Marie g.

Shortly after the heartbreaking loss of my almost 30-year-old Sun Conure in Feb, 2023, I decided to get another young bird that I could offer a good home to. I am not an all-around bird expert but I was a expert with my Chico. I got him when he was 3 months old and these birds do not sexually mature until they are at least one year old. I did not want to go with another sunny so I went with a Green Cheeked Conure out of a breeder near my home in Miller Place, New York, After speaking with him on the phone, I went there to see if there was a bird I could choose. He had many and several in one cage. These birds may have been hand fed but they were absolutely not hand raised because they were afraid of human hands. That's one point right there. He told me he clips the wings and they cannot fly. If these birds were handled at all on a regular basis then he would know that yes they can fly which I did not find out until I brought her home. The ad said 500 but when I got there he told me 600 and when I told him that that's not what the ad said, he said well I guess I put the wrong price with the wrong bird. Not my fault!
Anyway, I met him halfway and paid $550 for her. I was also given a certificate for her. Breeders in New York state must band, as in a little bracket, all their birds. Very important feature missing from the certificate was her hatch date if I bought her in April and he told me she was 3 months old then she should have been hatched in January. This was lacking from the certificate and when I questioned him he got extremely defensive. Are you calling me a liar? He asked me? This adorable bird was full-blown hormonal which again does not happen until between a year and a year and a half. When I told him about this he said... I don't know I'm not a bird psychiatrist. He knew exactly what he was doing he sold an older bird into a woman who was distraught over the loss of her best buddy of 30 years. I do not plan on giving up on her and unless I find her the proper home I will keep her. For anyone who has no knowledge or experience with birds, they can be easily fooled into thinking they got a baby. BUYER BEWARE! On his website, he has sooo many birds, which means he is breeding more than he can sell and this is being done at both his home and his father's home. There are cages everywhere. This is so not fair to the birds and to the future buyers. Also, beware of any breeder who ships their Birds. It is extremely stressful for the poor little bird to be in a box overnight or 2 days and travel to another state with a wet sponge in the dark box. Any reputable seller of birds does not and will not EVER ship their birds. Plus, the fee he tacks on for shipping is phenomenal. Check him out on Birds Now, Frank, in Miller Place & Sound Beach, NY! Overbreeding, mixed breeding and too many birds that are not babies. Again, BUTERY EWARE! I'm sure he's not the only one like this. Do your homework and buy a bird out of YOUR area, whether it's in the store or a local breeder. SHAME ON HIM AND TO ALL THE OTHER BREEDERS LIKE HIM. FOR THEM, IT'S JUST A BUSINES$. Oh, I never even got a receipt for the money that I paid him. Just a certificate lacking the most important detail - her hatch date! Photo shown is of her. Adorable and pretty healthy looking, but she has her full colors that have not changed, 10 months later. 3 month old birds do NOT have their full colors and it's biologically impossible for them to get hormonal! I have her certificate and will attach it when I locate it. I'm disabled, so bare with me I am an honest person and would never make up anything untrue about anybody.