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Post by madaussie on Aug 20, 2009 19:18:32 GMT 10
He is but she is good.
j
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Post by madaussie on Sept 2, 2009 20:48:53 GMT 10
I did it again i now hav 6 sulfa crested maybe 4 1 sold 1 might be i only got them as they needed to be re homed so i took them 5 from 1 place and 1 yesterday from pet link he is 3 months old and very lovable but scared as the kids where he was used to fight over him but he will be fine now we are keeping him and 1 pair .
And more 28 parrots coming Friday from WA .
j
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Post by scots001 on Sept 2, 2009 23:32:22 GMT 10
Can I ask how much you bought the Sulpha Crested for?
And then what? do you breed them? I just don't know anyone who is that spontaneous and I am in awe...
Lucky bugger as I wish it were me...LOL
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Post by madaussie on Sept 3, 2009 7:30:56 GMT 10
Well iam a sucker for a bird in need and these girls where in need he was going to let them go if he could not sell them ,
so got 5 for $800 and a 10 x10 Avery sounds silly i know but he was a strange old fellow so i will keep the pair and sell the other girls i could not watch him set them free it would have been a slow painful way for them to go.
so had to do a few quick mod on an Avery for them mesh over the wire but they are safe till i find them a new home where they are wanted and loved 1 is going to Sydney and has a pretty boy waiting her arrival.
j
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Post by scots001 on Sept 3, 2009 23:41:38 GMT 10
Wow... five for $800... I need to go and see what that is in dollars and I'll probably weep....
OMG.... this is what it equals... 664.794 USD
I would pay that much for one.. And were they wild caught?
When I had my breeders I only bought the wild caught cockatoos as I found them to make better parrents and sweeter personalities than the domestic raised birds.
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 4, 2009 5:39:03 GMT 10
wild caught birds are illegal here??? Don't know how you got wild caught ones??? Maybe there are people who can still legally trap them and import them??
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Post by scots001 on Sept 4, 2009 7:38:11 GMT 10
Here the importation ban on wild caught birds was passed in 1994..
All my breeders were purchased from the facilities a couple of years prior to the ban and then most bought from other breeders who had wild caught in their averies..
An open band ID was placed on the bird for identification location although I do have a few without bands.
Crossing the border into Mexico one can see some beautiful birds offered up for sale by the roadside.
As much as it would be good to buy them at the dirt cheap prices we can't bring get back into the country.
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Post by Damo on Sept 4, 2009 13:44:18 GMT 10
Tracey there are people that are still aloud to legally catch birds and i dont agree with it as it aint fair on the bird and can bring all sorts of things in to you aviaries
Red caps, crimson rosellas, red rumps, western rosellas, eastern rosellas, port lincons, 28s are some of the species that are aloud to be caught
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 4, 2009 17:33:07 GMT 10
Really!!! I knew there were some people who could legally trap but I thought it was for zoos and such.
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Post by Laraine on Sept 5, 2009 20:26:10 GMT 10
Some years ago when we first got into birds, we knew someone who used to catch wild cockatoos in the country and sell them.
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Post by madaussie on Sept 5, 2009 20:34:45 GMT 10
speaking of cockatoos what are the females like as pets?one of them i can pat and hold no worries .
j
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