Superbudgie Blog

Monday, January 15, 2007

ARE MY GENDER THOUGHTS WRONG?


It seems that after more of my tests, observations & info from books, my birds may have different genders than my thoughts...

(look at their ceres, it's a deep blue. That means male)>>

Just like the subtitle said, after my tests, observations & info from books, Molly & Sasha may be different than what I thought. The best way of telling the sex of a budgie is of course, looking at their cere (nose). Over these days I've been saying that Sasha's a male & Molly's a female. Well today, it looks like I mixed up the colors of ceres. It actually looked most likely to me that Molly & Sasha are both males. I just saw it in a book, "The male's cere is a deep blue," just like Molly's & Sasha's ceres. Their actions also matter a lot for determining the sex of budgies. In the early days, females tend to be more aggresive, bite harder & take more time than males to get used to you. Molly does bite hard (today when I gave her a bath, she bit me hard & I got some skin cuts), but she got used to me right away, unlike Sasha. The book said that there's a rumor that male budgies have better vocalization than females. Both Sasha & Molly sing very well, so there's another chance of being both males. And about Sasha's female side, she didn't get used to me for a long time & still has a bit of 'no trust' for me. Well, it will remain a mystery until we actually go to a vetranarian & give Molly & Sasha blood tests. Maybe it's a new gender, maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. Who knows? We'll find out in another article.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

WE'RE BACK!


How was the arrival from Palm Springs? What did my birds do?

As you know, I left for Palm Springs, CA on December 12 & on January 1st, I arrived at approxamately 6:45AM. That same day, I got Molly & Sasha back from my aunt. They were in great shape with what I told my aunt, fortunately. I even got a 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' photo of them at night! Well the best news is that the birds are okay, happy & memorize me.