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Saturday, July 10, 2004
Difference In Birds
I visited a shop recently that specializes in parrots. In casual conversation we were discussing weaning babies. The shop manager told me that when a baby goes from bedding to a wire cage the store puts them on two a day feedings and supplements them with seeds. We let the babies tell us when they are ready to skip the mid-day feeding.
I asked when they introduced pellets and dried or fresh fruit and vegetables. They said that they encouraged the new owner to feed them a balanced diet when they were sold after weaning. In the meantime they weaned all birds to seeds only.
This is one of the better places to buy a parrot in town. People may diminish the difference between our birds and birds of the same type at pet shops and bird shows and other breeders. We don't. We don't know shortcuts, and diets that make a bird look heavier and shinier while impairing their health and development. We just weren't taught that way and we don't think that way.
You can't educate a bird buyer in all of the questions to ask when purchasing a new bird. There's just too many issues to deal with. But whenever a person emails us that they got a bargain for $50 cheaper we just hope that they got what they bargained for.
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