General ANIMAL CARE TIPS and Health Advice

[Die Fledermaus]

We need a sticky thread on all boards for general pet advice and health issues, other than the forum for general rodent health matters. This is it.

Feel free to add to it as information comes to you.

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Warren Eckstein for thirty years has been one of the most trusted pet experts in the country. Here are some useful links.

CAUSES OF BAD BEHAVIOR IN PETS
>>http://warreneckstein.com/pet-tips/bad.html<<

TRAINING YOUR DOG
>>http://warreneckstein.com/pet-tips/dogtraining.html<<

GENERAL PET TIPS
>>http://warreneckstein.com/n-pettips.html<<

These are quite useful and deal with a variety of animals.

[doppelganger]

Warren Eckstein is great!

[Die Fledermaus]

To determine parakeet gender yourself, take a look at the cere. It is sometimes possible to identify the gender of a budgie less than twelve months depending on their maturity and coloration.

In normal variety males the cere will be blue or purplish.

If your budgie is recessive pied, fallow, lacewing, lutino, or dark-eyed clear then the cere will be bright purple or ping.

All female budgie varieties develop a white, tan, or brown cere. The brown ceres tend to be flaky and thick.

Some experts also agree that there are some behavior differences between budgie sexes. While this isn’t scientific evidence that they’re either a male or a female it can help in the parakeet gender identification process. Behavior differences include:

Male Parakeets:

-Head bobbing
-More Singing
-More Active and Social

Female Parakeets:

-Bossy
-Louder
-Don’t generally sing

Of course every pet store employee will have their opinion and they’re generally inaccurate. Some people will advise to simply look at the band on the leg for identification.

This band is a breeder band and may not represent accurate information on budgie gender. Generally they’re placed on the budgie’s leg a couple days after they’re hatched to identify where the bird came from, not whether they’re a boy or a girl.