lady lutino?

[ribena]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to budgie keeping and wondered if I could get people's opinion on the sex of my lutino budgie. I was sold it as a 'her'..but I'm not so sure anymore.
Her cere is grey/cream, but I've noticed there is now a very slight blue tint to it as well.
She used to be housed with a male bird and they used to shout a lot at each other. She is now housed with a 6 week old bird of unknown sex and is so much happier- they function as a pair.

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[sydney]

Yf lutino I would say and looks hen to me

[ianb]

Mar 10, 2012 18:22:21 GMT ribena said:

Hi everyone,

I'm new to budgie keeping and wondered if I could get people's opinion on the sex of my lutino budgie. I was sold it as a 'her'..but I'm not so sure anymore.
Her cere is grey/cream, but I've noticed there is now a very slight blue tint to it as well.
She used to be housed with a male bird and they used to shout a lot at each other. She is now housed with a 6 week old bird of unknown sex and is so much happier- they function as a pair.

looks like a hen to me.
have you tried the finger test ........put your finger to it's beak if it nibbles it's a cock,if it has hold it's a hen ;D

[ribena]

Thanks for the suggestions! Oh yes, I know all about waving my finger around in front of her- she has a terrible bite and she holds on...she's really hard to tame.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Yes it's a female but it doesn't look Lutino to me in this picture. Can you post some clear pictures?

[ianb]

Mar 10, 2012 20:35:11 GMT BudgiesBuddy said:

Yes it's a female but it doesn't look Lutino to me in this picture. Can you post some clear pictures?

It looks to be very young BB,in which case it will darken when it's had it's first moult,it could also have albino in it somewhere along the line,posibly even be cremino?

[BudgiesBuddy]

Mar 10, 2012 20:49:52 GMT ianb said:

Mar 10, 2012 20:35:11 GMT BudgiesBuddy said:

Yes it's a female but it doesn't look Lutino to me in this picture. Can you post some clear pictures?

It looks to be very young BB,in which case it will darken when it's had it's first moult,it could also have albino in it somewhere along the line,posibly even be cremino?

Yes that was my initial thought, a heavily marked Creamino

[sydney]

Cremino = yf albino got one myself

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Mar 10, 2012 22:38:52 GMT sydney said:

Cremino = yf albino got one myself

and me...... iv got a Cremino.....my first one ever..... .

[nev90]

Does she have red eyes?

[ribena]

Thanks for correcting me everyone- I've called her a lutino because she has red eyes and is bright yellow...but I'm pleased to have been put right! She has white under her wings and sometimes if you catch her in the right light I think I can see the hint of a greener yellow around the tail. I'll see if I can get a better photo.

[ribena]

Here's a different pic

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[ribena]

The camera seems to wash a lot of her bright yellow colour out, but it is there in real life!

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[ribena]

She is also tiny in size compared to my 6 week old- who I'm told is small for her age (I bought her 3 month ago and was told she was young).

[sydney]

She doesn't look like a baby. Also this is my yf albino so you can compare

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