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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mrotsliah" data-source="post: 27923" data-attributes="member: 2892">I went to this small pet store in town.  The owner said he could talk with someone he knew about getting a avic versicolor.  He said it might cost a bit.  He also said it would probably be a small sling.  He showed me a sling he had that was about the size of a nickle or quarter.  I said that would be ok, or even larger, like the size of a walnut, would be nice.  I just don't want to be feeding it gnats.  Then I was thinking.  When you have a sling that young, is it pretty much impossible to sex it?  The shed skin is probably not developed enough to tell yet.  ??Also, I know that the females live longer than males, and the females are bigger than the males.  Are there any other differences, like behavior?  I think I would like a female since she would live longer.  But if I get a sling, it is just up to chance what sex I get, right?</blockquote>