**Liv** 0 Posted February 9, 2010 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I love that budgie wrapping paper that you can get from the cheap shop, that has the extremely rare, white faced green variety Link to comment
Clouds birds 0 Posted February 12, 2010 Member ID: 5,501 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 112 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 710 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/08/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 24, 2013 Birthday: 15/02/1973 Share Posted February 12, 2010 How on earth does a petshop justify charging $60 (and worse, $80!!!!!) for a budgie??????!!!!!! And which dumb person would actually pay that kind of money??!! :question: Link to comment
Daz 0 Posted February 12, 2010 Member ID: 4,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 247 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,882 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 36,650 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2022 Birthday: 02/02/1964 Share Posted February 12, 2010 i don't know.. I paid $850 for my last one... :question: Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted February 12, 2010 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted February 12, 2010 How on earth does a petshop justify charging $60 (and worse, $80!!!!!) for a budgie??????!!!!!! And which dumb person would actually pay that kind of money??!! :question: Who would pay ? Someone who acts on impulse AND has a credit card Link to comment
Ratzy 0 Posted February 12, 2010 Member ID: 5,628 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,283 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,095 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 22, 2012 Birthday: 26/03/1998 Share Posted February 12, 2010 At the pet shop here we pay $22.50. But.....if you give them to the pet store they give you $5.00. I know that may sound fairly reasonable but I'm talking about ANY budgie, including sick and injured ones. Link to comment
sootie 0 Posted February 14, 2010 Member ID: 4,805 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 142 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 860 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2012 Birthday: 22/09/1985 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 *** UPDATE *** Got an email from the RSPCA Inspector and it said: Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about the pet shop in question. They use food colouring to dye the birds which is non toxic Sorry I could not have been of more help I guess it's a no-go from here on. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Doesnt alter the fact they were claiming it as a rare mutation which is still fraudulent Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted February 15, 2010 *** UPDATE *** Got an email from the RSPCA Inspector and it said: Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about the pet shop in question. They use food colouring to dye the birds which is non toxic Sorry I could not have been of more help I guess it's a no-go from here on. It may be non toxic, but as Kaz said, they are trying to pass something off that isn't... I wonder what they'd say to that! Maybe it's no longer an RSPCA issue, but more a false advertising thing??? Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted February 19, 2010 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) Unfortunately, they will probably get away with it. It is just like how the sell dyed glassfish at the petstore. Edited February 19, 2010 by birdluv Link to comment
FeatheredParadiseStud 0 Posted November 20, 2015 Member ID: 8,205 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 3 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 35 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 31/10/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Not long ago, I visited a breeder (acting as a customer) who sold hand raised budgies..ones of unnatural colouring, although she did not dye them or use any other artificial colouring materials. When I questioned how this women was making lutino's Red, Albino's pink and altering the colours of the caps (head ), this is what she told me: "I feed my breeding birds, Red factor canary seed (which is bad for the budgerigars kidneys), so that the chicks developing feathers become stained and grow out coloured instead of solid yellow or white (Lutino, Albino, Dark eyed clear, double factor spangle), the colouring doesnt work on mutations that are not solid white or yellow, although I once produced a white face sky blue with a violet crown." She stated that she "coloured the birds so they were much more intriguing and a little bit of fun for kids and families." The thing that makes me mad about this breeder is, she sells the coloured budgies for $300+ (AUD) claiming that the colour is their genetics and she has indeed, created new mutations and a breakthrough in budgerigar breeding. , even more irritating is the fact that the colours wash out after the first moult, you would need to continue feeding red factor canary food to maintain the colour, and even then it would only be a pink or orange hue in the sunlight, instead of a teal or green hue in the natural colouration of the bird. She admits she takes no responsibility for discolouration or fading as this must be the buyers wrong doing, and thus she does not accept returns or refunds. Now anyone who knows anything about genetics, knows that Budgies cannot naturally be pink or orange, the species simply does not have the correct chromosomes to do so. I posted this as a warning to anyone who comes across such a person claiming to be breeding unnatural new and exciting supposed mutations. Edited November 20, 2015 by FeatheredParadiseStud Link to comment
Skye Lily 0 Posted November 22, 2018 Member ID: 8,745 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 61 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 357 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2018 When people claim they breed red budgies i just get angry. perhaps someday, but so far we have pretty much very color exept orange and red. Those breeders just need to sell budgies as budgies. Link to comment
Eileen 0 Posted January 3, 2019 Member ID: 8,784 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 22 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 31/12/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 3, 2019 Birthday: 01/01/2008 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Poor budgies. Being dyed. How would you feel like if you had paint on you and you cant get it off, with people telling other people how you are born pink. Link to comment
Skye Lily 0 Posted January 4, 2019 Member ID: 8,745 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 61 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 357 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I learned the hard way not to count you chicks before they hatch. I had a red budgie, but she was actually sick with improper circulation, causing her feathers to be red. She, unfortunetly, died. Link to comment
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