Does any one have a Gold Mantle parakeet? I am trying tio sex my boy.. or girl. I am pretty sure its a boy. I got him a few months back, and assume he is a pied. But then he just molted and has a white flight feather, and believe he has a bit of a vitamin defiency. (He was eating a pure seed diet, bt only ate the safflower) and when I got him, Rosie ate Fruity Zupreem and now he is eating Harrisons and all natural Zupreem mixed with Roudbush with Lefebers, with *some* seed.

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You might be the only one - we did have a member who looked into getting one a while back tho.

Do you have before & after molt photos? - he/she is lovely.

Have you ever seen a proven pair? The females have a more muted color than the males, who typically have more vibrant colors. It's really hard to visually sex ERP's because they are so similar.

I have seen Rosellas at the bird markets. They are just gorgeous, but I think most people claim them to be avairy birds only?

What have you found? Are they suitable for 'companionship'?

She is fully grown, 6 y.o and looks the same durijng a molt, except she has more pin feathers of course, but after he rmolt, she is the same. I wonder if its a vitamin defiency. She was on a all seed diet and ate *some* human foods, but mainly seed. Now she eats fruity zupreem, harrisons, and all natural zupreem. Doesnt like the lefebers or roudybush.

They are not unfortunalty suotable for companions. Rosie WAS handfed as a baby, but then she was boughten for being a cage bird, in a small. SMALL oranment round cage, someone rescued her from that, tamed her down, and well 6 years later got too old to care for her, and I have has her for a few months now.

She is NOT handable, completely wild. It took her a while without freaking out eachtime I cage near her cage.

They are very flighty, and I have to agree aviary birds for sure. WATCH OUT they think they are hyacinth macaws HAHA. Rosie will go after Pua my Red Lored Amazon. Yikes! And if you get one do not let them free fly around smaller birds. If you get pairs, make sure you introuce them to each WHILE IN DIFFERENT CAGES. 4-12" space between cages. They can really kill another bird with their attitude.

I have an eastern rosella. They are not a very hands on bird. At least my girl is not. She is also a rehome and she is 16 years old. Not sure about babies though.