Aves International?

[mysteryfoxes]

So there is a breeder that seeeems pretty okay. Though I've heard mixed reviews about them/her.

Aves International- We raise exotic birds and parrots and publish the Baby Bird Calendar.

Her website is major chaos but it gets the info out eventually. lol

For a baby Bronze-wing it is about $550 (hand raised) with roughly $100-$150 for shipping/crate from CA.

Anyone buy any birds from there, or know anyone who has?

 

[mysteryfoxes]

No one has heard anything about them? Oh well...guess I'll keep digging.

 

[lene1949]

They seem to have a lot of birds... I think I would go with a smaller breeder, who really has time to properly handraise the babies...

Of course these people may have a large family, so all the babies get the attention they need to become tame...

 

[alisocali]

I have a Maxi that I purchased from Aves. I bought her 10 years ago and she is still a happy and heathy pionus. I recommend Aves but I did have quite a process in taming her as she bit me several times and hard because she didn't want to be handled. Although she was hand-fed, I believe that once their pionus are weaned, they are put in a large communal aviary and aren't socialized with people individually defeating the purpose of a hand-fed and tame bird. I had to call the owner of Aves to get some advice on taming my bird. The owner was nice and helpful and in the end worked out. It took a few weeks to gain her trust and was able to handle her with out being bitten. Other than that ordeal, my bird Lola is great!

 

[Still_missing_her]

I'm looking for another bird, and just came across this post. I have had experience with Gail Worth and Aves International. My first experience was great. I bought a beautiful, well-socialized TAG, who was happy and healthy. Because of that, two years later, I bought another TAG from her. The bird came to me missing the tip of one toe, not something detrimental, but it was never disclosed to me. I immediately called Gail and left her a message. She didn't respond to several voice and email messages that I left. When I eventually got in touch with her, she told me that it happened while the bird was being weaned, and she "forgot" to tell me. She proceeded to go on about the personal problems she was having at the time, and basically conveyed to me that the birds were secondary. When I took my bird to the vet the day after she came home, the vet said she was underweight. She never thrived, and couldn't gain weight, no matter how much she ate. She cried all the time, and I just assumed she hadn't been weaned properly. A little over a month after I got her, I had to put her in the hospital because she was rapidly losing weight. During this time, I reached out to Gail via email and phone and she never replied. After 2 weeks of testing and futile medication, my bird was put to sleep. The diagnosis? PDD. In the words of the avian vet, "her brain was riddled with PDD." I spent twice the cost of the bird for her hospitalization and necropsy (and would have spent twice more if it meant my bird would be better) and Gail never responded to any of my efforts to reach her. She sold me a sick bird, and did not honor her guarantee. That was my experience with Gail Worth and Aves International. Buyer beware.

 

[Mayden]

I'm looking for another bird, and just came across this post. I have had experience with Gail Worth and Aves International. My first experience was great. I bought a beautiful, well-socialized TAG, who was happy and healthy. Because of that, two years later, I bought another TAG from her. The bird came to me missing the tip of one toe, not something detrimental, but it was never disclosed to me. I immediately called Gail and left her a message. She didn't respond to several voice and email messages that I left. When I eventually got in touch with her, she told me that it happened while the bird was being weaned, and she "forgot" to tell me. She proceeded to go on about the personal problems she was having at the time, and basically conveyed to me that the birds were secondary. When I took my bird to the vet the day after she came home, the vet said she was underweight. She never thrived, and couldn't gain weight, no matter how much she ate. She cried all the time, and I just assumed she hadn't been weaned properly. A little over a month after I got her, I had to put her in the hospital because she was rapidly losing weight. During this time, I reached out to Gail via email and phone and she never replied. After 2 weeks of testing and futile medication, my bird was put to sleep. The diagnosis? PDD. In the words of the avian vet, "her brain was riddled with PDD." I spent twice the cost of the bird for her hospitalization and necropsy (and would have spent twice more if it meant my bird would be better) and Gail never responded to any of my efforts to reach her. She sold me a sick bird, and did not honor her guarantee. That was my experience with Gail Worth and Aves International. Buyer beware.

So sorry to hear about your experience, that must have been horrible. Did you get your first TAG all tested out too? I'm unsure of PDD transmission but better safe than sorry. Again, so sorry for your loss. Must have been hard.

 

[MonicaMc]

I always wondered what happened with the PDD outbreak... I heard that she was going through rough times a few years ago but never knew if anything was resolved or if her aviary was 'clean' again...

 

[gccc44]

I'm looking for another bird, and just came across this post. I have had experience with Gail Worth and Aves International. My first experience was great. I bought a beautiful, well-socialized TAG, who was happy and healthy. Because of that, two years later, I bought another TAG from her. The bird came to me missing the tip of one toe, not something detrimental, but it was never disclosed to me. I immediately called Gail and left her a message. She didn't respond to several voice and email messages that I left. When I eventually got in touch with her, she told me that it happened while the bird was being weaned, and she "forgot" to tell me. She proceeded to go on about the personal problems she was having at the time, and basically conveyed to me that the birds were secondary. When I took my bird to the vet the day after she came home, the vet said she was underweight. She never thrived, and couldn't gain weight, no matter how much she ate. She cried all the time, and I just assumed she hadn't been weaned properly. A little over a month after I got her, I had to put her in the hospital because she was rapidly losing weight. During this time, I reached out to Gail via email and phone and she never replied. After 2 weeks of testing and futile medication, my bird was put to sleep. The diagnosis? PDD. In the words of the avian vet, "her brain was riddled with PDD." I spent twice the cost of the bird for her hospitalization and necropsy (and would have spent twice more if it meant my bird would be better) and Gail never responded to any of my efforts to reach her. She sold me a sick bird, and did not honor her guarantee. That was my experience with Gail Worth and Aves International. Buyer beware.

I'm surprised and sorry to hear this story. I bought a CAG from her about ten years ago and it was a fine experience. A very healthy bird. My girlfriend at the time also bought a Senegal parrot and it was also healthy and fine. I know she can be a bit abrupt sounding on her website but, as she states there, her main interest is the birds and their health and she doesn't have time to be constantly emailing people about their birds. Her husband had cancer and died several years back so I can only assume that took up some of her time and concentration. Anyway, I'm not saying anything more than my two experiences were fine. I've ordered another bird from her recently and I'm just hoping that this experience and bird is as good as the last.

 

[gccc44]

As an update, I put a deposit down with Gail from Aves Int. on a female Grey. After sex tests, none of the five were female. I don't want to wait another four months or more to get a female....with no guarantee that there will be a female in the next batch. I asked for my deposit back and she wanted me to pay for the sex test, which is reasonable and fair, but she also wants to charge me a $50 cancellation fee which I feel is not fair since none of the birds were females. It's not like I kept her from selling a female bird since none of them were. As I said I had bought two other birds from her and I found it a bit off-putting to charge me a cancellation fee when none of the birds were females. And there is no guarantee of the next batch producing any, either. So, if you put down a deposit, you may have to wait for a specific sex and you won't be getting all of your deposit back no matter how long you have to wait. I'm sorry to have to give her a negative review here but those are the facts. I was trying to be loyal to her but I find that sometimes in life, loyalty and fairness only go in one direction. Instead of charging me a cancellation fee, she should have offered me some money off if I would wait around another four months or so hoping for a female. I don't understand how people do business like that. Penny wise, pound foolish.....

 

[crimson]

I have a Maxi that I purchased from Aves. I bought her 10 years ago and she is still a happy and heathy pionus. I recommend Aves but I did have quite a process in taming her as she bit me several times and hard because she didn't want to be handled. Although she was hand-fed, I believe that once their pionus are weaned, they are put in a large communal aviary and aren't socialized with people individually defeating the purpose of a hand-fed and tame bird. I had to call the owner of Aves to get some advice on taming my bird. The owner was nice and helpful and in the end worked out. It took a few weeks to gain her trust and was able to handle her with out being bitten. Other than that ordeal, my bird Lola is great!

when purchasing a young bird/parrot, always make sure it is hand fed AND hand tamed.
There is a big difference between the two, unfortunately some people don't 'catch' the phrase, and are led to believe hand fed means hand tamed.