-> can be found.  There is a new one called "Animal Kingdom" in the
-> Fletcher, NC area (open about 5-6 months) that is the most
-> unbelievably awful place I have ever seen (they sell macaws [B&G's &
-> Scarlets], greys, conures [nandays and suns], amazons [DYH and
-> Mexican Red head ], and 'toos [again, I think they were
-> "Goffins"], along with dogs, cats, and a few lizard species).  There
-> was not a clean water dish in sight, most looked like they hadn't
-> been cleaned in weeks, several had no food access at all, one of the
-> amazon's had a beak that was an inch and a half over-grown, and
-> twisted so the bird could barely get a hold of it's seed only diet,
-> one of the cockatoos was sitting hunched down on the perch, dull-eyed
-> and fluffed up, one of the greys looked like one of the text book
-> pictures that I've seen of wasting syndrome, there was a 2'W X 2'H X
-> 3'L cage sitting on the floor crammed with 7 almost fledged out
-> goffin's chick's, no food, no toys, nothing. An awful smell permeated
-> the store and flies were everywhere.
Hi Joe,
  What an atrocious place!  Dirty water makes me cringe, and it sounds
like those birds are suffering.  I'm so glad you've contacted the vet
who is in charge of licensing the store.  I hope he doesn't give them
any warning that he's coming in so that he can see the normal conditions
these poor birds are living in.  Let's hope he gets shut down and those
birds get to a vet pronto.  Keep us informed.
-> Be careful, all of you who read in this echo.  I was not able to get
-> the breeder's first name, but the last name is "Barnwell".  I have
-> also learned since my visit to his store that several area breeders
-> that have done breeder exchanges/trades have experienced high death
-> rates of their breeders from PBFD and polyoma outbreaks.
Oh no, that makes me very sad, AND PARANOID.  It's scary to know there's
so much disease so close to home.
                                                         TTYL, Jan
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