It's a Girl!

[asterroc]

I realized today that I had an oodle of voice mail messages I hadn't checked in a while, so I went and checked them today. The exciting one is that the DNA sexing came in on my futurebird - she's a girl! Man, I keep getting girls, it's awesome. And I can't believe I was right, it was totally a bizarre wild guess. Eeeeee!

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[eterri.livejournal.com]

Just to clarify, Frankie is DNA sexed male and an evil dictator. Inga is DNA sexed female and the sweetest bird I've EVER met. Loves all people, loves cuddles, loves scritches. :) As long as I don't mess with her food she thinks I'm gold.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

My two female cockatiels were awesome too. :) I'm feeling like this might get me the good parts of my past birds, plus the good parts of a wild and crazy conure, so it's making me happy.

[eterri.livejournal.com]

Kind of reminds me when I first got Frankie. It was a bit after I'd just lost two very very special birds to me. A female budgie (Piper) who was the tamest bird I'd ever had and the one who sparked my bird love. And then a male cockatiel who taught me that even cockatiels can scream you out of your mind. I loved them both so much and because of the individual things they brought to my life. After that, I really pined for another bird like Piper, who would be full attitude but I also missed my cockatiel's really cuddly nature.

Frankie wasn't exactly planned, but after seeing him twice and finding those very traits in him (plus a lot of his own little individual quirks) I had to have him. There was no way to replace the two I'd lost but Frankie filled his own little niche and brought a couple of their characteristics back into my life.

I have to say, I'm a conure addict for life. (Though budgies will probably always be closest to my heart.)

But yeah, he's still a little terror. Cuddly but VERY domineering and very nippy. Made me think he was a female at first. But Inga is so laid back yet so full of spunk and incredibly fearless. I don't know if it's a conure thing (one sex being a brat, the other being more mellow) but that's been the case with my two at least. :D