Last night Max started acting a little funny. He had a watery stool and was sitting around all puffy looking,

I really worried a little but thought maybe the fluffiness was from the house being a little cold. I turned the heat up and went to bed.

I tossed and turned all night long because deep down I was a little worried still. There were no more loose stools this morning but he was still all puffed up and not really acting right.

When I came home from the store, I noticed he had a few loose stools and there looked to be a hint of blood in the stool. I got worried and called my vet. She wasn't in but gave me several other places to try. After exhausting all of the choices, I called my friend who owns a bird store. As I was talking to him I started thinking maybe Max was Maxine and she was trying to lay an egg. We never had Maxie Dna'ed so anything was possible. I thought that Macaws usually laid before they were 8 years old though. He said that it did sound like an egg was coming but he gave me the name of another vet and once again I struck out. I kept an eye on "him" all day. I was really worried even though deep down though it was an egg. I just hoped "he" could pass it. Max kept going down on the food bowls spreading her legs and straining. At one point I went over and palpated what I though was an egg down near her vent.

Low and behold about 1/2 hour later she passed it. Jim and I are going out for a few beers.

Having these birdies can make you prematurely grey sometimes.
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so what you saying is max is maxine lolol congratulations..........

Wow, do you have an extra beer...............

Wonderful the way these fids can surprise the heck outta us, sometimes, innit? Congrats on your "new little girl" :-).

Ooooooh, sweet Maxie! That is worth 2 beers!

Kita was DNA'd female at 15 and presented us with her first egg when she was 16 years old. Right now she has 3 that she's guarding.

CONGRATS!!! on your new baby girl!!

Give Maxine a kiss for all that trouble.

oh wow! what a surprise do you know if it is fertile?

Wow, that is a pretty good trick for a male.

I had 2 beers. I neeeded it.

I always knew deep down that Max was a Maxie.

Grandma we are full of surprises here.

Thanks Angie will do.

Emily all of my birds are kept separate so it was definitely infertile.

Maxie was sitting on her top perch when she finally laid the egg. It fell to the bottom of the cage and stuck between the bars and smashed.