DR. MED. VET. FRIEDRICH JANECZEK

Veterinary Practice Limited to Parrots
Parrot Breeder Service

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Neutering of dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, cattle, sheep and horses has been accepted by the society decades ago.

Neutering of parrots isn’t anything new either. This operation used to be done by opening the abdominal cavity. Unfortunately this resolved in bleeding, long convalescence or even cases of death from time to time.

It was like this until controllable gas anaesthesia and abdominal surgery with endoscopes have made a gentle castration possible. The technique has even improved by the modern use of laser technology, and today I undertake castration at birds starting with a weight of 100g.

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Therapeutic use of neutering

  • sexually caused aggression towards cage mates or owner
  • chronically prolapsed cloaca in female birds
  • excessive or life threatening egg laying
  • sexually caused self mutilation in cockatoos
  • treatment of ovarian cysts
  • treatment of testicle and ovarian tumours
  • repeated egg bound
  • behavioural problems due to hormonal stress

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Preventive use of neutering

  • on juvenile birds whose owner does not want to breed with these birds
  • When birds of the same sex or siblings are kept together
  • To prevent sexual caused aggression (e.g. male cockatoos killing their females) and excessive staying in the nest box (e.g. female of Eclectus Parrot) as well as for birds in training and public shows.

Practical example of the therapeutic use of neutering for sexually induced aggression towards owners: 

The male Orange-winged amazon Arnie (hatched in 1998) is "mated" to his owner and regularly attacks her husband and other people during the breeding season. This hormonally induced aggressive behavior towards his "rivals" increased from year to year. Behavioral training could not stop Arnie’s behavior. Giving up the overly aggressive family member Arnie was not an option for his owners. They opted for microsurgical neutering using laser endoscopy after extensive consultation and analysis of the situation

Here is what Arnie's owners had to say after the minimally invasive operation:

Dear Dr. Janeczek!

I would like to thank you very much for the very successful neutering of my Orange-winged "Arnie" in September 2023.

After the detailed explanatory discussion about the operation and its effects on Arnie's behavior, we were left with some doubts as to whether Arnie's aggressiveness towards my husband and other people would improve during the breeding season. 

Our expectations have been 100% fulfilled. Arnie has shown no more aggressive behavior during the entire spring of 2024 until today, June 12, 2024. He has become much more approachable towards my husband and also allows other people to cuddle him. His overall behavior has improved significantly.

We are grateful that our decision to neuter him has given us a much more balanced, relaxed and affectionate Amazon; also, for the good of the bird!

With grateful regards

M.Z.

We would be happy to answer your questions regarding the neutering.