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Take that universally popular caged bird, the budgerigar , first encountered in the inland of New South Wales and known to the colonists from the 1840s.
On Sundays it switches to small pets, especially caged birds.
Females lack an estrous cycle and anestrous adults are dependent upon direct contact with a non-volatile male pheromone for induction of estrus [ 8 ] . Hormonal control of scentmarking and sexual behavior of this species (hereinafter, opossum) has been described in some detail [ 9 10 ] . Estrus is induced when females nuzzle scentmarks from the androgen-dependent suprasternal (chest) gland [ 10 11 ] . Nuzzling delivers nonvolatile chemical signals to the vomeronasal organ (VNO) [ 12 ] and surgical removal of the VNO prevents induction of estrus by scentmarks alone [ 13 ] , although cautery ablation of the VNO fails to prevent ovarian activation and ovulation in females that are caged with adult males [ 14 ] . While anestrous adults are reliant on male pheromone for reproductive activation, spontaneous postlactational estrus occurs in the absence of direct contact with male pheromone [ 15 ] .
The animal room was maintained on a 14L:10D cycle, and room temperature was 25-28°C; food (Fox Reproduction Food; Milk Specialties Co., New Holstein, WI) and acidified water (pH= 4.2) were provided ad libitum . Males (n = 6 proven breeders) and females were caged individually and held on different shelving racks, separated by at least 2 m.
Estrous females will not ovulate unless paired with a male [ 7 ] , but copulation is not required to stimulate ovulation in females caged with males [ 7 17 ] . Copulation typically occurs on the second night of paring [ 18 ] . Litters of about 8 young are born after a 15-day gestation, and young are weaned at 8 weeks of age.
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