No. I had her seperate at first. Did a fecal smear..no stain. But thought keeping her seperate was a little ridculous since the petsmart here has a good quarantine, 4 weeks in the back bird quarentine room before they ever hit the sales floor. That is actually the store protocal though not all petsmarts follow it. They also buy from the Home base breeder (bird mill
) never from individuals.
The manger here, Scott, is one of the good guys. He doesn't know tons about birds so follows the recomendations set forth by the company. Sometimes people that think they know more tend to cut corners. They always have fresh grated veggies there, fresh water, and super clean cages. Scott said that since they quit carrying cut throats (soon to quit selling finches altogether) and she was so plain looking nobody had eve bought her..going on 2 years. So I figured if she hadn't been healthy she would have perished there a long time ago.
At most I need to watch my young studly boys that don't have full immunity. She is not for sale, nor the boys. I will keep here and whoever pairs up with her to produce more.... Now that I have one breeding pair
I need unrelated (or loosly related) CTs to be able to make unrealted pairs... and so Cando Aviary will have yet another species on the breeding grounds
Of course before these birds ever go there to Cando Aviary they will finish there time (quarantine) here
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