Help sexing a young recessive pied?

[asdf6121]

Hello! My new budgie is a young recessive pied, which are very hard to sex. I've heard differing opinions on mine. Would love some feedback from those with more experience!

 

[Olliebirb]

He looks like a male to me

 

[Lori D Pert]

Well yes and I can see why. On my laptop I was leaning toward female but on my phone I would say male. So tell me..is the cere pink (just pink) or lilac, bluish, whitish depending on the angle?

 

[asdf6121]

Well yes and I can see why. On my laptop I was leaning toward female but on my phone I would say male. So tell me..is the cere pink (just pink) or lilac, bluish, whitish?

The cere definitely is whiter near the nostrils, and also appears to be a bit more opaque? Which is why I feel that he may have been missexed.

 

[Lori D Pert]

Yep I think you may have a female but can you take a pic from the front in natural light? Also @Ripshod , @Budgiebonkers , @Lady Jane , @PoukieBear ..what say you?

 

[asdf6121]

Yep I think you may have a female but can you take a pic from the front in natural light? Also @Ripshod , @Budgiebonkers , @Lady Jane , @PoukieBear ..what say you?

Here is the best front pic I could get in natural light, but my walls are yellow and reflect a lot unfortunately Is this a better photo?

 

[asdf6121]

Here is the best front pic I could get in natural light, but my walls are yellow and reflect a lot unfortunately Is this a better photo?

Here is another photo with the same lighting at a different angle, where the cere looks very whitish.

 

[Lori D Pert]

Yep, I'm going with female here but I'm not an expert. Let's wait for others to chime in.......but ya...female...lol. She's beautiful. Is she feisty? Mine is...lol.

 

[asdf6121]

Yep, I'm going with female here but I'm not an expert. Let's wait for others to chime in.......but ya...female...lol. She's beautiful. Is she feisty? Mine is...lol.

Thank you so much for your guesses and for help pinging the others!! And so far no, she/he is still very new to the house and quite shy

 

[Mybluebird]

Whenever I see the swing that your little budgie is sitting on, I like to send out a warning. Everyone who has had that swing (including me) has noticed that the bells rust very quickly. It is also difficult to replace those bells with something else. I tried to do it but didn't get the spacing correct. My little guy got his toe stuck. Fortunately I was there to get him unstuck and he was not hurt.

 

[Lori D Pert]

Bells should always be wiped down when cages are cleaned. They can rust easily. Best is stainless steel but they are quite pricey. When Sam was a baby I had a mirror with a plastic perch in front of it. Well thank goodness I was home as my curious little Sam had managed to get her head stuck between the plastic perch and the mirror. Just heard the cries that I knew meant "help". I had to actually break the plastic to free her. It was a cheap Walmart toy. Lesson learned. Also a curious little hen with no fear didn't help...lol.

 

[Lady Jane]

Looks a young female to my eyes. So very cute too!

 

[asdf6121]

Thank you so much for the gender guesses and for the advice about the swing! I'll definitely buy quality wooden perches and toys next time!

 

[Fergus Mom]

Not sure about the gender, but HE sure looks pretty - LOL, just a guess. @Ripshod ? @Budgiebonkers ?

 

[clarousel]

It's quite white rather than pink so maybs female?

Anyways he/she looks so cute and fluffy!

 

[Miss_sj]

Omg, so gorgeous!

 

[Ripshod]

Every single photo shows the cere differently, so given that a male would have a solid pink/lilac cere I say female.

 

[Budgiebonkers]

being i hate rec pieds for this reason it could be either or as ive had males with white in the cere that turned solid pink weeks later