Re: Cacatuoides triple reds and blue`s

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Geo/Len wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a bunch , around 20 , blue cacatudoies, so far I only see
> females, I have a feeling that, they are all female`s ???

This can happen, especially if initially raised at low temperatures (<73ºF/23ºC).
Still, I'd expect some to be males. I did once have a spawn of aggies that turned
out to be all females - all 101 of them!

> Was thinking of breeding a female cactuoides blue, with a male
> cactuoides triple red
>
> Good or bad idea??

This has been tried before. I think a blue fish with red fins would be
spectacular. It's certainly worth a try. Unfortunately, in the past the blue body
usually turned muddy blue and the fins red had more yellow in it. I think that's
what is pictured in the Aqualog book as A. cacatuoides "(CS)" (p. 27, S03418-4).
With a lot of work and serious culling, who knows, you may develop a strain
everyone will beat down your door to get.

There are times that I wonder if the blue form, said to come from the Rio
Putumayo, isn't actually a closely related, but separate species from A.
cacatuoides - sort of like what we have in A. agassizii (Rio Tefé), A. sp. Tefé
I, and A. sp. Tefé II. I've never seen a wild caught blue cockatoo that had any
red on it. They rarely have any ocelli at all. When they do, they are very small
and yellow. I agree with Bob. Let people know that they are a 3X red x blue
cross.

Mike Wise

>
>
> Thank you
>
> George
>
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