Today I noticed online, a lady selling 3-4 week old baby budgies 'ready to be hand reared'. Personally I think this is very wrong and I would never buy or sell such young babies.

Does anyone know what the laws are for selling young birds? I found this site for NSW but couldn't find anything for other states. http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/...iv.3-sec.55+0+Y?

these people do it to achive more cash for their birds

i find it appalling myself

i dont even believe in hand rearing babys though unless they are abandoned or sick /unwell/undernurishd

the sad thing is people actually think their paying more for a bird they can tame up and that will be very very tame in end

sad thing is most these birds die from malnutrition or cold

their should be a law but i dont know if their is or not

if only you could get it into peoples heads that a baby parrot is best reared fully by its Peronts then taken as soon as its confidently cracking seeds as it makes no diffrence to its tameness

so long as the birds are handled in nest its so not hard to wait a few more weeks for a good bird whom will be healthy as well as easily tamed to be a friend for life and at a way lesser cost

i mean my birds go for 15 ,20 dollors tamed for you only catch is i chose the bird on its personality as some birds just wont tame regardless of hand reared or bird reared its just their personality

Yes I know this couple that breed cockateils, princess parrot, quakers, and other parrot. I am sure it is for the money only. they hand raise them all. It makes me so angry. When Greg asked them if they had a pearl cockatiel they didn't even know what he was talking about.

I emailed RSPCA Queensland and asked them if there is a law or guideline for selling unweaned baby budgies. This is the reply.

Hi Rachel

 

In Queensland, the RSPCA Inspectors work within the parameters of the Animal Care and Protection Act, which does not have provisions for the minimum age an animal can be rehomed, only that the animal receives appropriate food, water, treatment etc by the person in charge of the animal. Therefore there is little an RSPCA Inspector could do.

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

 

Rochelle Duthie

Administrative Officer - Inspectorate

RSPCA Queensland

It is sad that laws dont have any control over this, BUT I would say that for the law to step in they would have us all as registered breeders and prone to paying a fee for this so they could keep some form of control of who breeds and doesnt etc. it still wouldnt stop anyone breeding like we all do now anyway.

I know some websites pets for sale sections are imposing conditions to people advertising pets

Gumtree for instance has a set of rules for anything advertised there in the pet line including birds

 

http://info.gumtree.com.au/help/knowledgebase.php?article=91

Birds: must be self-sufficient

It is sad that laws dont have any control over this, BUT I would say that for the law to step in they would have us all as registered breeders and prone to paying a fee for this so they could keep some form of control of who breeds and doesnt etc. it still wouldnt stop anyone breeding like we all do now anyway.

I know some websites pets for sale sections are imposing conditions to people advertising pets

Gumtree for instance has a set of rules for anything advertised there in the pet line including birds

 

http://info.gumtree.com.au/help/knowledgebase.php?article=91

Birds: must be self-sufficient

Two thumbs up for Gumtree

Their selling guidelines for other animals is very good too. It would make me happy if some other advertising sites followed suit.