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jletaz
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| DNA sexing results are in! |
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It's a GIRL!!!
I am really surprised... it seemed from the pictures that Starion has a bigger wider beak in some shots than her sibling. The handfeeder said that she is overall bigger than her sibling and does have a wider beak. That made me think she was a male. It is still sort of a shock!
Same thing happened with a Pionus... I swore she was going to turn up male, cause her head and beak was larger than all the siblings and had a male look... but nope! That proves you never can tell by looking!
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Monday June 4, 2007 9:15 pm |
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shirin
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 aaaw, congratulations on your little girl!!! How do you feel? I was thrilled when I found out that Bunny was a girl. Boys are more difficult I think, and tend to have more aggression after sexual maturity, no? |
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Tuesday June 5, 2007 12:47 am |
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jletaz
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quote:
Originally posted by shirin
aaaw, congratulations on your little girl!!! How do you feel? I was thrilled when I found out that Bunny was a girl. Boys are more difficult I think, and tend to have more aggression after sexual maturity, no?
Thanks Shirin 
I am happy. Either way. I just thought she was going to turn out male though. It seems in the Slender Billed, either sex is about the same temperament wise, and the mature males I've heard of are pretty stable too, unlike a lot of the Cockatoo species. Egg binding and problems scare me about females, but I think it is rare unless you breed them all the time and they don't have a good diet? The males I've seen in person and pictures are significantly larger than females, so it will be interesting to see how big she gets.
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Tuesday June 5, 2007 3:07 am |
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Cheeta
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congrats on the baby girl result!!  the ones I've seen at the park, the ones in the family group, apart from the baby being a little smaller, I can never tell which one is the mum or dad as they are about the same size!! |
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Tuesday June 5, 2007 4:00 am |
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jletaz
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Location: CA, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeta
congrats on the baby girl result!! the ones I've seen at the park, the ones in the family group, apart from the baby being a little smaller, I can never tell which one is the mum or dad as they are about the same size!!
Aww, how cute! You see little family groups in the park!
Most of the Slender Billed I've heard of and seen are males for some reason. Unlike some species, I know the males and females are equally as common in SB's, so I guess it's just coincidence that I know of more males. I know of 2 females, and they are both pretty small for the species.
Now that I have another girl, I'm thinking she might have a better chance of being friends with Gryffin, especially after maturity?
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Tuesday June 5, 2007 5:53 am |
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Yupra
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Congratulations |
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Tuesday June 5, 2007 5:41 pm |
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fionam
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Congrats from me too...  no pun intended
STARIONS A GIRLIE Girl... 
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Wednesday June 6, 2007 7:09 pm |
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Sue
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Congrats on your babygirl! I swore I had seen that you thought Starion was a girl? But here I see you thought he was a boy? |
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Friday June 8, 2007 10:43 pm |
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jletaz
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Location: CA, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sue
Congrats on your babygirl! I swore I had seen that you thought Starion was a girl? But here I see you thought he was a boy?
Yes, that's right... I thought she was a boy. Someone I know who has a male and a female pet said maybe the female will be a little easier to handle, even though both sexes are very outgoing. Either sex is fine. I do love female animals, as long as I can get over the fear of egg laying problems, but I guess it is rare and I shouldn't worry.
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Saturday June 9, 2007 2:03 am |
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Cheeta
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egg binding occurs when they don't have enough calcium. so that's easily solvable. The only thing to think about with birds captivity not that it happens alot is when the egg yolk doesn't make it out of the body. I'm not sure what it's called now, but I know of someone who lost one of her female great sulfur crested that way.  so sad.
Oh I'm not trying to scare you or anything.. hehe... She actually didn't die from that disorder, but rather an aspirated pneumonia after the successful surgery. |
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