Can you help me identify my budgie's gender?

Your budgie is very cute, but by the looks of its dark eyes, it's far to young to tell gender using the cere coloring. Cere coloring is only used after maturity because it is perfectly common for females to have a purplish cere before maturity, and this can create confusion. When maturity occurs, the release of hormones is what changes the coloring of the cere that can be used for gender determination.

They sexually mature anywhere from 6 months to 1 year of age. Most of the time petsmart sells very young keets, so I am not sure why the employee was so determined about gender with such a young one, which can only be possible with a gender test by an avian vet. The cere is not the blue coloring that you see in matured males, but is light purplish which normal for both immature males, and females.

I will put a link below to a photo of a female baby budgie which can be commonly seen with the white rings around the nostril and purplish coloring, you can also close out the picture and read the article called Difference between baby Male & Female parakeets which also shows a photo of a baby male. Good luck with your new keet.

definite, it probable became too youthful. they could be a minimum of 6 months previous so which you would be able to verify. toddler men and toddler lady parakeets look precisely a similar (with a lightish-brown or pink cere), so I doubt it would be very exciting to confirm any photos of them. lady and male budgies look a similar while they are actively breeding, so i do no longer think of you will see very a lot exciting fabric there the two. length version is extremely widespread, yet there are often 2 diverse breeds of budgies: the bigger ones are English budgies, and the smaller ones are the extra elementary species. English budgies tend to have very short lifespans.

It's most likely a male cause males have blueish Ceres and females have more brownish Ceres. Males' Ceres are also overall smoother than females'. And the cere color is much brighter. So its probably a male.

And anyone reading this, could you please help me out here?

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If you can, that's be VERY helpful, thank you!

Males have more colorful beaks to attract mates. The females have more pale ceres. So it looks like it is most likely a boy because it is purplish

I would say it is a male.From the photo it looks like it has lost its long flight feathers,if this is the case it has got French Moult a feather disease were they drop there long flight feathers and some times there tail feathers.If I am correct that is why you have got it tame in 2 days,it cannot fly.I hope I am wrong but if it has got french moult there is no need to worry they make great pets.The feathers some times grow again,other times they do not,there is no cure.

That is most definitely a male budgie. I agree that males are easier to care for, both because they're more social and because you never have to deal with egg-related health problems.

im pretty sure its a male because females have pink/brown ceres