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Deposits or making Payments on a Baby Bird & Health Guarantee
I DO NOT CREATE A WAITING
LIST, so if you are interested in getting one of my babies then you must watch
the site for availability status on babies and then contact me when babies are along 2 weeks old. I
will not keep you posted on availability.
You may go to our
PDF Document that shows this whole page with other related info that also
includes links from this page and print it out if you would
like to do so or you can save it to your hard drive.
Read here on Visting Us and your baby bird.
I do not take deposits on eggs or on chicks that are under two weeks of age
It will be on an already
hatched out baby and will be at least two weeks old before I will accept any
deposits on a baby. Availability and deposits are basically on a first
come-first serve basis. The only time a 'Deposit' or 'Other money towards the bird'
will be refundable: If
the baby should die while in my care or if baby gets sick or dies after in your
possession and with a necropsy report stating it was the weaned babies health and not
your fault within the 3 day health guarantee period.
Click Here
on why "I don't" except deposits on a chick under two weeks of age.
Weaning Dates
The Pionus weans at about 14-16
weeks. Amazons are about the same. We have no way of giving you an
exact time until the time is real close and some babies don't want to wean as
quickly as others. The Blue Head Pionus seems to take
 longer to wean than
the other Pionus species. It can be as long as 18 weeks before you might
be able to take your baby home. I don't rush them into weaning. So
please be extremely patience when it comes near time to getting your baby.
I understand that you are excited about your new bundle of feathers but we must
have the best interest at heart when it comes to the health of a baby bird.
-Our Prices
California Sales must pay a Sales Tax
rate of 7.75%
Maximilian
$350. +
CA 7.75%=$27.13=Total $377.13
Blue Head Pionus $500. +
CA 7.75%=Total $38.75=$538.75
Coral Bill
$800. + CA 7.75%=$62.00=Total $862.
(not available to buy from us, yet!)
White Cap
$375. + CA 7.75%=$29.06=Total $404.06
Dusky
$475. + CA 7.75%=$36.80 =Total $511.80
Bronze Wing $450. +
CA 7.75%=$34.87=Total $484.88
Blue Front Amazon
$600. + CA 7.75%=$46.50=Total $646.50 (Our Reg. Price is $650.)
Please check the Baby Birds Page
for availability on all babies. Prices are subject to change.
If you
are within driving distance (See Our Location) that you can come see the bird, then if decided you
can make a deposit or pay in full or set up payments until it is weaned. See
further down on the page about us not shipping birds.
If you do not want to drive to see the bird first, but want to make a deposit or
payment then you can mail in payment which can be in the form of a personal
check, cashiers check, money order, credit card or by PayPal. You can
make a Deposit or Payment on our "Deposit/Payments"
page Notify and Arrange with me FIRST before a first
deposit or payment is to be made to be sure of exact availability on a baby
bird. Please be aware that when you come to pick up your baby that you can not
make a final payment with personal check, it must be cash or credit card. PLEASE NOTE:
The only time I accept personal checks is when making deposits or making
payments... should you be ready to pick up your weaned baby and money is still
owed, then you will need to pay cash/credit card upon pick up of your baby.
When you decide on a bird you would like to buy from us, it will require a deposit down to hold
a two week or older chick and this
Deposit is Non-Refundable. It will need to be at least 20% of the total cost of
the bird, for example if the parrot costs $350, then you would need to put at
least $70
down to hold it. It's your bird once you put a deposit down to hold it. All birds
are available until there is a deposit made, payment plan or paid in full.
You can make a deposit on a baby bird with PayPal or Money Order or Check.
This does not apply to*fully weaned* birds, see in boxed area about paying for completely weaned birds.
 -If you purchase a bird after it has already been *fully
weaned* then you have to either pay Cash,
PayPal or Money Order, I will not accept a personal check on fully weaned birds.
You have to pay for bird all at once. No deposits are accepted on
fully weaned birds. |
 While the baby bird is being handfed you can
visit your baby by appointments and make payments on the
baby as well or even pay the remainder upon pick up of your weaned baby bird.
When your baby is completely weaned if it has already been paid for in full,
then you may pick up your baby. You will have up to two weeks after the wean date to
come and pick it up. For every week that goes by after the two week period I
charge $15. for feeding and care until baby is picked up.
If the baby is not paid for completely by the time it is weaned, there will be a time limit
up to two weeks after the weaned date. You will be notified of the babies pick
up date, then the baby bird will have to be paid in full at that time with cash and picked up. If you can not pick up the baby bird at the end of
the two week period then I will charge an additional $15. for each week that
goes by for feeding and care until it is picked up.
What if you purchase one of our hand fed babies and you are making
payments and we realize the baby is getting sick?
We will contact you to let you know what' s going on and we will seek medical
attention and any necessary medication to see if baby gets better or we'll either reimburse your money back
that you've paid or the money can be put towards another healthy baby that is
available. It is common for babies to sometimes have bacteria infections and can be
cleared up with antibiotics and then the baby will be fine afterwards and there
is no cause for alarm, but if something more serious then you will be notified
and decisions will be made on what your options are.
You will be notified at a
closer time of when the baby will be ready for pick up, so you have will have a
couple of weeks a head of time to arrange to come to pick up the bird.
Our Guarantee seem to be a bit lengthy but I want to cover
many aspects that can make or break the Guarantee.
How do you
really guarantee a life?
-Babies
Will Be Sold With
A 3 Day Health Guarantee
~ This guarantee does not entitle you to return the bird
simply because you changed your mind on owning a bird. This is for health
purposes only. Our health guarantee has been revised and goes as follows: Set up an appointment
time with your vet prior to picking up your
baby bird.
If you know a head of time that you are going to be picking up your baby on a
certain date, then you should have previously arranged for an appointment
already set up with a Qualified Avian Vet. Sometimes you may not get an
appointment for a week or so but that is not our fault and if it's past the 3
day period when the appointment is made then you will not have your bird
protected under our 3 day health guarantee.
You have within 3 days after the Pick Up Date to have your baby checked by an
qualified
avian vet. As long as "check-up or tests" were preformed within this 3 day
period then you are coved by our guarantee should your bird be diagnosed with a
problem. If you
take your baby bird home and have not
made a visit to the vet with in the 3 day period, we will not reimburse for the bird or the vets office
visit if there is a health problem and guarantee is voided. You pay at
your own expense, a "Qualified Avian Vet" should do at least a basic Well Bird Exam.
If vet finds a problem and with proof from the vet in writing along with
tests preformed if your bird should have a health problem, we will take back the
bird and reimburse you in full for what you paid us for the bird, plus I will
reimburse you for just the office visit charges, not to exceed $40.
Animal & Bird Hospital in Norco, CA.
 We do not reimburse you for blood work, cultures or any other extensive tests
that you have the vet do. Cultures
can take anywhere from a day to a week for the results to come back from the lab
to the vets office. Some vets do their own culture testing, so you could
possibly have results by the next day depending upon the type of culture it is.
Blood tests can take up to 1-2 weeks for results. Even if results come
back after the 3 day period, that is okay and your bird is still under the guarantee as long as the tests were
taken before the 3 day period ends. If bird shows signs of "serious illness" and you do not want to proceed
with further treatment at your own expense, we will reimburse back the full
purchase price of the baby bird and only office visit of $40 or less and minus
DNA sexing, micro chipping if you chose those options in return for the baby
bird back into our care. Leg Band removal voids guarantee. A
full panel of blood work and cultures among other things, can cost you on
the average of $200 or more for everything. If your vet suspects
anything first have a culture test done first as a rule it is cheaper than blood
work but often at times a culture test will not tell you things that a blood
test can tell you...so your vet will know best on what to do. Simple
infections can be normal in young birds and can be treated with antibiotics
and is no real reason to return a baby back into me and can be treated by the
buyer.
If we do not hear from you within 15 days after purchase then we assume that
your baby bird is good and healthy. If you feel there is a problem please
do not hesitate to contact me to let me know what is going on.
If you want the leg band removed for whatever reason, Do not have
leg band removed until your
bird's Health Guarantee is up, early removal will deny you a refund if bird is
sick or dies. You will need the vets receipts and letter stating that the baby
has a major health issue.
-Death - If for some reason your newly
purchased bird dies, you must notify me immediately and preserve the bird's body
(carcass) in a couple of plastic bags and place into a refrigerator (do NOT
freeze) and return
to us within a 24 hour period so that we may get the body in for a necropsy to
be preformed as to why death occurred. Leg Band Number must match up to our
records and voids guarantee if band is remove from bird. If you are too far in distance from us
then you must locate a place or your vets office can handle it for you to have
the bird sent in for a necropsy to be preformed and needs to be taken in
immediately. If bird dies because of
fault on your part we do not reimburse your purchase price or any other costs
that may be incurred. If bird has died due to health reasons, then you will be
reimbursed full purchase price if not due to being your fault. Poisons or
toxins that may be in your household that may have gotten to the bird voids
guarantee.
Quarantine Should be 30-45 days if you have other birds present in
your household or on your premises, otherwise guarantee is automatically voided.
Please read our page on Quarantine and print out
form if you are purchasing a bird from us and mail it to us or bring it when you
pick up your baby bird.
Changed your mind about owning a bird? I will not buy back any
birds due to you changing your mind. If you don't want the bird for whatever
reason, you will have to resale it to someone else.
Bird Flies away? We sell all of our babies with their flight
feathers clipped, so if some time goes by and your birds flight feathers
grow out and flies away, its not our fault and we do not reimburse for this sort
of thing.
 DNA
Sexing
The DNA Sexing is $20 per
bird, this price is what they charge me and I do not make any extra on sexing
the bird for you. Usually the vet will charge more for DNA sexing so if you know
you want your bird sexed then we can do it as a service to you before you have
picked up your bird. We use Zoogen Services, Inc. It takes around 1 week for the results
to come back.
We use gather blood from the tip of the nail for the sample that is sent in.
This is the best way although there are other methods but we choose to use blood
when doing this. We generally take the sample anywhere from about 2 months old
or older.
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-Shipping
I DO NOT SHIP
BIRDS. . . I DO NOT SHIP BIRDS. . . I DO NOT SHIP BIRDS. . .
At this point in time
I do not offer Shipping on Birds.
Some people will drive
quite a distance to pick up a bird and some won't. I have some people come as far as
500 miles from me. See maps on
Our Location Page for a look as to our general area location is.
 I DO NOT Ship Birds
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 I
do NOT
offer Shipping for birds, you will have to drive
to see or pick up your bird
that you buy from us.
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We Do Ship Toy Parts and other items from our
Online Catalog
Toy Parts are shipped only through out the United
States and is shipped through the US Postal Service or sometimes UPS.
No
International Orders are accepted.
-We Accept Credit Cards and PayPal 
and Money Orders
(no checks) payable to: Pionus Parrot
for birds or toy items and miscellaneous items on our site.
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