Kākāriki Sexing?

[Teddscau]

Hey, can you guys help me sex these two kākāriki? I'm planning on adopting them, and I was curious about their gender. Here: https://www.facebook.com/KitchenerW...67419982552/10154051788252553/?type=3&theater

 

[Owlet]

I'm guessing you're talking about Coukie and Kiki and I don't think we can sex them based on appearance. You'd have to get them DNA checked.

 

[Teddscau]

I'd read they were sexually dimorphic, but that they can be a bit tricky to sex. Worse comes to worse I could do one of those inexpensive mail-order DNA sexing kits. Thanks, though.

 

[Owlet]

Hmm I'll look into it some more and see if I can be of more help unless someone else comes along.

 

[Owlet]

"Kaks are dimorphic so there's no need for DNA or surgical sexing as long as you know what to look for. It's pretty obvious. Males are about 15 grams heavier than females and also have bigger heads and wider beaks. The females look very thin and dainty. Most males also seem to have a brighter shade of red than hens. Chicks can be sexed by the width of their beaks when their pinfeathers are just beginning to open. Use the following pictures as a guide to sexing your kaks."

There's that but honestly the pictures provided for the two look like the same bird to me. They both have yellow specks on the left side of their red marking and they both have a little bit of fluff near the middle of their back. So I don't think you can figure out the sexes of both birds via the picture provided. Could you contact the rescue and ask for more pictures or visit the rescue yourself? There may of been a mix up when posting the pictures.

 

[Teddscau]

Okay, thanks Owlet. From experience, it's a freaking pain the the butt to get a hold of animal shelters. The local one? Easy as pie. But not for the Toronto Humane Society (it was a nightmare trying to adopt Rumi, Lara, and Pollo) or Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society (phoned them more than a dozen times). I guess I'll phone again to see how they're progressing. Not sure if it would be too much for them to post more photos.

I will tell you I had a terrible night. Abby, our young, 3 lb. chihuahua, collapsed in the hallway onto her side, and started kicking her legs like she was running, and couldn't stand up. She got pale and started breathing weirdly, and she was disoriented. It took her at least twenty minutes to recover. Honestly, I thought she was going to die. So my parents took her to the emergency vet over 40 minutes away. When they got back, less than 20 minutes later, she was eat her kibble when her legs suddenly gave out, she fell on her side, and started kicking her legs and looked like she was convulsing. Phoned the emergency vet, and we were told to keep an eye on her (this was around 11). When Mom took her to bed at 1, Abby just started screaming and went limp. My dad thought it was a death howl or something. Abby's really tough and doesn't cry, but she was just screaming, so they brought her back to the vet and didn't come home until 5 am. Her liver, blood sugar, and heart seem normal, so we're wondering if it's the meds she started taking yesterday for her chest infection. We honestly thought she wouldn't make the night. She's only 4.

Honestly, it looked like death convulsions or something, or like she'd been poisoned. I watched a lot of Animal Cops and vet shows when I was younger (and I've seen a number of my animals die, sadly), and it looked like that. Honestly, we had a terrible night. We're contacting our regular vet to see if the meds might be the problem, because this all started 30 minutes after she took her pills last night.