Why is it that breeders are so conceited and full of themselves? I've been actively searching for a breeder because I'm thinking of getting an African Grey or Cape Parrot and for several months now I have been unable to get someone to breed me a bird.
Is the fact that I am absolutely insistent that the bird must never be clipped the thing that is scaring them away? Are breeders just too lazy to raise a bird instead of a hamster with a beak that can't fly?
I'm really aggravated that breeders are so political. They seem to want to dictate to the owner how to own a parrot rather than an owner requesting they raise a parrot a particular way. Funny thing is that they tell me they don't want the bird to fly for the bird's sake. One thing I know for sure is that birds have wings and they want to use them to fly so it is definitely NOT for the bird's sake.
Without mentioning any names, here is what one breeder told me because I insisted that I would not buy a clipped bird: "Good luck to you finding whatever it is your looking for, your to intense for me. I'm sorry that you can't love a bird for just what it is, a bird." And remember, this is coming from a breeder that is supposed to be very experienced but always clips.