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03-12-2009, 12:55 AM
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Quaker q's
I was wondering it's true that the only way to sex a Quaker is to get a blood test? Or is there some other way other than randomly pairing it up with other quakers and seeing what happens?
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03-12-2009, 02:03 AM
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Quaker, as in Quaker parrots/monk parakeets?
Yes, the only way to tell for sure (other than seeing it lay eggs) whether you have a male or female is a simple DNA test. Quakers are not sexually dimorphic. Your vet can do it, or you can even do it yourself by either clipping a toenail a bit too short for a blood sample, or you can send in freshly pulled feathers. It's fairly cheap to do. Here's a good company to use:
http://www.avianbiotech.com/
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03-12-2009, 11:07 AM
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Thank you very much, Shadera!
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03-12-2009, 03:01 PM
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You're very welcome. Quakers are great birds, by the way. If you're going to get one, you'll love it! I had one named Bubba growing up, and he was my best pal.
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03-16-2009, 11:01 AM
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Love'em
My family already has one. We've been wanting to sec him/her and try to find one of the oppisite sex for obious reasons. Lol ours is named Nimbu.. which I think means Lemon or Citrus or something like that in Hindu.
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05-14-2009, 01:50 AM
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Ohhh no
Ok first off i dont want to know is nimbu is a boy or girl because that bird is so annoying and mean. And btw people in reality he hates that bird lol
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04-30-2010, 04:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MagickalMorphs
Quaker, as in Quaker parrots/monk parakeets?
Yes, the only way to tell for sure (other than seeing it lay eggs) whether you have a male or female is a simple DNA test. Quakers are not sexually dimorphic. Your vet can do it, or you can even do it yourself by either clipping a toenail a bit too short for a blood sample, or you can send in freshly pulled feathers. It's fairly cheap to do. Here's a good company to use:
http://www.avianbiotech.com/
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I wanted to add if you do the feather route it will have to be 5 or 6 feathers freshly pulled from the chest. I was going to sex my Quaker that way until I found out I would have to pluck my bird. The other way, like what was already said, is to clip a toenail. When I took mt bird to the vet he did the dna sexing for $30. He was the only "avian" vet in town within 100 miles.
Quakers are my favorite birds! I also got mine micochipped. I was glad I did because last summer my bird was lost outside for 3 days and the people that found him took him to the vet and the vet found out he was chipped. I got him back. Since I could prove he was mine. They all look the same for the most part. The people that found him wanted to keep him and bought a cage and toys for him, the police wouldn't' return him because he was lost and not stolen.
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