Smart looking little fellow ... just about a year old.
Sigh... been thinking about Punky Head and his wife Tom Boy. I know this day will come sooner or later as space is indeed an issue. Now that Darfie and Wild Boy has a permenant home, i am still short of one for Gusty boy. He is now going through his molt, in no time i will have to arrange an decent house to breed. So far i do have a couple interested parties keen to have the pairs but i am really hoping that the new owner is very willing to spend on live food and dote on them. Kinda worried if they goes to the wrong owner. Although they are nothing fantastic but thats does not mean they can be treated less important. When it come to any breeding, the simple rule of thumb is to treat the animals well! Their emotions,welfare is very important to a flavourable outcome!
Some may ask, its just a female bird why so expensive? ( they expect $50 ) ! haha...! From this mindset, more or less i can tell if this person is human enough to breed any pets.... if breeding is all about money then i can say the outcome is not going to be as good as hobby breeder. Difference is; hobby breeder will not cut cost and corners. whereas money driven ones most probably will ! ( max margin , min cost)
I would like to share my own dog breeding encounter here. There is a case in Singapore years back that the kennel owner got into finacial problem. He can nolonger provide for the dogs in his kennel, he tried to get other breeder to take over but somehow due the dogs conditions no taker at all...
Soon after it was in the News paper, the dogs are so hungry that they actually feed on carcass! I made many phone calls to persuade breeders to help those poor dogs but to no avail. I keep track on the lastest news on that kennel...
On the third day, other then all the critics and investigations. No solid help is offer to that kennel, sad huh! At that time, i wasn't in any ideal condition to do anything as i myself don't have such funds to make a difference so i got 3 packet of 15kg dog food to the kennel and pass it to the worker for time being.
well, to cut the story short I manage to persuade the kennel owner to let me take over the kennel. A special kind of payment(take over fees) is being arrange as he owe rental. Because my main concern wasn't about money, i gave the dogs much more food, freedom, toys, medical treatment, heaps of supplement etc... It really drain me out, i become more broke then the previous owner!
But to my surprise as i was about to find the next better player to take over , the dogs repay me like nobody buisness! Everyday i spot at least heavily pregnant mothers! I didn't even know when they mate! From that they gave me four times the money that i have put in for them with 6months and all the other kennel people comented that they have never see so much puppies in this particular kennel before and also some that have one times more breeding dogs kennel can't even produce half the amount i have....!
This is to show that if you cut cost, the output is for sure gonna cut too! It is just the same as our car theory, less throttle less speed :) So i hope , all breeders can see things beyond cost factor. i am not saying to give abalone or carvair... but the basic needs is a must!
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