Please help, male or female

[Baz]

Hello everybody,

 

I found these forums and therefore I signed up because I wanted to know if my African grey is a male or female so therefore I decided to ask experienced owners.

 

Here are a few pictures of my African grey because I believe that you could know if it is a male or a female from the tail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you :-)

Edited February 28, 2013 by Baz

[Luvparrots]

Hi Baz, the only way to find out if your grey is male or female is by dna testing. That can be done at the following:

http://www.avianbiotech.com/SexingCenter.htm. There is no way to tell just by sight. Please introduce yourself and your grey in the Welcome Room. We would love to learn more about the two of you.

[Dave007]

Looking at feather patterns is a very unrealible old fashioned method for sexing birds. Feathers change with age. Today, most people get a DNA test done by their vet or by companies that specialize in DNA testing. The price is about $20 from those companies. Vets cost more. All that's required is a drop of blood or a feather. Check Avian Biotec. They will send you the kit and instructions for free. Their results are sent back to you with a 99% guarantee certificate.

[judygram]

Dave and Janet are right, you cannot tell the sex of an african grey by sight and another thing your pictures are way too big to even see correctly, see if you can resize them for us and do go introduce yourself and your grey in the welcome room.

[Baz]

Thank you for your replies, I have edited the pictures and re-sized them. Well anyways, I contacted my vet in Kuwait (Working here for 6 months), but they are really expensive, I will pay around 173 dollars (Converted) in order to DNA test them and the results will be released in 2 weeks. I checked out the website you recommended, and will look deeper into it, in the meantime I requested my driver to go back to the owner and check with him if it is a male or a female, I was stupid enough that excitement stole my brain at that moment and IO forgot to ask my pets sex. /facepalm

[aerial.2000]

yeah the only one true way is definately a DNA test they told me cuz marco had a flat head it would be a BOY but after dna testing she is a girl :D so ... best to have the test done when you can afford it!

[Timbersmom]

Hopefully the owner will know, but they may have not had DNA sexing done either. As Aerial pointed out, some breeders/owners think they know, but until the DNA comes back you really don't know. Timber is 5, and has never been tested. I forgot to ask at the vet last time about the cost. Good luck

[Luvparrots]

Looking at the tail cannot tell you if your grey is male or female, but the dark markings on the tail do tell that he is not an oldster. A year old or so is a good estimate in age.

[Elvenking]

Show us your grey's little head (or all of him/her) and there will be a better chance your grey can be identified as a boy or girl.