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Post by sabaton28 on Feb 14, 2014 0:26:30 GMT
Has anyone ever seen a budgie like this? This budgie was bigger then Afrit but had coal black eyes. But this budgie is twice the size of Afit and a pink cere
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 14, 2014 1:33:15 GMT
Is there a picture?
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 14, 2014 14:28:34 GMT
i saw this girl at petsmart, she was at least twice the size of the other budgies. i was tempted to get her but didnt because i do not need another female lol
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Post by Sarah on Feb 15, 2014 19:07:45 GMT
These sound like English or hybrid budgies. Cinnamon is also more common in English budgies than Wild Type budgies. If the cere was pink, it was a male. Maybe you should go back for him
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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 15, 2014 23:34:25 GMT
I am very interested in English Budgies. Although they sems to live a shorter life due to inbreeding etc
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Post by Sarah on Feb 16, 2014 0:28:01 GMT
Yes, English budgies are prone to health problems. However, that is what makes hybrids so great. A mixed English/American budgie will have the greater size and calmer nature of an English budgie, but actually greater average health and longevity than many American budgies.
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Post by sabaton28 on Feb 16, 2014 4:23:53 GMT
Sarah my brother heard about me losing my last one to coughing up blood while his in town this week.. So he came back a few hours later and I was shocked to see that it was this exact green budgie with pink cere. I've had him for two days now. And I finally noticed the title says geen not green . That's what happens when you type to fast.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 16, 2014 5:17:23 GMT
aww, what a cutie, i hope he got it from some other place . have you got a name?
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Post by sabaton28 on Feb 16, 2014 5:36:44 GMT
luvs yes it came from a different place. But you can tell he is big. I was thinking of Verde. Its Spanish for green or Honeydew
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Post by Sarah on Feb 16, 2014 6:29:14 GMT
He's lovely! Very cute!
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Post by sabaton28 on Feb 16, 2014 6:40:59 GMT
But he is a male correct ? I thought green budgies had blue cere. And what type of mutation is he?
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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 16, 2014 14:30:49 GMT
Very cute bird and you have a nice brother
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 16, 2014 15:13:47 GMT
He looks like a male. How do you pronounce Verde?
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Post by kelirebeli on Feb 16, 2014 16:16:59 GMT
Doesnt look like english at all
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Post by Perla MV on Feb 16, 2014 16:21:43 GMT
Oh gosh I've been thinking about how to explain the pronunciation of Verde hahaha but I just can't... Sooo here translate.google.com.mx/#es/en/verde just click the little speaker icon in the bottom-right corner of the first text box
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