Parrot prices

[foxysnake]

hey ssssnakeman - thanx, its actually a cobra fang close up! Jus could'nt resist it. I have to find sumthing thats not exotic tho.

Off the top of my head I can't think of anywhere specific to get info but I'l find sum links for u, should have 'em up by 2night. Just a question where do u hail from? 'Cos if u b in Qld I'll cut u an unbeatable deal for a tame ringneck after my birdies have had their babies.

 

[ErisKSC]

Damn! I live in Newcastle, NSW. I only just figured out where you were from another thread.

I can get them down here, but hard to find young'uns.

But we are thinking of heading up Cairns/Tonsville later on this year... might have to let you know....

... i can't believei'm considering all of this for bird..... I'm really going mad this time

 

[foxysnake]

It'l be worth it!! What colour are you into? My special deal just for you will be:
Green: $40 ( from pet shop cost around $260)
Blue: $50 ( from petshop cost $350 up)
Yellow: $ 50 ( as above)
Albino: $ 65 ( from petshop $450)

And yes that sounds cheap, all birds are wormed and disease-free, like I said I just want people who love 'em to have 'em! At least if u know the prices are that cheap u can spend more on a really nice cage/stand, toys etc.

I am keeping 1 of the babies for myself, just not sure wot colour 1 yet. After that I'm selling them in the paper - Green: $ 100, Yellow/blue $ 200, Albino $ 250.

 

[Possum]

Parrots

I have a Little Lorrikeet and man is he noisy, he mimmicks everything from the squeeky cupboard door to the phone ringing and wolf whistles my dogs.... :lol: He is fun though but he was expensive from the Pet Shop.

 

[Hickson]

Remember, those prices I quoted were back in 1990. At that point, in Sydney anyway, I recall Plumheads were about $4500 a pair, and Blue Ringnecks were $10,000 each (a Petshop here had a Blue cock and splitblue hen for $12,000). Blue-and Gold Macaws were arounf the $35k mark.

Australian Cockatoos weren't often for sale in petshops in San Diego in 1990, but a shop owner told me that Sulfur-crests were $6000 each (more if they were tame or talked), Galah's were $10,000 a pair, Major Mitchells $25,000 a pair, Red-tail Blacks $30,000 and Yellowtails $40,000 per pair, Palm Cockatoos were $45,000 - $50,000 a pair. A shop in L.A. told me he desparately wanted a male Gang-Gang for a standing order - the buyer was prepared to pay $25,000 for just a male. (Prices are all in US dollars).

Just before leaving the States I saw a flyer for a Parrot Expo: Hundreds of breeders/dealers would be getting together for a week to show off their birds/wares and many guest speakers giving presentations captive husbandry, rare species, conservation etc.

They had three lucky door prizes:
First Prize - a pair of Galahs (called Rose-breasted Cockatoos)
2nd Prize - a Chevrolet hatchback
3rd Prize - an African Grey.



Hix

 

[BROWNS]

Have bred ringnecks and alexandrines may years ago and had many pet parrots.My favourite was my hand reared alexandrine Jack who learnt to swear ,wolf whistle and a whole lot more.he had about a 20 word vocabulary and could easily string sentences together,i taught him to say F YOU and my Mother loved it as she thought he was saying "hi mum"which it also sounded like but was a clear"F YOU" used to crack everyone up :lol: I have him down the road from me now still 12 years later where he's keeping a lady company.

I don't think i could have a parrot now"i'd love to" but i'm just not so sure with all the snakes i have that eventually the bird could get gobbled from something as stupid as accidently leaving cage doors open which i'm pretty sure has happened to everyone here. I think snakes in Oz will go the same way as birds and fish etc where your new colour morphs etc are the most popular like ball pythons compared to all the ringneck colours.

 

[foxysnake]

Hey Browns I wouldn't have personally picked u as an ex-bird breeder!

 

[fly2high]

What are ringnecks like as a pet, how easily tamed are they? How smart/friendly?

Thare are some good ones and some very bad ones unfortunatly.Most of them go ferrel after they reach maturaty and even they were hand raised they will take your fingures off.
Alexandrine will be a better choice and a bigger bird too. Price you'll be looking at $250 and up for a hand raised one in Sydney.

 

[foxysnake]

http://www.mresource.com/Birds/PERPET.HTM

A great site about caring for your parrot.

I would like to say all my birds were 4 yrs old when I sold them, and contrary to them turning nasty I found them to be fine. A couple of people who had trouble when their birds reached full maturity that I know of were handling their birds less over the years. As for Alexandrines I found them smart, learn quickly but take longer to actually accept u. As for my big male he was always nasty when it came to removing the food dishes. And if you've ever seen the beak of an alexandrine it's pretty big!!


http://aussiebirds.proboards27.com/index.cgi

A great forum about birds and to find out info from other birdkeepers/breeders.

 

[ErisKSC]

Thanks Foxysnake, i'll definately send you a PM if we're going up this year!

Oh, one more question, What is a Hollaback girl? It's been driving me nuts!

 

[foxysnake]

LOL! My little quote thingi is from a song of gwen stefani, in english it's probably say I aint no hold-it-back girl.

 

[Pike01]

Not really into exotic birds, i do have a pair of hoodeds.

 

[Reptilegirl]

i got myself a black and white pearled cockatiel and a normal pearled cockatiel... i know a lady who has heaps and the most they cost me is 15 bucks... thats including pure white ones.
i would do absolutly anything for an african gray... just love em. roughly how much are they... i know there heaps... but i can dream. i was in the pet shop last week and i saw a pair blue ring necks... $125 each is that reasonable?? i've never really thought about gettin any more parrots but these little ring necks looked so cute!! dammit foxysnake i wish you didnt live so far north... i'd buy some off you in a second!
Megz

 

[foxysnake]

That is a very good price for a blue from a petshop as in QLD they are alot dearer than that, I wished i lived down there, as ppl have told me the petshops are alot cheaper and with alot more variety!. I've only just started breeding cockatiels and had a friend come over n show me how to correctly sex them (by feeling the pelvic bone). Till than I thought I had 1 female and 2 males, I actually have 2 females and 1 male. The male is my whiteface cinamon pearl so I have to get a whiteface female for him, and 2 more males for the others so I can breed. Oh well, live and learn not to trust ppl telling me wot sex they think cockatiels are - at least I'l be able to tell for myself now.

 

[Hickson]

Foxysnake,

The pelvic bone test has been touted as the definitive test for sexing cockatiels and lovebirds. But, from what I can gather, it's not that accurate especially in younger birds that haven't bred. Maybe Geckodan can comment on this with more authority (as he has a better understanding of their innards than I).

I've been keeping cockatiels since 1978, and I usually sex them by their looks, behaviour or genetics. Admittedly, now I'm breeding white ones, I've got no idea what they are after they've hatched. Even when hand-reared their behaviour is still fairly similar.



Hix

 

[fly2high]

The pelvic bone test has been touted as the definitive test for sexing cockatiels and lovebirds. But, from what I can gather, it's not that accurate

I agree.The only time you can tell by filling pelvic bones if that bird has already laid eggs in the past then it will be wide otherwise its a guess. With cockatiels I normally sex them by looking under the open wing of the bird females never loose stripes.( but again it doesn't apply to all cockatiels because with some mutations such as pied it is very hard as the pied marking can go through the stipes and you never see them).
Best way to get some birds sexed, such as lorikeets is to do a surgical sexing and its only $16.50 in and out in no time and you will also get a certificate that tells you a sex of your bird if you need to sell it later.

 

[foxysnake]

U gotta be kidding me?!! See I told u just started n still learning LOL! Hmmm maybe I should get them surg sexed....

 

[Hickson]

The only time you can tell by filling pelvic bones if that bird has already laid eggs in the past then it will be wide otherwise its a guess.

I've also heard that after laying, the bones may move closer together again.

Here's an oldie (but a goodie):

Last year at one of the Bird Sales (Maitland I think) I saw a guy selling some young uncoloured Star Finches to someone who obviously knew little about aviculture. He said he wanted a pair, and the old codger sexed them in front of him with a 'sex tester', a piece of string with a crystal tied to the end. The buyer actually believed that this would work! :shock: I was amazed that this crap could still be going on.



Hix

 

[foxysnake]

I'm not quite that gullible!! LOL. By the way my brid club (which I've recently joined) Thuringowra Bird Society is holding a HUUUge bird convention in tsv in 2007, mayday weekend. Going to be biggest is QLD, Also Cairns will be having a smaller 1 sumtime that year as well.

 

[Openfire]

when it come to sexing lorries for some reason i can sex them just by looking at them ,maybe its because i had so many and was breeding them for so long ,i even had a pet shop that would call me up to sex all his lorries and in 6 years never got one wrong he would all so had them surgical sexed for the first two years and could not beleive i got them all right very time ,with every pair he sold he never had any one come back saying they were not a pair.