| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 942 |
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Well, I just got the results back from the vet on the feather
testing of three of my birds.
I had a Grey, a Half-moon conure and a Goffin Cockatoo tested. I
felt pretty certain that the grey was a female, judging from the size,
and shape of the head. I had read that for a Half-moon the male had a
larger orange area above the beak then the female and figured Suzie to
be a guy and not a gal. A Goffin female should have light or brown
colored eyes and the male dark or black eyes, so I felt confident that
Chris was actually Chrissy.
It turns out I guessed, (?), right. Isabelle, the Grey is a girl,
(which is probalby why Jonsey, my male likes her so much.....if she
would only shutup!!!). I have a boy named Sue and a girl Named Chris.
I doubt I'll have any problem calling Chris Chrissy. Suzie, on the
other hand is almost nine years old and I think I'm just going to
continue calling her Suzie. Maybe I'll call her soon-to-be-bought mate
George, just to even things out...
FWIW, it cost me $168.00 to have the vet come by my house and pluck
the feathers out. Unfortunately the feathers they removed the first
time weren't young enough and they had to do it a second time. The
second trip was no-charge though.
Mark
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| 398.1 | Another Guesser Reports in... | CLOSET::COMPTON | Linda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21 | Wed Sep 05 1990 19:58 | 13 |
Hi Mark,
I have guessed right also, except once, based on behavior, but the
feather-sexing can be documented, so it seemed worth the price!
I, too, had to do two of the birds twice, because the feathers
weren't there to be plucked and once because the feathers that
were sent in didn't 'take' so no results came out. The one
advantage surgical sexing has is that the vet can generally tell
the condition of the reproductive organs, which you don't get
with feather-sexing, but the disadvantage is the concern about
the anesthesia.
Linda
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