Amy's DNA test came in..

[AmyMyBlueFront]

...and it looks like I've been living with a transgender for 26 years lol..Amy is truly an Amos :52: .. Now do I refer to her as a "shim"? <she-him> lol??
I was surprised but its ok..She will still be called AMY and Arleen and I are going to love HIM no matter what!

Amy?...Amos?..Amy?..Amos... :54: ...its all good just as long as she/he is happy and healthy.


Jim

 

[JerseyWendy]

Oh Jim, I LOVE your sense of humor about this.

Should I say 'congratulations' to Amy? She's kept that a well hidden secret. I mean 'he'. :32:

Doesn't matter though. SAME awesome Amy/Amos! :heart:

 

[kozykitty]

Will you still call her Amy? I would if it were me! Makes me think of that old song, " A Boy Named Sue!"

 

[RavensGryf]

Wow! What a shock after so many years assuming Amy was a female! That must feel a bit strange. Good to know though . I'm sure you'll catch yourself thinking "oh yeah almost forgot, she's a boy!" Now do some of his behaviors make more sense?

He can stay "Amy", after all, there are lots of birds with opposite gender names out there . Hey, I named my males Robin and Raven on purpose even knowing they were male, but people still assume they're girls because of the names lol.

 

[chris-md]

Jim I was on pins and needles while my iPad hung up on loading thus thread. Glad you finally got to know what he really is

 

[OOwl]

Congratulations on your boy. That's great that you found out.

 

[SailBoat]

And, tomorrow s/he will still love you dearly and you her/him!

Your Amy has always known and never minded one bit and neither should you. The only difference is some additional medical knowledge.

Amazon's Rule!

 

[wrench13]

Like the saying goes... if you don't want to know the answer, don't ask.

 

[Doublete]

You could just spell it different like Amee. Nobody would ever know.

 

[Mamaof3]

Amy will still be Amy…Maybe slowly go from Amy to Aim. Honestly I would just stick with Amy.

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Hi Gang..

Well finding out Amy is a boy was...interesting..lol. For YEARS it had stuck in the back of my mind that he was indeed a he,just by some of her/his mannerisums,plus never laying an egg.

When the doc office called yesterday and the girl told me she has the results..I told her WAIT A MINUTE! LET ME CATCH MY BREATH! OK YOU CAN TELL ME NOW! She laughed and said "well Amy is a BOY! Congradulations! Like I said,it has been in my mind for years that she was a he.

I don't care really. Like someone else mentioned in an earlier post,it will be beneficial for her..I mean HIS lol,medical records. And in any further posts, I will continue to refer to her as a "she" and will definitely still call her Amy My Mom,God rest her soul,would smack me if I didn't!

Thanks to all who showed interest in this. All is great here in birdie land..I think I'll let her out and give her a couple nummys and loveys!

Like someone said earlier.. AMAZONS RULE!!!

Jim

 

[bill_e]

My last parrot of 40 years was undoubedtly a male but when I got her I started calling her a "her". After she passed and I picked up Nike I was told that the owner thought she was a female but honestly I think she's a male. I have no intension of calling her anything but a female as it just seems to flow more natural for me. I do call her by my previous birds name more than ocasionally and for a brief time thought about renaming her.

 

[ScooterMcTavish]

There is a French male name "Aime" - in French it phonetically sounds like "aim-eh", but when pronounced by English people, it always comes out "Ay-mee" or, well, Amy.

A French Amazon parrot! What a lucky find!

 

[Mariar]

I think it's great! Whether a she or a he or a shehe ...it's all the same ,, no need to love any less

 

[BIRDIGIRL]

Hee hee nice one Amy you had them fooled all these years because Im guessin you liked the name Amy and didnt want it changed hee hee