Male or Female?

[pek]

I have a parolett and I don't know if it is a girl or a boy, the breeder told us she was a girl but she also told us that she wouldn't bite, which she does. She is about four. Just wondering if anyone knows. Thanks!!!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

The only way to sex them is to dna them cant tell by looking

 

[pek]

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how do i do that? can the vet tell?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

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how do i do that? can the vet tell?

You could ask the vet i never had to personally dna my birds as i can do it by looks.

 

[Tippler]

Your vet may be able to do it, or have it done. There are businesses that will do it for around $20usd. I have seen it go higher as well. You can send them in a freshly plucked feather or some nail shavings.
http://www.avianbiotech.com/
Search 'DNA sexing' and you find more pages like the above and plenty of info as this is a common thing for many breeds of birds.

 

[Nessty]

you can look at a parrotlet and visually sex them by looking at them to me it looks like a female but can you get a picture of her rump/back?


This is what a male should look like http://www.littletweet.com/images/greenmale.jpg Males have a dark blue rump with blue in his wings.



This is what a female should look like http://www.littletweet.com/images/greenfemale.jpg Females have really no blue at all on the rump or in the wings.

 

[TinaK]

I had my bird DNA sexed a few years ago! Was worth the $20 I paid (AUD). I recommend it! Just had to pluck a feather out.... (which i got someone else to do!)

 

[9Catsz]

You can visually sex a few bird species, parrotlets are one of those species.

Yours is a female.

Nessty posted links to two great pics of parrotlets.

 

[Fleabuskitty]

Male parrotlets have some blue on their tails and wings and females do not. Yours looks like a female from those pictures

 

[pek]

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thanks so much, everyone! i was hoping she was a girl but i just noticed that she does have a little tiny bit of iridescent blue when the light hits her right but diffenently not as much as in the picture, is she still a girl? (im really annoying, arent i? sorry!!!)