Ceres for those interested

[Monica]

@mogeton Just to be safe... could you get more pictures with natural lighting? Such as next to a window with the light on your budgie?

 

[mogeton]

@mogeton Just to be safe... could you get more pictures with natural lighting? Such as next to a window with the light on your budgie?

Thank you @Monica She is beside a window in these pictures. I could try turning off the other lights too! I'll see if I can do that later today, but it might have to be tomorrow. Thank you!

 

[Monica]

Thank you @Monica She is beside a window in these pictures. I could try turning off the other lights too! I'll see if I can do that later today, but it might have to be tomorrow. Thank you!

It seems like the lighting is behind or to the side rather than facing straight on. That is, the face is in shadow rather than more in the light, if that makes sense. So having the natural light straight on the cere may be more helpful?

 

[mogeton]

@Monica
You are right, of course! Here are some new ones with my back to a window and no overhead lights on
It's hard to make her stay still to take pics! Haha!

 

[Monica]

She is absolutely stunning! I don't think I mentioned that! Love the new photos! Really brings out her colors more!

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

I’m pretty sure that Pickle is male but can anyone confirm it?
(these photos were taken in front of a window)

 

[Monica]

I would indeed lean towards a young male!

 

[Ripshod]

I’m pretty sure that Pickle is male but can anyone confirm it?
(these photos were taken in front of a window)

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Looking like a young female. Has the cere ever been pink/violet?

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

Looking like a young female. Has the cere ever been pink/violet?

Here’s a baby picture of him.


The pics I posted here look very different from this one I took in slightly different lighting so it’s pretty confusing. Maybe the sun was just shining so brightly in those other pictures that it looked like there are white rings?

 

[Ripshod]

Here’s a baby picture of him.
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The pics I posted here look very different from this one I took in slightly different lighting so it’s pretty confusing. Maybe the sun was just shining so brightly in those other pictures that it looked like there are white rings?
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I'm still thinking female. @PoukieBear?

 

[Hipcricket]

I heard another way to see male/female is that young female Ceres will have a slight white outline near the nares? Idk how consistent that might be as they age.

 

[PoukieBear]

I'm still thinking female. @PoukieBear?

Looks male to me, especially in the last pic. I don't see any white around the nares.

 

[Gigibirds]

What's the red on Pickle's head?

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

What's the red on Pickle's head?

That was some food dye they used to tell him apart from other babies. It’ll wash off easily but he hasn’t wanted to take a bath yet

 

[Pleinair4]

Oh dear.
Thank you so much for this! Thought I chose a male to be with our boy, Maddy (who even the vet thought to be a girl till he matured) due to the powder blue cere.
Ruh-oh
!

 

[Pleinair4]

Its pretty good because I thought my hen was a male when their cere was light blue. Because I falsely assumed blue cere = male. Then I got her another hen as a partner. lol Oh well they get on good together.

Ronnie, I just did the same thing! Now, instead of two males (errrrrr. we thought our first bird was female . Until he matured!)
We have a couple.

 

[Isawe]

I’m seriously confuse with my ( girls ) now lol I Don’t Know what are they anymore lol can someone help me Please and Thank you, sorry about the messy cages, I hurted my leg pretty bad and I’m trying to clean them as much as I can but it’s hard to do the perch Right Now because I’m doing this by myself my apologies

 

[Monica]

@Isawe cere's appear white.... so hens

 

[Ripshod]

 

[Isawe]

@Isawe cere's appear white.... so hens

Thank you for answering lol I’m very confused with their color because sometimes it looks like light blue/pink or that white lol I think they are still very young, and I’m not the most expert with this lol Thank you