by Pajarita » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:29 pm
Yes, I did. You are talking about the GW and the B&G, right? Yes, the ceiling is low so it could be an attic or a basement but the cages are big, there are no rust spots on them and appear to be clean, the birds are not plucked and their plumage doesn't look ratty or greasy. The woman is asking for somebody with experience for both of them, says the rehoming fee is 'small', that they are both well socialized and one of them is even eating produce so, for what I can see, these birds don't seem to be abused. And, yes, there seems to be more cages in the back of one of the pictures but that doesn't mean the woman is doing anything illegal or even that she is breeding - for all you know, these are her own pets (breeders are not 'socialized' at all) and she is now trying to reduce the number of birds she keeps. Is the situation ideal? Most likely it's not. But then, if you think about it, no pet parrot has an 'ideal' situation. Personally, I would not even keep a macaw unless I had a huge house with a 30 ft long room so it can fly but people keep them in NYC apartments, caged all day long, alone, under a human light schedule and eating pellets - all things I consider mediocre to bad care so, obviously, what I consider good care is not what one would call a consensus among parrot owners. And, what can you do if you go there and find the conditions less than what you think is ideal? You have no legal recourse because, under the law, there is no cruelty involved so what kind of action would you push for? Find a rescue that is willing to buy the birds from the woman? I doubt you will because rescues are always short on cash and have way too many birds to begin with to go out and buy more. You could buy them, have them both given a good health certificate (which is costly because they need to be tested for a few contagious diseases) and send them to a sanctuary (if you find one that will take them without a donation of thousands of dollars) or a rescue... but you would not even know if the birds ended up in a good home or in one just like this one.