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#1574 NancyLee (User) Posts: 1 Parrokeet 7 Years, 9 Months ago Karma: 0   Can any one please help me I am trying to find out how to determine the sex of the parrokeet that I bought my husband for xmas How do you tell male from female on baby parrokeets?   Report to moderator   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1575 sexybird (Visitor) Posts: 0 Parrokeet 7 Years, 9 Months ago Karma: 0   Science steps in with two very reliable methods to determine the sex of your bird. One is by analyzing the chromosomes, and the other is by visual inspection of the gonads (or internal genitals).<br /><br />Chromosomal analysis has been made financially accessible to everyone. It is relatively inexpensive and 100% safer and reliable. All that is needed is a few drops of blood. These are sent to a special lab, which will return a certificate stating the sex of the tested bird.<br /><br />These procedures can theoretically be carried out on a one day old bird if for some reason that was desired. The limitation of this technology is that the only thing you find out is the sex of your bird and even that can take two weeks.<br /><br />Direct visualization of the sex organs is commonly referred to as "surgical sexing". In birds the ovaries and testicles are located just in front of the kidney. Visual inspection requires a fiber-optic scope such as the instrument used to look inside and operate in human knees. However rapid and minor, this is still a surgery. Anesthesia is required and the body cavity is entered. A bird with a hidden health problem, or even a full stomach could be at increased risk. This obviously is a procedure that must be left to an experienced avian veterinarian. Hard and fast rules are adhered to, and the doctor will be on the lookout for any one of many signs of potential danger. But for all this, surgical sexing is still the method preferred by hobbyists and professional breeders. Why? Because in the hands of an avian specialist, it is an extremely fast procedure, and because so much more can be learned about the bird’s health and breeding status.<br />   Report to moderator   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1576 horse (User) Posts: 5 Parrokeet 5 Years, 4 Months ago Karma: 0   I used to have a parrakeet! You can tell by the color right above the beak. If it is blue it is a male. If right above the beak is white it is a female!   Report to moderator   Logged     ay   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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