Hi avian avenue! as usual with me, it's been a while...
just thought I'd update the patty situation. It's been quite an adventure as we finally decided against the first clutch we found ... they were store raised and they absolutely wanted to clip their wings and were behaving more and more like commercials throughout our conversations. Patagonians are rare birds around here so we were reluctant to pass these babies up but we didn't want to encourage these people either. I saw a few sick looking eclectus parrots one day with a 50% discount and 10% on the cage if you buy the bird with it... I hate, hate, hate that. They're living things, not furniture and those birds were obviously not doing good with so many people around all day. They have a breeding facility, they could've kept them somewhere else until they were doing better... but no, they're actualy selling them in that state. I don't know... I juste hate that business and profit comes ahead of animal welfare. I also discovered they initialy lied to me and didn't test the birds before selling them either... so no.
Anyway... I thought we would have to wait until next year after calling so many breeders and getting the same answers... either they don't breed them anymore (to loud for most people so not in demand) or they havn't got any available... and the few I went to see, I didn't like. (the breeders and their setups, not the pattys.
) BUT... life has a way of suprising you when you least expect it.
We had stopped looking for a while when I received an email from a breeder I had contacted when we began our research 5 months ago. He finally has an available baby since a person changed their mind at the last minute.
It's just the one and I don't even know if it's male or female yet but it'll be weaned at the end of the month/beginning of September and... it's ours.
I'm so happy because this hobby breeder is everything we hoped for. He's great, he even free flighs his Patagonians daily! they're beautiful and healthy. He has nice roomy setups with plenty of activities and from what we see, takes great care of them. We're super excited! our patience has been rewarded.
I'll take pictures when I go and visit her or him in a few weeks.