Always be wary of "cheap" prices. As with most thing, you get what you pay for. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't price shop, but be sure to "KNOW YOUR SOURCE AND GET REFERENCES". Make sure that your source has a good reputation and that they offer a health guarantee. Normally, this should be a period of 72 hours to have a bird check by a qualified avian vet.

Anyone offering long term guarantees will normally not back them up. No one can, or will, guarantee your care on a long term basis. There are a lot of people that buy for resale that aren't careful about their sources. Prices may be low to move the babies fast. They must be sold before they show signs of illness ,or die. If you buy a baby at a low price, and lose him, you really haven't saved anything. You will have lost, not only the baby, but the part of you that you gave to him.

Avian medicine is still at its infancy. Depending on the your location, your avian veterinarians may, or may not, still be inexperienced and learning. Unfortunately, the curriculum of most veterinary schools concentrates primarily on horses, cattle, dogs, and cats. Avian medicine is, most often, learned in practice on live patients, our pets and breeders. If we can educate ourselves, we can help our avian veterinarians by suggesting a possible diagnosis and solution. This is not to suggest that we should take it upon ourselves to take avian medicine into our own hands. We need to work with our vets so that we can all learn to care for, and save the lives of, the parrots that we all love so dearly.