Sam.A

I can't speak for this site, but I also own a forum which has around 12,000 members, and Facebook definitely has had an effect. Many members take to Facebook instead of posting in the forum. The downside to Facebook is that information retrieval is not nearly as good as with a forum. Some FB groups have a search feature, but it's still nothing compared to a forum. But the world is on Facebook and it's easy to browse your favorite groups while you're interacting with family and friends. I do both forums and Facebook.

I've gotten page redirects to some Filestore site when clicking on google links to this forum. Seems like a security breech of some sort. I'm a forum owner myself and would encourage admins to investigate.

Thank you all so much for your help and suggestions! I found a breeder and just received a beautiful baby. So now we're learning the ins and outs and fine art of rearing this intelligent bird. I will post pics soon! Thank you again!

Thank you for your reply Inara. I guess we'd consider re-homing a good bird. We just started exploring this and are taking our time and soaking in as much information as possible. Raising a baby that imprints is very appealing though. But the terrible twos you mention is something we hadn't considered! One of the things we're grappling with is that we occasionally like to travel. Sometimes it's a few days camping and sometimes a longer trip overseas for a week or ten days. It's looking like we can either own one of these wonderful birds or travel. Choose one! I was hoping to discuss this with a breeder or owner and get some feedback on the subject. We certainly want to be good and responsible parents. If you care to share any of you're knowledge we are all ears

Pardon this double post which I accidentally posted in the Nursery forum. Very sorry! Can you fine folks recommend a place to find a reputable breeder? I've looked on BirdsNow, but something about that site gives me the jitters. I can rarely see contact information from sellers, and the contact links go offsite where it looks more like a click farm than reputable site. Maybe I'm wrong? I'm in south Louisiana and of course it would be nice to find a breeder within a couple of hundred miles, but I'm ok with shipping from out of state if I must. Is it too early in the year to find babies, or must I wait a few more months? Pardon my beginner's ignorance! Any help, comments, or recommendations will be much appreciated. Thanks! ~Sam

Can you fine folks recommend a place to find a reputable breeder? I've looked on BirdsNow, but something about that site gives me the jitters. I can rarely see contact information from sellers, and the contact links go offsite where it looks more like a click farm than reputable site. Maybe I'm wrong? I'm in south Louisiana and of course it would be nice to find a breeder within a couple of hundred miles, but I'm ok with shipping from out of state if I must. Is it too early in the year to find babies, or must I wait a few more months? Pardon my beginner's ignorance! Any help, comments, or recommendations will be much appreciated. Thanks! ~Sam