Braving a parrot market to get to the breeder

Pheonix

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Being a Sunday I spent my day relaxing and getting my parrot brain back on again so to speak. Everything has been great as far as beginning to get myself organised and back into the swing again of prepping for a parrot.

I have just found out that the only way to find any parrot breeders here in Bangkok and Thailand is to go through the dreaded pet section on the edge of Thailand's biggest market.

So, what does a person do? One doesn't want to support markets where animals are scared and sitting in the heat under umbrellas or cooped up in air coned rooms looking bewildered. I went there once - as previously mentioned in another thread - it was so traumatic but the only way to communicate with breeders is to go where they sell. Sure, breeders sell to petshops etc but the biggest place to get animals sold is this market.

I'm between a rock and a hard place because I know there are diseases flying around that place and don't want to go down that road again with a sick parrot - I can ask that any parrot I want to buy from the breeder never goes anywhere near the market - the risk is still there though as the parrots taken back home - this market only runs on a Fri/Sat/Sun - could spread disease back at the breeders place. Again, I don't want to support anything to do with people supplying animals to markets but where do I draw the line?

Do I take the chance and request a parrot from the breeder which has not set claw in that place and hope for the best or go through the hardships of importing a bird that could not make the ordeal of being transported into the country?

Do I tell myself from the beginning that there could be a chance of only having the parrot for a short while because it could be ill?

There are petshops in shopping centres as well but at the same time they could be carrying diseases.

English is limited here and bargaining for a parrot would be part of the song and dance. Requesting to view where the breeder keeps his/her birds back home would not be an option - we are foreigners and if they say no its no.

Its very different here. The vets on the other hand are nice and at least that is something that I do not have to worry about. I would approach the vets and ask them where to get parrots from but no breeders names would be given out because that would cut out the middle man so to speak - all very complicated.

What does everyone think?
 

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Interesting ,a bird is a bird to me no matter where it comes from . Still needs the best life possible. You could go there with having in mind of what your looking for and what your standards are. Dont buy a bird because of feeling sorry for it [or you will have them all].Choose one that "feels " right. You do take that chance of getting diseases anywhere, learn what to look for and have a game plan ready . Tell us what it was like after you go :).
 

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What species are you considering? Are you in the market for a young parrot or open to near any age?

Once you have defined those two simple points - educate yourself on what to look for based on age: eyes, cere, feathers, legs and craws. Also general appearance of the parrot: how it sits, moves, over-all condition. Meet with your Avian Vet and spend a little money to buy his/her time to teach you. Should be able to get most of what you need inside of an hour based on you studying prior to the visit.

I am guessing you do not currently have a parrot, correct? If not (you have other parrots), you may have to pay to have your Vet keep the parrot for 30 days prior to bring it home.

What is the chance that you will be returning to your home country? One year, two, three, four, etc... or never? Point being, if you will be returning in the next few years, it maybe better to wait. Importing parrots from some Nations and into some Nations can be near impossible.

Shop on Friday morning!
 
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Pheonix

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Interesting ,a bird is a bird to me no matter where it comes from . Still needs the best life possible. You could go there with having in mind of what your looking for and what your standards are. Dont buy a bird because of feeling sorry for it [or you will have them all].Choose one that "feels " right. You do take that chance of getting diseases anywhere, learn what to look for and have a game plan ready . Tell us what it was like after you go :).

Lol - yes indeed! One has to put a set of blinkers on and not look at all the birds!! Its a horrible place and broke my heart the last time. Will let you know how it goes :)
 
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Pheonix

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What species are you considering? Are you in the market for a young parrot or open to near any age?

Once you have defined those two simple points - educate yourself on what to look for based on age: eyes, cere, feathers, legs and craws. Also general appearance of the parrot: how it sits, moves, over-all condition. Meet with your Avian Vet and spend a little money to buy his/her time to teach you. Should be able to get most of what you need inside of an hour based on you studying prior to the visit.

I am guessing you do not currently have a parrot, correct? If not (you have other parrots), you may have to pay to have your Vet keep the parrot for 30 days prior to bring it home.

What is the chance that you will be returning to your home country? One year, two, three, four, etc... or never? Point being, if you will be returning in the next few years, it maybe better to wait. Importing parrots from some Nations and into some Nations can be near impossible.

Shop on Friday morning!

Thanks so much for this info:)

I have had birds and parrots before and really want to go through a breeder so will hopefully find one at this dreaded market. I would preferably want a youngster - but having an older one that is tame and looking for a kind home wouldn't be bad either - am looking a the Pionus species - holding thumbs they sell them here. Luckily I would not have the hassle of quarantining the parrot which is a relief due to not having any now. To be honest - if I arrived at that market and saw a Pionus that was older and handled it there an then and found it was tame and willing to interact I would probably contemplate getting an older parrot.

The difficulty with that market is the parrots aren't themselves so to speak so its very difficult to gage - when I went there once I walked slowly through taking a good look at the birds and it wasn't very pleasant - I am banking on a breeder so at least the parrot hasn't had to be anywhere near that place.

Will go this next weekend and try see if any vets are keen to give away any info and see what the market has in terms of reliable and knowledgeable breeders. Wish me luck!
 

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