and that is just ONE of the main reasons I refuse to buy a bird that has to be shipped, If i can't get it locally or within couple hour drive I don't get it at all
There is a lady who sells Budgies near us, and refuses to let any one in the basment she goes and gets one or more( what ever the person wants to see) and brings them up stairs in a carrier or a cage - I told my b/ f if he ever bought off of her I'd beat him senseless
IF she won't let people go where the birds are to see how they are living and taken care of - Then she's hiding somthing- is my view on it and he told me the other day he drove by and she had cages outside for sale he said they were caked with bird poo, it looked like they haven't been cleaned in years and she wanted 50.00 for a SMALL cage Similar to what you'd use to take them to a vet, or on a short trip
I told him This is why he better NEVER buy any birds off of her, If the cages looked that bad she was selling - whatcha think the one's the birds are living in look like!