| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! | 
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* | 
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER | 
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 942 | 
| Total number of notes: | 6016 | 
I am an admitted Pet Shop junkie....so I tend to wander thru any shop I can find....often again and again.... That said, I was in New England Tropical Pet in Chelmsford the other day....and I almost did somthing that could well have guaranteed losing a happy home... They have a baby hand fed Umbrella and a baby hand fed Blue and Gold....both birds are absolutely amazing! They will gladly walk all over you, and both love to be held and petted.... I swear, when I put the cockatoo back on its perch, it cried! I was heartbroken...what a beautiful bird! Gee I wonder how a baby Umbrella would get along with a five year old blue and gold? Nah....my wife would KILL me...but it sure is a temptation! -dick
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| 620.1 | REAL CUTIE! | ABACUS::BOURGAULT | Thu Nov 14 1991 13:27 | 14 | |
|     I was in the same shop yesterday.  I was early for a meeting
    and had driven by it several times, so I thought I'd stop in
    and take a look around.  As I passed the stand that the baby
    Umbrella was on, he quickly hoppe onto my shoulder and started
    making his baby sounds.  He is a real cutie!  I walked around
    the store and he was right at home.  I did have a heck of a time
    removing him.  I no sooner got him back on the stand, and he would
    hop right back.  I was tempted to ask how much they wanted for him,
    but with all my birds and an equally lovable Moluccan at home, I
    thought better.  My husband would probably start packing!
    
    But again, he was real cute.....
    
    Denise
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