Hi Ryan!
I was lucky enough to have my Alex given to me by his previous owner, which I will forever be grateful for. He is amazing, and was always one of my dream birds. Im shocked to hear they are hard to find in your area. I am in Canada, and Alex breeders are a dime a dozen. Easy to find babies every month of the year, usually pretty affordable as well. I can appreciate your frustration having trouble finding one.....I wonder, have you checked shelters, resuces, etc? Or placed a classified ad asking if anyone wants to rehome thiers?
The only reason my guy ever came to me was because I was sure to make it known in the bird community how much I always wanted one. It became common knowledge around here, LOL And another member and I agreed to rehome Peaches with our family after they had trouble keeping up with thier large flock.
While the idea of a baby is appealing (I did it twice, with my IRN's) it feels super gratifying having a rehomed bird, knowing I helped prevent a homeless bird as apposed to getting a baby. Any future birds for us will only be rehomes. Just something to think about anyways. If you have to search for one, why not look at all avenues, right?
Good Luck!
I was lucky enough to have my Alex given to me by his previous owner, which I will forever be grateful for. He is amazing, and was always one of my dream birds. Im shocked to hear they are hard to find in your area. I am in Canada, and Alex breeders are a dime a dozen. Easy to find babies every month of the year, usually pretty affordable as well. I can appreciate your frustration having trouble finding one.....I wonder, have you checked shelters, resuces, etc? Or placed a classified ad asking if anyone wants to rehome thiers?
The only reason my guy ever came to me was because I was sure to make it known in the bird community how much I always wanted one. It became common knowledge around here, LOL And another member and I agreed to rehome Peaches with our family after they had trouble keeping up with thier large flock.
While the idea of a baby is appealing (I did it twice, with my IRN's) it feels super gratifying having a rehomed bird, knowing I helped prevent a homeless bird as apposed to getting a baby. Any future birds for us will only be rehomes. Just something to think about anyways. If you have to search for one, why not look at all avenues, right?
Good Luck!
