Grenage
Member
Hi there,
My previous birds when younger were budgerigars, but now that my wife and I have a new house, I can get a bird (cheer). I've decided on a GCC, and am looking at a couple of them tomorrow; the single bird we were originally looking at is a 12-week hand-reared bird.
My wife ran into a breeder at a pet shop, who was quick to inform her to be wary of hand-reared GCCs. Apparently unless they are parent-reared for the first few weeks, they become very (more so than usual) dependent on a their owner - screaming and biting, and never growing out of it. She has an 8-week old for sale (yellow-sided mutation), but she didn't hard sell it, just mentioned it.
While quick to be suspicious, but I am fully aware that she is a breeder and I am not. I've tried reading up on Conure raising good/bad practices, but I can't find anything one way or the other. If I might be so cheeky, could any GCC fanatics shed some light?
My previous birds when younger were budgerigars, but now that my wife and I have a new house, I can get a bird (cheer). I've decided on a GCC, and am looking at a couple of them tomorrow; the single bird we were originally looking at is a 12-week hand-reared bird.
My wife ran into a breeder at a pet shop, who was quick to inform her to be wary of hand-reared GCCs. Apparently unless they are parent-reared for the first few weeks, they become very (more so than usual) dependent on a their owner - screaming and biting, and never growing out of it. She has an 8-week old for sale (yellow-sided mutation), but she didn't hard sell it, just mentioned it.
While quick to be suspicious, but I am fully aware that she is a breeder and I am not. I've tried reading up on Conure raising good/bad practices, but I can't find anything one way or the other. If I might be so cheeky, could any GCC fanatics shed some light?