Nobody NEEDS a parrot. Sure, go ahead buy a parrot, baby cheetah, koala, sugar glider from the pet shop. Do you really believe they have been captive bred? I don't want to be slanderous to the pet shops and some of them here, the aquatic ones are pretty good except one, but unless you can prove that these mammals and birds have not been trapped from the wild, DO NOT BUY! Remember if avian flu raises it's head again, the parrot will be unable to travel. It is extremely difficult to transport birds and very expensive. I feel very strongly about this, sorry I am sure you are a nice person but i see the fallout from the pet shop every day and it is horrific.
Nobody NEEDS a parrot. Sure, go ahead buy a parrot, baby cheetah, koala, sugar glider from the pet shop. Do you really believe they have been captive bred? I don't want to be slanderous to the pet shops and some of them here, the aquatic ones are pretty good except one, but unless you can prove that these mammals and birds have not been trapped from the wild, DO NOT BUY! Remember if avian flu raises it's head again, the parrot will be unable to travel. It is extremely difficult to transport birds and very expensive. I feel very strongly about this, sorry I am sure you are a nice person but i see the fallout from the pet shop every day and it is horrific.