I miss my bourkys
I miss my bourkys
Beautiful birds jay84, how's the ekkies going? Any recent pics
These are my 3 pairs of Lineolated parrots.
Lucky, lucky!
it's a wonder theyre not more popular in this country (despite being scarce of course!)
Theyre stunning and so adorable!
Not exotics - in fact their Aussie habitat is only a few hours north of me, but here are my eclectus parrots - Henry (male - green) and Prudence (blue/crimson)...
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My question is this - are there any breeders of Lorikeets, Quakers, Conures or any other parrot that would be willing to sell me a baby bird to be hand-reared, so that the bird attaches to me. And if anyone is worried about my ability to raise a baby bird, please don't be - I've hand-reared wombats, birds (not parrots), lambs, guinea pigs and rabbits.
There is always a constant supply of "hand-reared" birds in mostly every pet shop, but whenever I ask the owner of the pet shop if they have birds available to be hand-reared, they say no, because they enjoy it themselves and they get a better profit. SO I asked them where they get the birds to hand rear, and they all said they get them from breeders.
My question is this - are there any breeders of Lorikeets, Quakers, Conures or any other parrot that would be willing to sell me a baby bird to be hand-reared, so that the bird attaches to me. And if anyone is worried about my ability to raise a baby bird, please don't be - I've hand-reared wombats, birds (not parrots), lambs, guinea pigs and rabbits.
So you have hand raised zero parrots then. No offense meant, I am just telling you what a parrot breeder would read that as. Hand raising really isn't that hard, but that is not the only reason breeders say no.
Generally it is considered very bad practice to sell unweaned birds and you would be hard pressed to find a reputable breeder who would do so. I ALWAYS refused when I used to breed. There are just so many things that can go wrong in the early stages and all it does is create headaches for both breeder and buyer and a whole lot of risk and instability for the little one.
That you think a bird needs to be hand raised by you to attach to you would be a warning sign and perhaps a little research is needed here? In the long term you would much prefer a bird who has been well socialized with multiple other birds and people (by the breeder) then one you raise in isolation. Hand raising isn't necessary to make the bird bond with you either. In fact my clingiest bird is parent raised for the most part (co raised and then hand raised at the very end).
Again I hope I don't sound nasty. I am just telling you what a breeder would think when hearing your request.
Handraising is to be taken very seriously and not for novices for fun.
its also a bit worrying youd want an unweaned bird, because not only is it poor practice, it will not make the bird like you more. It may end up viewing you as a parent figure and reject you as it reaches maturity.
Parrots and birds arent one in the same.
My cockatoo was weaned at 11 months from his breeder and now over 3 years old couldnt love me more.
Birds are individual, more so than say a dog, theyll like you, or they wont.
No, you don't sound nasty at all, just worried. And now I am as well for all those hand reared birds in all those pet shops. There must be so many losses. As with everything in the world of pet shops, it has a dirty, awful background that not many people know about. I will definitely stop buying from the shops that sell hand-reared birds.
Thankyou for enlightening me
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