Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!husc6!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ls1i+ From: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: hookbills Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 88 23:54:03 GMT References: <1103@leah.Albany.Edu>, <1521@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: <1521@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> > As I understand it, a hand-raised lovebird is about the friendliest thing going, though >the cockatoo sounds like a very nice bird. Does he like strangers? My cockatoo absolutely hates anyone outside his few friends. But that is expected, since he was caught as a wild adult. I have seen hand fed babies going for $2400 and being as friendly as can be to the butcher. But that's beyond my price range now. Anyway, I enjoy his jungle calls, which a hand fed lacks. >the pet store I frequent has had Lutino Peach-faces on and off -- about one every month or two. >Almost always hand-raised, always cute, and priced about $200. Can you find where they get these birds? I would love to have a Peach-faced Lutino for that price.