December 14, 2007
Male vs Female Quakers - Is There A Difference?
In my experience, I have not noticed any differences between male and female Quakers in personality, talking ability, train-ability, aggressiveness, intelligence or any other trait or skill. There are only a few responses to the question so far on the forum, but those who have responded up to this point agree with my own experience.
Now, I have to qualify this statement to say that this is true when Quakers are housed separately. When a male and female are kept in the same cage, all this can change. From what I understand, this is true of other types of parrot pairs as well. For a particular species, generally either the males or females become more aggressive when kept in pairs. For Quaker Parrots, it is the female that becomes more aggressive. But again, this is ONLY when they are kept in pairs. This extra assertiveness does not present itself when a female Quaker is caged by herself.
With one of my pairs, this female aggressiveness is particularly evident. The female will squawk and try to get a nip of me through the cage bars whenever I go near the cage. The male will actually push her out of the way and then squeeze his own beak through the cage bars. The only difference is that he is asking for kisses instead of wanting to rip my flesh apart. LOL!
So there you go. In case you were wondering if a male or female Quaker would make a better pet, I'd like to reassure you that males and females make equally wonderful companions. We have 5 females and 2 males in our household, and I wouldn't hesitate to add either a male or female to the flock if the inn wasn't already full here. ;-)
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28 Comments on Male vs Female Quakers - Is There A Difference? »
January 10, 2008
Doe @ 5:20 pm:
I currently have a Green Quaker "Kiwi" who is about 20 months old. In Oct. of'07 I acquired 2 babies, who were 5 months old at that time: one Blue Quaker "Berry" and a Cinnamon Quaker "Spice". I plan to eventually have them DNA sexed. The names "Kiwi" and "Spice" could apply to either sex but "Berry" sounds more masculine. Now you have me wondering because "Berry" and "Spice" are kept together as they came that way (same breeder, different clutches) and "Berry" is the aggressive one. He/she is always harrassing "Kiwi" when I'm home and have their doors open. I wonder if he is a female according to your info. He/she also seems to be the one who is starting to talk first. "Spice" goes with the wind. She/he hangs with "Berry" and joins in on his mischiefness but if I pick "Berry" up she will be friendly with "Kiwi".Do you have any suggestions how to get "Berry" and "Kiwi" to be friendly? Thanks . . . Doe
February 9, 2008
Criket @ 4:10 am:
Doe,
We have a female and a male QP. The female is more quiet. Our male is more talkitive and courious. I don't know any other way but DNA which was about $30 a bird at our local avian vet. Before we got the results we thought they were opposite of what the results where because of everything that we had read. Our female also seems to eat more than our male and is also heavier. Don't know if this helps but if you really want to know testing is the only way to find out for sure.
Criket
March 16, 2008
sheilla @ 2:02 pm:
cricket, is your female and male in the same cage.. thinking of getting another gp but i already have a male…did you get them the same time?? thanks for your input…….sheilla
May 14, 2008
Shannon @ 8:44 pm:
I have had a breeding pair of quakers and did notice that the male was the nicer one out of the two. He was even the one to talk and let us handle him. She on the otherhand would not let us get anywhere near her. I have also worked at a pet store handfeeding and working with these birds for about 4 years. I have never noticed any difference between male or female. =)
July 4, 2008
KIM @ 10:53 am:
PLEASE HELP!!!! I have a female Quacker she has lost all the feathers on her chest. I have no clue if she is plucking them or if there is something wrong with her. She is the only bird in the house and her cage is very large. Most of the time the door stays open. This is worrying me so much I love my little Talula very much and I just don't know what to do. Please help!!!
July 9, 2008
Oscar Roberts @ 1:34 pm:
What can you use to get Fleas out of carpet that is safe to use around birds. Quakers, Nandays, love birds, and grays. Thank You Oscar
July 15, 2008
sandy @ 11:17 pm:
I am looking for info in what states are illegal to own a quaker. and how to find out the legistics on can u buy a QP in a state thats legal and bring it as a pet to a state not legal?
August 17, 2008
megan @ 10:57 pm:
I have a baby quaker that I am hand feeding but even when her crop is full she still wants to eat is this normal?
August 29, 2008
BB Lamm @ 10:19 am:
I have a question about these prickly feathers on my Quakers head, how should I rub as to not inflict pain to him?
September 11, 2008
thomas @ 1:11 pm:
i am not real sure,i have a green quaker ,her name is sesame,well,i think it is a she,how can i be sure?,by the way ,i would not give her up for anything!!!!!!!!!!!
September 15, 2008
geralynn @ 11:09 am:
My little quaker died one week and too days ago.I still haven't gotten over the pain of loseing him.He started plucking so bad his cage was full of blood.I took him to the vet to late so all I can say is don't wait.He was six years old.I will never get over losing him he was my baby.
September 28, 2008
Eduardo @ 5:12 pm:
I just got a green quaker parrot!! But how do i keep him from bitting me and to be nice???
November 21, 2008
Mariam @ 12:10 am:
Hey! I have a green Quaker Parrot, and just recently i found out that it was a Quaker parrot, so I've been wondering since i got it as a gift, if it's a girl or boy. And my bird does both of those kinds of things.. is there any SPECIFIC way to tell if a quaker parrot is a girl or boy? like i have parakeets and the way to tell if there's a girl or boy is by the flesh color above their beaks. is there something like that to check with quaker parrots?
-Mariam
March 2, 2009
miracle @ 8:13 pm:
i have a green and she is my husbands cause she had previos owners and when she met my husband she clicked with him and no one else could hanlde her but she wont let me handle her now she comes to me a little and i am with her all day but have to keep her in the cage couse she bites me can you please help what can i do i want to be able to handle her and play with her to she will give me kisses through the cage but i cant handle her
March 5, 2009
Cassie @ 3:27 pm:
Ive had my green quaker for about eight months now. she has never had a problem with me holding her or going near her. For the past few weeks she has been very aggressive. She will not step up, and tries to bite me. However she loves my moms bf, he can pick her up without a problem. Is this normal for a quaker to go through an "aggressive" stage???
March 23, 2009
danny lowe @ 5:05 pm:
my quaker has a straight bill almost like a duck , the tip up three quarters of an inch is solid and from there up approx one inch is spoon shape,,, has anyone else have a quaker like this??????please let me know Mr. pete is at least 10 years old and i can find no other like him on line all other descriptions of him are standard quaker . Thanks for any replys !!!!
June 10, 2009
Susan @ 1:45 pm:
Give your new addition some time….we got our baby about a month and ahalf ago…it took a good two weeks for her to settle in…after a week of wearing gloves….I got tired of having blood drawn…she started to warm up…tons and tons of patients sweet talk and some fruit :-) Now she is super sweet..comes over to be pet and talked to…and has actually started talking back to us.
Good luck
Susan @ 1:50 pm:
http://www.quakerville.net/qic/statelaw.asp
this website lists states and if it is legal to own quakers or not :-)
July 14, 2009
raina D'Amico @ 10:10 am:
I found my quaker on my front porch three weeks ago. He/she is very well behaved, very clean (bath every other day) and apparently happy in my house.
I have named Him/ Her Kudzu so when i do find out the actual sex I the name will be OK.
He/she responds to "step up" and we are trying to get him/her to make kissing noises.
He/she whistled for the first time yesterday!
He/she loves whole wheat bread and pasta with wheat germ coating. Then corn cakes(home made no salt or sugar) bird seed and of course nuts but i am trying to give them only once in a while.The pellets are not too popular so far….
I was wondering if there is any way to actually determine the sex of my bird.
please help if you know!
July 19, 2009
krystel @ 11:41 pm:
hey kim
this is rlly bad rlly rlly bad u shld go to the vet
imedeyetly
krystel @ 11:45 pm:
any1 now anyhting about tellin quakerz appart with out dna test jst at hoime
July 20, 2009
caridad @ 5:19 pm:
hey i saw one like that description at the flea market
July 22, 2009
pat b @ 11:43 pm:
can you tell the color that the bird will be by its skin color? I have seen a Quaker baby that has blue feet and blue skin, and wondered if that was an indication of the color the feathers would be. Thank you.
July 29, 2009
krystel @ 7:51 pm:
hmmmmm…….. thats a weird problem cassie you should search online and do some research in books for an answer . or ask a vet or expert. well it could be possible that it's about lay an egg (if its a girl) and only wants to be touched with somen he or she trusts.
September 19, 2009
Robyn @ 8:30 am:
In my experience, females are nippier than males.
October 13, 2009
Gong Yu Chen @ 9:40 pm:
GOODNESS, GRACIOUS! THE ONLY WAY TO TELL FROM A MALE PARROT FROM A FEMALE IS TO REALLY TAKE THEM TO A BIRD VET AND LET THEM GIVE YOUR QUAKERS A BLOOD TEST OR SOMETHING! YOU CAN'T TELL BY APPEARENCES OR THEIR ACTIONS. I BELIEVE THE OBSERVATIONS FROM OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR (KNOWN SEX) PARROTS ARE MERELY COINCIDENCES!
P.S. I GOT MINE CHECKED BY THE VET AND THEYY DID RUN A BLOOD TEST.
P.P.S. SORRY IF I OFFEND ANYONE WITH THIS COMMENT. BUT I HAD TO SAY IT…
October 19, 2009
Linda @ 3:07 pm:
Time and talk to him.
Linda @ 3:09 pm:
The terrible 2 syndrome.