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The Available Methods For Parrot Gender Determination

Usually, a bird's gender is unknown to along with the gender, the veterinarian
other species of beings; it is a well can determine the sexual maturity, any
kept secret for the bird itself and its abnormalities and the possibility of
kind. When nature created the birds, it reproduction.
never took into consideration the human Even though this method is very accurate
specie and the knowledge that this last and quick, it may put the bird under a
one needs. lot of stress. Unlike the DNA sexing
In some birds, the gender can be method, this one provides immediate
identified by the individual's colors, results for the owner, in case this one
wither completely, or, in some cases, is interested in breeding the bird. The
only when they reach maturity. The procedure is quite safe, but, on some
eclectus male for instance is green, occasions, it may generate some post -
while the female is red. At maturity, the operative or anesthesia complications.
nasal area (cere) of a parakeet male is The primary concern was the injected
blue and the female's one is brow. anesthesia because it induced a long
However, there are still many species of period of sleep and vomiting. Researchers
birds that don't have different colors have discovered new anesthetics for the
depending on the gender. birds, gases that eliminate the side
The importance of knowing a pet's gender effects caused by the injected ones.
is represented by their owners' desire to Those new anesthetics are considered by
give them proper names or to know what the experts to have negligible risks and
pronouns to use when they are addressing the bird will wake up in a matter of
or referring to the animals. It also minutes after the gas mask is removed.
matters for the breeding of the animals In the past, veterinarians used to tattoo
because some people know not to expect birds after their genders were determined
babies from a pair of birds of the same through surgery. Males were tattooed
sex. under the right wing and females under
Many methods were discovered so far to the left one. More recently, microchips
determine the birds' gender, some of them or leg bands were used for marking them.
scientific and some of them, most of The Blood Feather Analysis (BFA) method:
them, non - scientific, discovered by This method requires a blood chromosome
common people in their own houses. We test. This test is performed on cultured
will show and overview of the scientific tissue from the bird's blood feathers. If
methods of discovering the birds' sex: the bird has no blood feathers, some will
DNA Sexing, Surgical Sexing, Blood be pulled out and in their place new ones
Feather Testing and Fecal Analysis. will grow in two or three weeks. Those
Every method of testing has both negative feathers are put in a special container
and positive sides and the best one is with cold packs and sent via priority
the one that fits the owner's needs and mail to the laboratory where their tissue
the situation. is grown and researched under a
The DNA Sexing method: microscope. The results will appear in
In this procedure, a drop of the bird's around two weeks.
blood is required for a DNA testing. The As in the case of DNA sexing of the
DNA will show an image that will provide birds, this method is accurate and safe;
reliable information about the bird's and it works on any bird regardless the
gender. This method is very accurate but age but the results are not prompt. As
it takes up to four weeks to be negative sides of this testing method are
processed. the higher costs for priority mail and
The blood is collected from a vein or a the impossibility of checking the sexual
toenail by the owner and placed in a organs of the birds in the cases of
prepared collection of vial. This way it breeders.
can be sent to a lab even by using The Fecal Method of gender determination:
regular mail. This method is very easy to This method is not as accurate as the
be performed and it is not stressful. others and it depends on more than one
A bird's DNA is unique and cannot be factor. It consists in collecting fresh
modified. So, as in human DNA, a bird's fecal samples from the bird in special
one is the same since the moment of birth conditions and mailing them to the lab.
until death. Those tests performed on The specialists will determine the gender
birds DNA can also be stored by the labs by the hormones (estrogen and
that own a data bank and can be later testosterone) level from the fecal
used for identification or matching. sample. This method can only be applied
This method is thus, very easy to be on mature birds and it depends on the
done, it is not expensive and if the health of the birds and on the conditions
period of waiting for the results is not of the sample's collection.
a problem, it may be the best choice. The fecal method is not expensive, is
This DNA test will show a bird's gender safe and should bring the results in one
and not its capability of reproducing. week.
The surgical sexing method: Every person will choose the sexing
The second method of discovering a bird's method for his or her bird as it best
gender is the surgical sexing. This can fits his or her needs. Probably, the
be done only by a veterinarian, through breeders will choose the surgical method
endoscopic surgery. The bird is put under because of it's advantages, while those
anesthesia and through a small cut in the who own a pet bird will choose DNA or BFA
bird's skin, the veterinarian inserts a methods.
small metal tube with a light attached Read about amazon parrot , parrot care
on, called the endoscope. This way, the and parrot cages .
bird's sexual organs can be seen and,




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