is Lilo a boy???

[kq_fan]

Well it is her mating season and she is regurgitating on me but also gets on top or my hand and does male things... but during the year all year she puts her but agents my hand so is she a he???

Can you tell by their behavior that they are boy or girl?

 

[Pinkbirdy]

as Now don't hold me to this But I knew a breeder that could make gender guesses of conures [and she was usually right!!] She said the male sun has a blockier head [and the females more narrow.] Which is true at my house [My Gingee has a more narrower head]. Just fun info

 

[Kalidasa]

While he's doing "male things" (lol!) take a peek underneath. If he's a male, it will come out (his peepee). I saw my conures come out when he was humping a towel. It's gross and funny as the same time.

 

[kq_fan]

Hmm ok I don't know if Lilos head is blocky or not but I will observe more when she does her thing.... but do females hump things?

 

[MikeyTN]

OMG......what are we talking about here????? Absolutely no comment.....

 

[Kalidasa]

Hmm ok I don't know if Lilos head is blocky or not but I will observe more when she does her thing.... but do females hump things?

I guess they can, but in a different way. If he's humping, and obviously climaxing, he's probably male. I've have 2 humpers now, they're male, and that's what they do.

 

[Kalidasa]

OMG......what are we talking about here????? Absolutely no comment.....

We are talking about the reality of having a bird. The Victorian age is long past.

 

[kq_fan]

Ok she looked like my male cocktail when it was his season. But I didn't give her time to get into it.... I don't appreciate that very much..

 

[MikeyTN]

LoL@Kalidasa

Still no comment.......lol

 

[Pinkbirdy]

Kalidasa ,that had me giggling silly Kq post a good picture of him

 

[kq_fan]

Oh I have no idea how to but on my profile, I have pics of... it, now I don't know if I should call her a she or he!

 

[Kalidasa]

Lol, it was meant to amuse ...listen kq, my conure just started humping in all seriousness as soon as the days started getting longer. I wish he started before we went to vet the (for an unrelated issue) because the 80 bucks it cost for the DNA test could have been spent on toys. There's no mistaking he's a boy, and I wouldn't ha e needed a DNA test to see it. Actually boy birds that hump to the point of satisfying themselves have a release, and having a release, in birds as well as adolescent boys, cuts down on the crazies. It's funny how appalled we are at people who don't neuter/spay their dogs/cats, but a non-invasive way to disable a bird's sex drive hasn't been found yet. I guess because in the pet world, birds aren't taken as seriously as a dog or cat, but if you compare intelligence, they make dogs and cats look like primitive morons.

 

[Pinkbirdy]

The only picture I see [your bird has a hat on ]

 

[kq_fan]

Oh I don't know then but the vet I go to felt her pelvic bone and said she is a she or a young male and I have no idea how old she is... I guess I could get her dna sexed but that's costly. :\ and she has jumped from boy to girl so I just don't know anymore! And I know it doesn't really matter unless I want to breed and I don't but I would like to know her sex!

 

[halogen]

Hmm...I've heard females are somewhat quieter, but I guess unless she lays an egg someday you can't really tell until s/he's been DNA sexed.

 

[Echo]

Oh I don't know then but the vet I go to felt her pelvic bone and said she is a she or a young male and I have no idea how old she is... I guess I could get her dna sexed but that's costly. :\ and she has jumped from boy to girl so I just don't know anymore! And I know it doesn't really matter unless I want to breed and I don't but I would like to know her sex!

DNA testing is not costly if you send your own specimen to Avian Biotech ($19.50). That would answer your question. Within a flock, parrots tend to stick to their gender's behavior because usually they will try and subdue the opposite sex, however, in a single bird home, he/she can display both gender's behavior.

 

[Mattroma]

I'm with Kalidasa, sneak a peak. You will know for sure then. be ready to change your info to "mommas little boy" just incase.

 

[kq_fan]

Ok I will think about the DNA sexing, I have heard that female birds are quieter but LIlo is so not quiet! Hmmm

 

[sillysally]

I have two males right now and neither of them hump (Solo regurgitates) are they abnormal or something?

 

[Pinkbirdy]

Ok I will think about the DNA sexing, I have heard that female birds are quieter but LIlo is so not quiet! Hmmm

My female is very quiet