> I hope I'm encluded with this title?  I'm not against sexing by 
 > surgical
 > means....I don't like the CLinics by which any vet does multiply 
 > different Psittacines, species, Aviaries.  I'm DEAD against them
With the advent of DNA sexing, I feel the only time a bird should be 
surgically sexed is if you don't know its background and suspect a problem 
with reproductive or other internal organs. But if it's one of your birds, 
for example, that you've kept back for breeding, it's a lot safer to go the 
DNA route.
Surgical sexing, or any surgery for that matter, carries tremendous risks. If 
it can be avoided, do so.
I wholeheartedly agree about the sexing clinics. They are absolutely inhumane 
and extremely primitive.
 > Did you know that I have three birds of which I paid thousands of
 > dollars and they were Surgically sexed the wrong gender?  I have
 > been told that if equipment is faulty for DNA that this can happen
 > as well.  If faulty the sex will appear as Female!
The chromosomes show up as almost night and day between male and female. One 
of the sexes has chromosomes that are close to three times as large as the 
other sex. So it seems it would be pretty difficult to make a mistake. If 
there is a mistake, it's probably human error through bookkeeping.
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