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Postby MissLady9902 » Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:23 pm

Well I have the results back from the DNA test for my birds.

:senegal: Noodle is a female. So I guess I'm going to have to get used to calling him her. ;)

:gray: Marvin is a male so not a lot of change for him.

At least we know now!
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:senegal: - Noodle
:gray: - Marvin
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Re: It's official

Postby Michael » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:23 pm

I think you have a big "I told you so" coming from the folks that thought Noodle was a she! :senegal:

Well congratulations. And good thing it was a gender in-specific name. Unfortunately you gotta deal with nesting/egg laying behaviors. But fortunately the females are somewhat less aggressive and less intense chewers. :thumbsup:
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Re: It's official

Postby MissLady9902 » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:30 pm

That's alright! I don't mind saying I guessed wrong!

Marvin is teaching Noodle new sounds! For being a female Noodle sure vocializes a lot!! ( I don't mind I love it! )

I'll have to do research on female senegal nesting behaviors! I don't think it'll be too bad. (hopefully!)
Cathy

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Re: It's official

Postby Natacha » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:32 pm

MissLady9902 wrote:Well I have the results back from the DNA test for my birds.

:senegal: Noodle is a female. So I guess I'm going to have to get used to calling him her. ;)


Michael wrote:I think you have a big "I told you so" coming from the folks that thought Noodle was a she! :senegal:


Well, since Michael brought it up..told you so ;)
Seriously though, my suspicions were brought after having been around multiple Sennies and seeing slight differences between genders.

Michael wrote:Well congratulations. And good thing it was a gender in-specific name. Unfortunately you gotta deal with nesting/egg laying behaviors. But fortunately the females are somewhat less aggressive and less intense chewers. :thumbsup:


Not all females will lay eggs. And they might have nesty behaviours at times, males also have a reaction to hormones that can be as bad.
As for wood chewing..I don't think it's necessarily gender specific as much as it is different for each bird. I'm 95% sure Shade is a female and she's been chewing wood like crazy lately.
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Re: It's official

Postby MissLady9902 » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:50 pm

I think wood chewing would be worse in a female since they have to make a nest and whatnot.
Oh well. She's as sweet as ever! :senegal:
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:gray: - Marvin
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