Strange morning in my house.

[happy410]

I'm on vacation this week, so the birdies are sleeping later. When I woke them both everything was normal. Then I started hearing a weird sound. I finally realized it was from Happy, my Amazon. As I zeroed in on the problem from the rear, I knew something was wrong. I called hubby home, called the vet to tell them we were on the way.
On the drive there out pops an egg.
For 14 yrs everyone thought Happy was a boy.
If most of you remember I was given happy 1 yr ago from his original owner who was 84 yrs old.
They had him, sorry her since she was a baby. I guess they never DNA'd her.
At least the name Happy can be for either but it's going to take getting used to calling her a girl.

 

[Terry57]

Wow, what a shocker that must have been! Hopefully that will be the only egg from the lovely Miss Happy.

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Indeed a shocker! I have had Amy now for almost 27 years,got her at 14 weeks old. This spring when I took her in for a wellness check,since they were going to do blood work anyway,I decided to have her DNA'd..

Surprise surprise! Amy is really AMOS,in drag! I always thought she was a she .
I am not changer "her" name..."she" will always be Amy and I will always refer "him" as "her" lol.

Jim

 

[Kiwibird]

A surprise indeed! Glad Happy passed the egg safely and hope there will not be any more eggs from her.

 

[happy410]

Over the initial shock now. Here's a picture of my little girl.:24:

 

[Scott]

Beautiful picture, Happy looks happy regardless of gender.

Glad it all turned out OK in the end! . When in doubt, always a great idea to consult a vet.

 

[BIRDIGIRL]

Happy looks really happy so the name really suits him and even though hes a girl if she is used of you saying Good Boy then she wont mind if you continnue telling her shes a Good Boy I hope the egg was a once off but if shes like other parrots (I have a Quaker Boy called Peter Pan who also surprised me with 2 eggs a year ago ) you may have another egg ...Glad there was nothing wrong and that it was just an egg

 

[happy410]

I'm taking her to vet tomorrow. Just a quick check and her nails need done.
I did learn a valuable lesson with this. We just returned Monday from vacation with both birds. I did not search the area for an avian vet. If this were to have happened there, I would have totally freaked out. From now on, if they go with us I will search for vets in the area ahead of time.