Is my Lovebird a boy or a girl?

Question

I dont know if my love bird is a boy or a girl. At first when I got him/her (from my aunt) she said that it was a boy. Then we named him but one year later my cousin said " No its a girl", but we already got used to the boy name so.... I just realy want to know the truth!!! But here are some things : Dont say DNA tests and dont say to get him/her out of the cage cuz we dont know how to handle holding a bird(he/she bites HARD too) and thats it. so Any behaivor things that tells me.. or color of feathers or color of p**p anything but the DNA or bringin him/her out of cage. BTW his/her name rite now is Petey.

Answer 1

A bird dose not know wat name is fit for a boy or a girl~

so,whatever

PLS TELL ME WAT'S THE KIND OF UR BIRD

Answer 2

You've got two problems.  First, most lovebirds look the same in either s*x.  The only ones you can tell apart (sexually dimorphic) are the Abyssinian, Madagascar, and Red Faced Lovebirds.  Your bird is unlikely to be any of those; they're all uncommon in aviculture.

As to behavior, if your bird is mounting toys or masturbating, it's probably male.  Trying to feed you or toys is more often male behavior as well, although not always.  If it lays eggs, it's female (not all females lay eggs, but it is definitive).

Your second - and more serious - problem is that you can't take it out of the cage, and that it bites you.  You need to learn how to handle it.  See

http://www.parrothouse.com/jh1.html

http://www.rationalparrot.com/biting.htm...

for a start.  Check out

"Guide to a Well Behaved Parrot" by Mattie Sue Athan, or

"The Beak Book: Understanding, Preventing, and Solving Aggression and Biting Behaviors in Companion Parrots" by Sally Blanchard, or

"My Parrot, My Friend: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Behavior" by Bonnie Munro Doane,

or read any of the following magazines:

"Bird Talk", "Parrots", "Companion Parrot Quarterly", or "Bird Times".

If you solve your second problem, DNA testing becomes easy, but you want to be able to handle your bird regardless.  What will you do if it ever gets sick, or you need to change cages?

Added:  The "hole" on the bottom of the beak, where it meets the throat, is perfectly normal.  It's found in most - maybe all, but I don't know - parrots.

Answer 3

You HAVE To do a DNA test to be sure. Love birds are monomorphic. There is no physical difference between males and females. The colors are the same, the feathers are the same, the p**p is the same. There are a few body gestures females do differently, but for one, its not guaranteed to be acurate, and two, you would need a bird of the opposite s*x to compare it too, or an EXCELLENT understanding of lovebird anatomy and body standards. Females sit with their legs farther apart then males, and when meeting another lovebird, females tend to fan their tails out straighter then males.

Yeah, not really going to help you s*x yours, as you could just have an odd male that sits with his legs farther apart.

The ONLY way to be sure is to do a dna test, or if it lays an egg. If it lays an egg, definetly a female, but some females never lay unfertilized eggs, so it not laying an egg is no gurantee.

DNA test. ONLY way!

EDIT Females also tend to be more dominant, more aggressive, and they tend to bight harder then males, but just because your bird is mean and bites, that doesn't make it a female. Males can bite just as hard and be just as mean

EDIT2 Colors rarely differ between males and females. In these pictures, one is a male, on is a female. Can you tell the differnce?

http://dmdj.kofu33.org/lovebirds.jpg

http://www.lovenlet.com/images/021005%20...

http://www.lovenlet.com/images/012003%20...

http://image57.webshots.com/757/8/6/84/2...

EDIT: No, a hole wont mean anything. Like I said before, most species of lovebirds are monomorphic, meaning there is NO physical difference. A hole would classify as a difference

Answer 4

The way I found out the s*x of my lovebird was that I had to do something I wasn't too proud of. What you wanna do it get your lovebird out of the cage, and have it lie down in your hand. Then, you place your index finger between the bird's legs where the genitals are, and if there is a gap, then you have a female. The gap is for the eggs to pass when the female is  in a broody mood. If there is a bump, then you have a male! And by a bump, I mean a p***s!

Answer 5

After all this time, does it really matter? I can promise the bird won't mind.

Answer 6

i think canana should get a better flag.