAQs and my hubby's going to be hearing more about budgies than he ever thought possible Jen

Hi, My husband and I brought home our new budgie Fri. 9/24. He was active and engaged with other birds, was not puffy, had a clean vent area and had no discharge that we could see. We brought him home and I wasn't really expecting him to do much for the first day or so, but I was expecting him to eat and drink more. He's nibbled a bit on some carrots and millet that we've put in the cage. I marked the water line, but it hasn't changed since he came home. On Sat morning, he had yellow discoloration of the feathers around his vent and had also pooped on his foot. He's been preening and trying to clean himself, but isn't horribly active like he was at the store. I've also noticed that he puffs himself up but doesn't stay puffed up. I'm also worried that he might get dehydrated. This is the first bird for my husband and myself, so I'd appreciate any experience you are willing to share. I'm including some photos and a link to a video showing his fluffing behavior. Thanks, Jen I tried to get a picture of his vent, because I know everyone is just dying to see it