Featherheads

Does anyone know if this placed has shut down? I hope so. I was so appalled and disgusted when I visited this place.

While I will no longer purchase birds (Adopt!), I think people should be aware that my family purchased two cockatiels from this store who each developed tumors by the age of 10 years old. I shouldn’t have had to put down my 9.5 year old little girl. She should have lived another 15 years.

What kind of monster puts a bird in a cage?
Please don’t buy a pet bird. When you buy one they capture another to take its place. Please reconsider. Please.

If there was a NO STAR… I would give that. We took our 4 month old Greek Cheeked Conure here for the weekend and when we picked him he had a fractured leg. A FRACTURED leg which had been like this for a few days and the facility didn’t call us to let us know he was favoring one leg for over 24 hours. HELLLOOOO obviously something was wrong. We ended up taking him to the vet, he had a open wound which was infected and we had to put him to sleep to put a cast on him which he will now be in for 4 weeks. The owner Susan was absolutely rude, unprofessional and unsympathetic. She had no care in the world about this incident. I would never take a member of your family to this facility!!! Its dirty and the staff turnover is ridiculous. They do not care for the birds, they are neglectful and my husband and I will take further action. Please Beware…

On the plus side:
After a dreadful experience with a pet store in Fairfax, I purchased my new pet, a cockatiel, there.
The birds are loved and well cared-​for. The babies are weaned to a mixture of seed and Roudybush pellets, where appropriate. The enclosures are mostly quite clean. The birds are given a great deal of free time, outside of their cages, to socialize with humans and each other.
On a side note, to Layla: The seeds vs. pellets issue is a religious issue, so to speak; many experienced aviculturists will never feed pellets to their birds, preferring to try to get their birds to eat an appropriate mixture of foods that correspond better to a captive environment. For some birds, like Eclectus parrots and other frugivores, pellets have too much protein; for others, like the large macaws, pellets don’t have enough fat.
Downsides:
A) The store is full of accessories, but they don’t keep up with it well by 1) organizing their stock, and 2) dusting their stuff. I always wash things before I use them, but there was a layer of dust on my travel carrier. Yuck.
B) The enclosure for the hyacinth macaws REALLY needed attention.
C) Although I loved seeing Cape Parrots and a Golden Conure, I don’t think that these birds should be offered as pets until they’re REALLY well established in domestic aviculture.
Summary: Why 3 stars? After having bought a sick bird (and quickly losing him) from a perfectly clean but poorly run store, I bought a feisty, healthy, happy and beautiful little bird from a store that could use a little attention to detail. Guess where I’ll go back to?

I fear that if i give a bad review people won’t go give these poor birds a home (which they all need).
The main problem with it is that there are tons of birds– I mean I have NEVER seen an aviary or bird store with this many birds– 2 levels! there is NO way that these intelligent creatures get the mental stimulation or attention that they need. The place was COVERED in dust, and completely cluttered and disorganized. I also saw caiques eating seed as their main diet, which is bad for birds– they should be on pellets (and good luck converting them it’s HARD).
Employee said that about half the birds are for sale the rest are the owners– why would a person keep soo many birds and in such small cages? It’s not like there’s a huge market and people are out purchasing $ 1000 birds everyday, these poor guys are gonna be there for a while. Also, when purchasing a bird you should always look for one that is hand-​fed and tame, and there is just no way that these birds can be given the amount of them in there and with only 1 employee working.
On the other hand, many birds were out of their cages on perches and
almost all had another bird to play with which is good (it could be worse).
Their selection of toys is poor and none of them have the price, which is annoying. On the other hand they have a million perches– so go figure– i told you it’s unorganized.

Great place if you are looking for a companion bird. They really care about the animals and will help you with all your questions.

Quite possibly the most filthiest bird store I have ever been too. Way too many birds crammed into octagonal cubicles with other birds of different species.
Not enough or no toys given to many of the birds.
Just don’t go.