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budgie sex telling

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Question
hi, i have 2 budgies and one of them is a male because i can tell by the cere but im not sure about my other one because it is an albino and i dont know what it is please help

Answer
Hi, Lizzie.  Thanks for posting!

Are you sure your bird is an albino?  Albino's have red eyes.  If your bird is all white, this doesn't necessarily mean it's an albino unless its eyes are red.  Albino's are difficult to sex visually.  Unless you have this bird DNA sexed, which costs about $20, the only way you'll know if it's male or female is if it lays an egg OR by its behavior around your male.  Are these 2 birds bonded at all?  How does the albino act around the male?  How old are your birds?

Chrys