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Post by nikitty91 on Dec 25, 2013 23:50:35 GMT
I was wondering if "Buddha" here is a little boy or a little girl. "He" seems very territorial and never sings. Any advice on gender or color mutation would be great. As for age, I bought "him" in late October from Pet smart and the gray ring of a grown up budgie eye is beginning to show up. Thanks!  |
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Post by Budgiebonkers on Dec 26, 2013 0:20:15 GMT
Shes a rec pied hen. Looks like a yf type two mauve or grey.
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Post by nikitty91 on Dec 26, 2013 0:26:46 GMT
Oh boy! I guess her name will be "Belle" now. I had my counts when she didn't tame as easily as my other budgies. I have her in her own smaller cage and she visits the boys when I am home and able to supervise any squabbles.
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Post by Sarah on Dec 26, 2013 9:40:43 GMT
Don't worry too much about these squabbles. The birds need to sort out their pecking order so that they can form a flock bond. She is trying to step into a leadership role, and it would be smoother for you, her, and your other birds to let a few arguments happen so that they can settle into a rhythm. If these arguments escalate and become more violent than a little tussle, be sure to step in.
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Post by Bluebirds on Dec 26, 2013 10:00:44 GMT
beautiful little girl.
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Post by nikitty91 on Dec 26, 2013 19:30:42 GMT
She is very difficult. Picks on the boys and it was a Christmas miracle that she let me hold her or even get close. Any way to calm her down and get her to be more tame?
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Post by kmic on Dec 26, 2013 20:43:26 GMT
Best way I found way to spend as much time as possible with them and be veryyyyyyyyy patient even when there doesn't seem to be any progress. The fact that she let you hold her is a huge step! Mine will easily come to my hand, but only if there's a treat they can only reach while on my hand.
Re the squabbling, mine are quite noisy and tend to get into fights,but they love each other and brought the house down when I had to seperate one of them from the rest for a couple fo days.
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Post by nikitty91 on Jan 2, 2014 20:39:44 GMT
How can you tell that it's a boy or a girl?
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 2, 2014 22:09:49 GMT
Since Buddha means "enlightened one," it could be a girl's name also. On the other hand, "Belle" may more suit her personality.
Her cere looks mostly white--that would make her a girl. Recessive pied boys tend to have pink/purple ceres.
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Post by nikitty91 on Jan 4, 2014 0:07:30 GMT
I've been calling her Queen Cersei from Game of Thrones because she's a beautiful blonde with brothers who thinks she'sruker of the realm. Lol.
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