[rec.pets] INDOOR: Need info on quarantine stations and bird brokers.

bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) (11/09/90)

Please send replies to UN106153@WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU.  I am using a friend's
account.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions concerning the heating of an
ill bird and proper diet.  Yet again I have more questions.  

	Have any breeders reading bred imported Goffin cockatoos?

        If you have bred the above are they extremely difficult to breed or do
	they approach breeding about the same way a cockatiel does?

	What is the best way to get a healthy imported bird?

I've talked with two importers, one in California and one in Florida.  They
are charging between $110.00 and $125.00.  Sexxing is $25.00.  One lady I
talked with said I really didn't need to have the birds surgically sexxed.

	Can eye color be effectively used in determining the sex of Goffin
	cockatoos?

Since both importers are over a 1000 miles from my home and since I'd like to
see the birds before I buy them, I'm hoping to find some other brokers in the
New York area - I would think NY would have a quarantine station and plenty
of brokers.

	Does anyone know how to find quarantine stations -- which government
	organization should I call?

	Have any breeders had good results with any particular brokers?


			Thanks for your responses,
			Shane Saddler
			UN106153@WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU