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, or with the owner, Gail. Pick-ups can be arranged
in the South Bay area (San Pedro and Torrance), and occasionally
other areas (downtown Los Angeles, near the LAX airport, etc.)
for no charge. We make these arrangements based on mutual schedules.
We continue to get lots of questions about our sales practices
for the Greater Los Angeles (local) area. Many folks 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 extremely experienced hand-feeders
. The babies know they are birds as they are raised together in
family groups and socialized 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 babies myself every day. 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. Put my name into a search engine
and see the links. 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.