Yes,
we can arrange local no-charge pick-up in the Los Angeles area-
whether you live in the
area or will just be visiting! There
is no "shipping" within the local Los Angeles area.
You still must
reserve a baby with our order
form and we can make local pick-up arrangements with our livestock
manager, Adan. Pick-ups can be arranged in the South Bay area
(Torrance or San Pedro), Norco/Corona, the Rancho California/Lake
Elsinore area, and occasionally other areas (downtown Los Angeles,
by the LAX airport, etc.) for no charge. Our livestock manager,
Adan, makes these arrangements based on his schedule and the buyer's
schedule. Usually this is arranged during his normal working hours,
which are somewhat variable. Overtime pick-ups outside of our
normal business hours can be arranged, for a small charge, with
our livestock manager, Adan.
We continue to get lots of questions about our sales practices
for the Greater Los Angeles (local) area. Many of you want to
come over here and see the babies to be sure we actually have
them and that they are as represented (healthy, tame etc.). We
do understand that you would like to come over and choose a baby
(we get asked any number of ways to allow visitation of our breeding
farms and nursery) but, so sorry, this is not our policy.
WE DO NOT HAVE A FACILITY TO VISIT LOCALLY TO SEE BIRDS. We regret
that we do not offer a showroom nor a retail store nor do we employ
retail sales staff. Our prices are lower than retail, as this
is a wholesale bird farm. We do not show our birds locally under
any circumstances nor do we attend local bird shows/marts.
This policy protects our birds' health and safety. If someone
were to visit our nusery with an avian virus on clothing or shoes,
it could decimate our nursery! We also would have security concerns
with an open facility as bird theft is a serious concern. When
we operated a showroom years ago, we experienced three burglaries,
one which resulted in birds being killed by the thieves! Please
see our policies page for more information.
We know many people would like to visit
our facility but our policies are
in place to protect everyones' interests. We would have to charge
much higher prices if we operated a store/showroom and our biological
security would be breached.
We are asked if
our birds are tame/socialized, how we socialize, how many people
are hand-feeding here, what if the bird is bonded to the hand-feeder,
etc. etc. etc! YES, our babies are tame, healthy, and wonderful!
They are raised here with love by several extremely experienced
hand-feeders . They know they are birds
as they are raised together in family groups and socialize with
other parrots of similar size.
These birds are
part of my daily life (the nursery is in my own home) and I personally
feed the evening and the late night shifts EVERY NIGHT
I am home- which is almost every night). My
staff cares deeply about the welfare of the birds and they
are proud of the beautiful
and tame baby birds that we produce. The babies are all pampered
and loved here.
PLEASE check our
references and our complete health guarantee!
It is easy for me to say (as it would be for anyone to merely
state) that we supply top-quality, healthy, tame babies.
But can you trust my word? Can you trust anything on the Internet?
PLEASE check with local bird clubs, avian veterinarians, national
avian organizations, national avian publications, zoo bird curators,
and aviculturists in the U.S. and many other countries for a reference
on Gail Worth/AVES INTERNATIONAL. I have been breeding birds since
1973 and been operating under this business name since 1977. This
is not an "internet company" but instead is a bird farm
dedicated to aviculture. We love birds and hope our web site shows
how we feel about our cherished birds.
Some of you want
to talk us into selling you an unweaned baby (we just don't sell
unweaned babies to the public- no exceptions, so please don't
ask). We can only offer our full health
guarantee on completely weaned babies.