conditions (good diet and good health), parent-reared young are superior to those that are hand-reared and acquired young, they can also make good pets. Unfortunately the buying public has become almost brain-washed to believe that only hand-reared young parrots make good pets.
I mention this because so many pairs are deprived of the knowledge of rearing their own young to fledging, which is surely the most fulfilling and natural experience that captive birds can know. It is also the best way in which we can enrich the lives of aviary birds.
