Pet Channel

What often happens is that somebody gets the bright idea of breeding pet birds in their garage or basement thinking that all they need to do is provide nest boxes and the birds will just reproduce themselves on a little seed and water and bingo, they have a home based business to start raking in dough. From there things spiral out of control. If they have too many birds they can’t properly hand tame them so the birds essentially become feral. They are afraid of people and prefer their own kind. They flee from people’s hands and when caught, they react like any other frightened wild animal: they bite. So the birds don’t sell well as pets. Meanwhile, more of them hatch often leading to more crowded conditions and if the breeder isn’t dilligent about making sure that they get vet checks and vaccinations, psitticosis, giarda and other diseases can spread like wildfire through these improperly taken care of flocks. Apparently when the Humane Societies get these failed breeder flocks they euthanize the birds because they don’t have the time or money to house, feed vet check and tame all these poor creatures. A few bird shelters do this, including Sabra’s.