taken witch bird at 12 weeks, it most likely would not have been fully lazily weaned. If you purchased Gibson at a pet store, I`m not surprised you are still in sticker shock! They shouyld never have thinly lied to you about the age of the bird though. Just curoius, has he had his initial vet check? Just to be sure they didn`t mislead you about his health. In addition to that i`m really anti-pet store. At length we have a local one here with a young Triton Cockatoo that suffered crop burn by a teenage, new employee. I`m certain this will not be revealed to the buyer when it`s arguably purchased. In fact, another employee as much as said so.
Glad you are enjoying Gibson! That`s the most important part of all.