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[jolee]

Hi everyone!  I just happened to stumble onto this forum in a search for budgie/parakeet information

I am not new to owning birds but it has been 10 years since I've owned one and I just purchased from a breeder a little Lutino Parakeet.  I am getting him used to his new environment & have been researching updated care.

Many years ago in the 80's I was licensed with the state of Colorado and was involved with breeding hookbills to stop the importation of wild parrots.  We established a handfeeding formula to raise tame babies and now many formulas are available in the bird market.

I really miss having all those little baby hookbills sitting in a 10 gal aquiarum that was a make shift incubator for the babies.  I had those aquiarums lined all along my nursery walls on cabinet tops

I hope I learn a lot about the care of this little guy or girl, it seems nobody really knows how to sex them by their cere.  He/she is 3 mo old and brings me such joy!

I enjoy talking about parakeets and hope I make some awesome bird friends.

[suesbird]

Hello and welcome from me and my two. I think he is a boy. Same colour as my Pip's cere

[jolee]

May 26, 2019 16:04:58 GMT suesbird said:

Hello and welcome from me and my two. I think he is a boy. Same colour as my Pip's cere

Thank you suesbird!! I was hoping for a boy!! I heard they are not as moody and they learn to talk quicker.  
Such beautiful babies!  I see the Lutino and is the other an Albino?

[suesbird]

They are both Lutino, somebody will come on and say hen😂😂. Yep hens are stroppy, moody and very inquisitive, can't turn your back on them. Jo's favourite thing is to lick the condensation on a gin and tonic glass, amongst lots of other mischievous things. Pip much quieter and not as adventurous. Very quiet again on here today, Every one must be out having fun

[jolee]

 I'm sure they will say hen, I saw another post somewhere when I was searching the internet that one Luntio was called a hen and then a male, then hen.  I will say "boy" and I will name him Sunny    If the cere looks like your male, then male it is to me!

It is a Holiday here, so most people are out and about but it's been so stormy here and we have a lot of flooding, so I'm staying in and going to get to know Sunny better.

[Hezz]

Hi and welcome to you and Sunny. While the photo is further away than I like for determining gender, it would seem that he is indeed a he.

[jolee]

May 27, 2019 0:22:45 GMT Hezz said:

Hi and welcome to you and Sunny. While the photo is further away than I like for determining gender, it would seem that he is indeed a he.

Thank you!!

[criswell]

Hello. Welcome to the forum. Sunny is beautiful

[jolee]

May 27, 2019 10:08:59 GMT criswell said:

Hello. Welcome to the forum. Sunny is beautiful

Thank you!!  I love your picture of your baby, such a beautiful bird!