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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 10, 2014 15:47:47 GMT
As a businessman I would make sure my web page was proof read. I am very bad with grammar and would not want that to show on the page. Does that mean she is not a good breeder? I am not sure it does or it does not. But one thing that does bother me is the shipping. Many breeders I have talked to want to meet the client and not just ship animals to them. I have also found the better the breeder the less birds they have at any one time to sell. Most are sold before they hatch.
So now that I muddied the waters, good luck and I hope you get a wonder new budgie soon.
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Post by Sarah on Feb 10, 2014 16:58:35 GMT
Hand feeding parrots is not technically difficult: follow instructions on the packet, pour food in mouth. However, there is one massive difference between feeding a baby macaw and feeding a baby budgie: size.
Baby budgies are so tiny, it is very easy to injure their little beaks or mouths, and to over stuff their crop and cause an infection. The same goes for problems with consistency and temperature: too cold, too hot, or to thick and the food will hurt the delicate little baby. It is not something I am comfortable doing at all, and I will not do it even if I raise clutches of my own in future.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 10, 2014 18:46:39 GMT
I read on this Sissy's site that she is extremely busy because 250 birds is a lot for one person to care for. That's what clued me in that she doesn't have employees.
To answer your question about Mistletoe's breeder, Mary breeds out of her home. It was a modest home, but we were invited into her living room and kitchen areas, and both were neat and tidy and there was no odor about her home, even though she has many birds. She had 2 pet birds (a conure and a senegal) caged separately in the living room, but her breeding birds and babies were kept in other rooms of the home. We were not invited into those rooms, and I respect that. If I were breeding animals in my home, I would not invite people into the areas were they could track in germs to the babies. Mary brought three birds out, one at a time, for us to visit with. She's a regualr lady living and breeding birds in a small home with her husband, and she behaved professionally.
Of course Sabaton should go by his own gut feelings on whether he wants to deal with this breeder. My opinion stands. Reading Sissy's website did not give me a sense of her competence, and did not encourage me to take the next step by contacting her. All that said, it IS difficult to find bird breeders, and if her babies seem healthy, she may be the source for getting the baby you want.
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 11, 2014 2:33:30 GMT
Totally missed the part about 250 birds with one caretaker. That means, if she works 8 hours per day, that's 2 minutes per bird. Does seem a little low.
Pammy--You definitely have an eye for detail!
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Post by lisamarie on Feb 11, 2014 2:44:09 GMT
I tend to lead towards Pammy's opinion on this. Grammar is very important. Does it mean she is a bad caretaker? No. But it could hint that she was lazy to not proofread. Careless? One can draw numerous assumptions from someone with bad grammar. It of course could always be a language barrier as well. the asking for donations thing also seems like a red flag to me. If you have it all over your website, does this mean you are hurting for money? Does this mean she doesn't have enough to take good care of her birds? In my opinion the more birds you have, the MORE you should "spoil" them and take more precautions to take care of them. I couldn't even imagine keeping up with 25 birds, never mind 250. Obviously she has been doing it for years though so she has the experience. So would I buy from her? Not personally but like everyone else has said, meet her in person and see how you feel about her personality!
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Post by Pammy on Feb 11, 2014 4:32:03 GMT
Another thing I thought of is that a good many of us, including myself, have purchased budgies from large chain stores like Petco. Those stores are supplied with birds from birdie mills. This Sissy certainly can't be worse than a birdie mill. I just wouldn't want you to pay an exorbitant fee for a budgie who is no more "hand tamed" than the little guys we find at Petco for $20. I mean, maybe they are hand tamed, but I don't know how one woman can hand tame several baby birds of different species and still have time to feed and clean cages and freshen water for 250 birds.
I suppose the best thing you can do is go meet her. Talk with her, get a feel for the kind of person she is, whether you trust her, like her, etc., and meet a baby bird or two. If the little one lets you hold it right away and doesn't try to get away or act afraid, and looks good and healthy, hey, why not? It's ultimately up to you, and I really didn't mean to get on a whole big thing of bashing this poor woman I never met. Her website doesn't impress me, but that doesn't mean she can't supply you with the bird you want.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 12, 2014 1:35:47 GMT
i tihnk i read that she doesnt not allow visitors to the new babies
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Post by Sarah on Feb 13, 2014 18:41:20 GMT
Hey everyone.
I have received a message from someone who feels that this conversation is becoming a bit out of control: we are verging into the realm of becoming bullies I fear. I do not think that it is necessary to continue to discuss this person's grammar or personal approach.
I will say outright that I do not believe that this is a good person to buy from, for one reason and one reason alone. I do not support the sale of unweaned animals of any kind. It is not a simple practice to hand feed baby budgies. It is an extremely difficult proposition bordering on the scientific. The food a hen provides for her young changes on a day to day basis: differing in thickness from the very thin to the almost solid as the chick ages. It is also always consistently budgie body temperature, and fed in a natural way. Burns or impacted food and infections occur to chicks who's synthetic food is too hot or too cold. Trying to calculate for the needs of an infant budgie, and feeding them through a strange and unnatural tool is something best left to a trained professional and cannot be taught in a week, let alone 15 minutes. In my state, and I believe the majority of the U.S., the sale of an unweaned puppy or kitten is prohibited by law: they cannot be separated from the mother by gift or sale under eight weeks of age. The punishment for breaking this law is a 500 dollar fine per infraction and the seizure of all breeding animals. There is no law to protect parrots. We have to protect them by refusing to buy unweaned chicks: parrots are every bit as dependent on their parents in the first stages of life as kittens and puppies.
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Post by sami on Apr 7, 2015 1:21:23 GMT
Y parakeet is dieing i need help. Its late vers are closed. I got home from work and she was coughing blood. She stopped but i think its only bc birds dont like to let anyone know they are ill.... i dont know what to do
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Apr 13, 2015 2:11:36 GMT
We need more information, what is happening? Did she eat anything? Toxic fumes?
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