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Hey everyone, so I'm buying a cockatiel and I'm preferring an albino. In the video shows a juvenile one about 7-9 weeks old (that's what the store told me) and I have questions :
1 - I've seen other cockatiels with similar age but from other mutations, pieds, whitefaces, etc... that have their crest feathers and body feathers much more grown than the albino here, why is that?
2 - Do albino cockatiels usually have small body shape? I saw 2 pieds that have a bigger body than the albino. They are like 1.5x bigger than the albino in the video.
3 - I don't know exactly but looks like the albino won't be having a bald spot just behind the crest, if anyone can help and confirm it because I really don't want a cockatiel with a bald spot behind the crest.
4 - I'm not seeing yellow dots from inside the wings and yellow bars/patterns from the tail, could it be a male already showing at that young age? I was told they all look females when juveniles. An employee told me the parents were lutino and whiteface but can't remember which one of them was the lutino hen or cock, whiteface hen or cock. I could ask again when I'll go see the bird next week.
However I can change the bird to another mutation if I want to but because I'm preferring an albino, I would appreciate if I could get solid answers from the community about the albino showing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2RJnc5far8&feature=youtu.be
Please if you can, fill me all details about albinos before I make the final purchase.
I'm asking all this so I could be aware if the store is fooling me into buying the bird, please hope you bear with me!
EDIT : ignore the black dot on the face, this is something the store does when someone reserves a bird so they know which one is reserved. The black dot will disappear in a few days.
Thanks in advance!
1 - I've seen other cockatiels with similar age but from other mutations, pieds, whitefaces, etc... that have their crest feathers and body feathers much more grown than the albino here, why is that?
2 - Do albino cockatiels usually have small body shape? I saw 2 pieds that have a bigger body than the albino. They are like 1.5x bigger than the albino in the video.
3 - I don't know exactly but looks like the albino won't be having a bald spot just behind the crest, if anyone can help and confirm it because I really don't want a cockatiel with a bald spot behind the crest.
4 - I'm not seeing yellow dots from inside the wings and yellow bars/patterns from the tail, could it be a male already showing at that young age? I was told they all look females when juveniles. An employee told me the parents were lutino and whiteface but can't remember which one of them was the lutino hen or cock, whiteface hen or cock. I could ask again when I'll go see the bird next week.
However I can change the bird to another mutation if I want to but because I'm preferring an albino, I would appreciate if I could get solid answers from the community about the albino showing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2RJnc5far8&feature=youtu.be
Please if you can, fill me all details about albinos before I make the final purchase.
I'm asking all this so I could be aware if the store is fooling me into buying the bird, please hope you bear with me!
EDIT : ignore the black dot on the face, this is something the store does when someone reserves a bird so they know which one is reserved. The black dot will disappear in a few days.
Thanks in advance!