Photos of parrot at my local pet store

[Birdlover11]

Those photos are so gorgeous!

I do hate when pet shops up the prices of birds though, the pet shop near me has a grey for $10,000 as well, its an outrage that they up the price so much when you can go to a breeder and get them for half that, if not less ! I'm not surprised the b&g has been there for so long lol, they need to lower the price!

YES !! Exactly ! At the local petco or petsmart they have sun conures for 1000$ dollars when you can get a full, healthy weaned baby from a breeder in town for ONLY 300$ . They trick lots of people saying " it's a rare species " or " it's pure bred ". Gets me so upset

 

[Karigan]

...Pure bred? As in they kept the macaws in another aviary 0.o? Interesting pitch.

 

[Birdlover11]

To me, you can't get a pedigree for a parrot. They would lie to sell anything, especially a sick bird. Told them once that thier finch was sick said it was " sleeping " and we have " instore vets " .

 

[ziggybird]

I get SO sad when I go into petco and petsmart and see the birds. I just want to rescue them

 

[Mudkips]

Hey I remember visiting this store!

Is that top picture of George the macaw? If I recall correctly, he was a permanent resident of the shop who perched on his playstand in the middle of the hand-reared birds section, greeting everyone that walked in with a clear and bright "Hello!"

George was the first macaw I ever got to hold!

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Are those Green Cheek Conures in with the Tiels? I can't think what else would be that small.

Yes, it was green cheek conures and Indian ringneck that was with the cockatiels.

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Hey I remember visiting this store!

Is that top picture of George the macaw? If I recall correctly, he was a permanent resident of the shop who perched on his playstand in the middle of the hand-reared birds section, greeting everyone that walked in with a clear and bright "Hello!"

George was the first macaw I ever got to hold!

I'm not too sure if that was George or not. Because there were two b&g macaws in the hand reared birds section. The photo were the one macaw in the middle, and he/she did always say a clear and bright hello when ever people walked in. But the one in the photo were for sale, the other one wasn't. Maybe the other one is George?

By the way, I got to hand feed the macaw in the photo!!!! It's one year old, but loves baby food! It was so funny as it opened its beak waiting for me to feed it! It was very fun!

 

[Brodie]

Hand feeding a one year old macaw..? That's a little bit weird...

 

[Thingamagigs]

Alexandrines are $300 - $400 handreared in QLD.

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Hand feeding a one year old macaw..? That's a little bit weird...

I know, I was think that as well! But the macaw LOVE the baby food! It ate like a whole 10 ml in like 5 second! And it asked for more! It was very fun though!

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Alexandrines are $300 - $400 handreared in QLD.

Ozzie was $900 at where I got him from. The other pet store had them for $600, but I went for the $900 ones because their birds looks a lot healthier and also tamer.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Alexandrines are $300 - $400 handreared in QLD.

Ozzie was $900 at where I got him from. The other pet store had them for $600, but I went for the $900 ones because their birds looks a lot healthier and also tamer.

It's sad when people only try to get the best deal. I love that you went with the higher price for healthier birds A lot of backyard breeders here sell birds for inexpensive. You'll find hand raised galahs for 800-1,200 with birds who are often eating seed and breeders who know little, when they sell from a good breeder for 1,500 to 2,500.

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Alexandrines are $300 - $400 handreared in QLD.

Ozzie was $900 at where I got him from. The other pet store had them for $600, but I went for the $900 ones because their birds looks a lot healthier and also tamer.

It's sad when people only try to get the best deal. I love that you went with the higher price for healthier birds A lot of backyard breeders here sell birds for inexpensive. You'll find hand raised galahs for 800-1,200 with birds who are often eating seed and breeders who know little, when they sell from a good breeder for 1,500 to 2,500.

Wow, galahs are very expensive at where you live! I can get a tame, hand raised galah here at Melbourne for only $300! Some better breeders sells them for about $400-$500!

I have heard that some people actually catch wild galahs, and once it have chicks, they release the adults and keep a few babies to hand raise. That is very cruel, but there is still people that do that

 

[Abigal7]

Thanks for the pictures. I am assuming this is a pet store that specializes in birds

 

[LoveMyParrots]

Thanks for the pictures. I am assuming this is a pet store that specializes in birds

Yes, you're right. They mainly sell birds/parrots, but also sell small animals like rabbit, dog, cat and reptile like snake and lizards

 

[Thingamagigs]

It's sad when people only try to get the best deal. I love that you went with the higher price for healthier birds A lot of backyard breeders here sell birds for inexpensive. You'll find hand raised galahs for 800-1,200 with birds who are often eating seed and breeders who know little, when they sell from a good breeder for 1,500 to 2,500.

Price does not always mean better quality either. In this case it was a choice between petshops, petshops always jack up the prices.

For example... here is a quality victorian breeder and handrearer of Alexandrines... Alexandrine Parrots Hand Raised For Sale Melbourne Australia

They sell their babies for $450 for girls and $495 for boys.

Most pet shops sell for $600+, but you are just buying a bird the breeder couldn't sell privately. Buying from the breeder that sold that bird to the pet shop you would pay $350. If you are buying from a pet shop you are almost guaranteed of getting a bird that wasn't wanted by anyone the breeder could sell to privately so supplying the pet shop was the next best choice. In qld the prices I quoted are prices from the most reputable breeders in s/e qld. These are DNA sexed and health tested babies, you can see the parents and meet the breeder who handreared the babies from the start... they don't offload bubs to petshops and keep them if they do not sell...there is no doubt they are quality.

You could get one for $200 from a breeder who would allow you to finish the handrearing of the baby to save money LOL Which is illegal in most states
300-400 is the price for a quality bird in qld. And a difference of $500 is a big difference.

 

[LoveMyParrots]

It's sad when people only try to get the best deal. I love that you went with the higher price for healthier birds A lot of backyard breeders here sell birds for inexpensive. You'll find hand raised galahs for 800-1,200 with birds who are often eating seed and breeders who know little, when they sell from a good breeder for 1,500 to 2,500.

Price does not always mean better quality either. In this case it was a choice between petshops, petshops always jack up the prices.

For example... here is a quality victorian breeder and handrearer of Alexandrines... Alexandrine Parrots Hand Raised For Sale Melbourne Australia

They sell their babies for $450 for girls and $495 for boys.

Most pet shops sell for $600+, but you are just buying a bird the breeder couldn't sell privately. Buying from the breeder that sold that bird to the pet shop you would pay $350. If you are buying from a pet shop you are almost guaranteed of getting a bird that wasn't wanted by anyone the breeder could sell to privately so supplying the pet shop was the next best choice. In qld the prices I quoted are prices from the most reputable breeders in s/e qld. These are DNA sexed and health tested babies, you can see the parents and meet the breeder who handreared the babies from the start... they don't offload bubs to petshops and keep them if they do not sell...there is no doubt they are quality.

You could get one for $200 from a breeder who would allow you to finish the handrearing of the baby to save money LOL Which is illegal in most states
300-400 is the price for a quality bird in qld. And a difference of $500 is a big difference.

Thanks for all that

I've been to a few breeders and other pet stop that had alexandrines, but their parrots doesn't seem to be as heathy as Ozzie. So I payed for the higher price for a better parrot.

Yes, sometimes some pet shop sells horrible birds for a crazy price!