by Shani » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:12 am
In Aus (Victoria anyway) - hand raided Rainbow Lories run in the $200 range. Cockatiels (handraised) anywhere between $80 - $150 depending on the mutation.
A hand raised African Grey from a reputable breeder is between $6000 - $8000 here, depending where you go (no, I'm not kidding). Galahs are about $300 - $500 hand raised, and macaws - you're looking at minimum $10k, more for blue and yellow macaws (some go upwards of $20k). There may be cheaper ones around, but they're honestly very hard to come by.
I think they're very expensive in Aus due to... actually, I dunno. It certainly makes owning say - an african grey a very, very, very costly undertaking. A lot of parrot lovers in Aus have the African Grey as the bird on their "ultimate bird" wishlist, just because they're so hard to come by. On the plus side - a lot of our native parrots - rosellas, princess parrots, king parrots, neophemas, cockatoos etc are quite a bit more accessible here than I imagine they would be for you guys.