1. Be of legal age.
If you are not 18+ years old, I will require your parents signature and
approval for you to purchase a bird. In effect, your parents will be
entering into a contractual agreement with me on your behalf. I will not
sell a bird to you if you're under 18 without your parents consent.
2. Check Availability!
Look
on our availability page to see if we have the type of bird you wish to
purchase either hand-feeding now or fertile eggs. If the species of bird you
are seeking is not listed on our availability page, then we don't currently
have eggs or babies offered, feel free to email us and ask if we're
expecting that species this year. Every breeding season is different so we
cannot predict exact availabilities of each species, but we keep our site
regularly updated. If the species you are seeking is not listed on
our available list, then it is not currently available for deposit. However,
we would be more than happy to add you to a waiting list for that species!
3. Read our Policy Page, Health Guarrantee and the FAQ page!
All three pages must be read through and agreed upon before I sell you a
baby.
4. Fill out the online Reservation Form.
This information lets me know YOUR information so I can hold your baby.
5. Send a Deposit for the bird you're buying.
You can paypal me a non-refundable deposit at tina@fofaviary.net
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You can pay your deposit with a personal check made out to Tina Moore.
You can send me a money order or cashier's check made out to Tina Moore.
6. Deposits & Payments:
All deposits and monies paid towards a bird, are non-refundable.
Choose wisely!
We
will accept a minimum of 25% for deposit (of the bird's listed price) to
reserve any baby that we have currently available. You also may make
additional installment payments while your baby is growing if you wish.
We
accept
though
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For PayPal, please use the email address as follows:
tina@fofaviary.net
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. You may also request us to invoice you through paypal
for your deposit. If you'd like to be invoiced, please note this in the
comments section of your reservation form.
We
also accept deposits and balance payments with money orders and cashier's
checks. If you wish to use these more conventional methods, then please
indicate payment method on your reservation form. You'll have 7 days to mail
us a 25% deposit (personal checks are ok for deposits) or use
PayPal. If we do not receive your deposit within 7 days, the baby
will once again be available to other people for sale.
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We
DO NOT accept deposits on
babies until they're 2 weeks old. If we have a baby that's under
2 weeks old in the species you want, you will be placed on a waiting
list for that species. People on our waiting list will be given first
opportunity to purchase these babies when they're 2 weeks of age. IF
you're on a waiting list, you have 7 days to decide if you want to
reserve the baby offered. If you do not decide within 7 days, you will
be removed from the waiting list.
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We
DO NOT take any deposits for
future babies or eggs.
Please do not send a reservation form without an indication of payment as we
cannot process an order without a deposit.
7. Shipping & Pick up Availability:
If
air shipping is required, please indicate whether you have a preference as
to shipping arrival time or day (we cannot guarantee specific times nor days
but we will try to match your preference. We do not ship on week-ends,
normally shipping Monday through Thursday).
We
normally air ship through Continental Airlines or Delta Airlines. Delta has
weather limitations, and usually has longer flight times. Continental ships
anytime as they're set up for cold and hot weather pet transport, and they
usually have very fast flight times. We will always try to ship via
Continental first. You can read more about shipping -
HERE.
You
must be within driving distance of an airport that Delta or Continental
services. If you are unsure if your closest airport falls into this category
please call Delta at 1-888-736-3738 or Continental at 1-800-575-3335 .
Shipping through Delta Pets First is not offered when the outside
temperature is unsafe for a parrot to endure, at either end. Continental has
increased protection for pets in air conditioned or heated cargo areas, so
shipping through Continental is available throughout the year.
If
you are close enough for a local pick up, we can certainly accomodate you!
We will be happy to meet Solano/Yolo Co. residents in the parking lot of
IKEA in
Sacramento
or SMF airport. If you're from the South Bay/Contra Costa Co. area, we will
meet in the parking lot of Target in
Pleasant Hill,
CA
(closet to Toys R Us). Please have a carrier with you or purchase one from
us if you're interested in picking up locally. We do not deliver before
9am
or after 6pm,
or weekends unless agreed upon in advance. Weekend and night time (after
7pm)
will cost an additional $20.00, as I have to arrange an emergency
hand-feeder to come in and take care of the baby birds while I'm delivering
yours!
8. Gender Testing:
Generic "Just to see what you've got" DNA testing is included in birds
$300.00 and up.
Specific Gender Testing:
This is becoming the bane of my business existence. Of course, I want you to
have the baby of your dreams, and sometimes that means a specific gender.
However, I do not test babies until they are a minimum 2 weeks old, IF, I
have the egg shell, and 5-8 weeks old if I draw blood for the DNA. This
means that a baby is potentially 6 weeks old by the time we know if it's a
male or a female. That means that find out a specific gender is making
everyone on my waiting list for a baby.
From now on, if you want a specific gender, the cost will be $30.00 on top
of the DNA test fee of $20.00 if the bird costs under $300.00. Even if the
baby is not the gender you require, the fee is still owned, to cover the
extra time and potential loss of sale by making people wait.
This fee is not incurred if the baby in question is already gender tested!
So, while you can request a gender, I will not hold that bird for you until
the results come back in. Take your chances, if you must. However, if you do
reserve a baby and put a deposit on it, and list that you'd prefer a
specific gender, if there is an available baby that hasn't been reserved
yet, I will assign it to you without a charge.
Additional stuff:
If
you have specific requests for your order (DNA sexing, health certificate
(if required), or wings trimmed, please note this also. We would love for
all our birds (especially our Greys) to be free-flight, however we
understand that's not always workable. So, we recommend that you ask us to
trim the bird's wings after fledging so that we can get your baby used to it
more easily and safely, before they go to their new home.
If
you do not indicate that you want wings trimmed, we will not trim them!
What happens next?
You
will receive an invoice and receipt for deposit/payment via email when you
place your deposit. Before the baby is weaned, we'll mail out a hard copy of
your receipt for your deposit (with our written complete health guarantee),
a sheet of diet recommendations, a general information sheet, and a hatch
certificate with closed band number, hatch date, nursery number, and
parent-pair number. If DNA sexing is ordered, the sexing certificate from
Zoogen will be mailed to you when it is available or will already be in your
baby packet.
We
will call or email you when your bird is fully weaned so that the balance
can be arranged (we ask for cashier's check, money order, or PayPal for the
final balance, please- sorry, no personal checks without pre-approval.)
Payment of the balance is due within seven days of weaning notification.
Be sure you're ready, before you send a deposit to us.
Deposits on babies are
NOT REFUNDABLE.
Please do not ask for a refund once you have placed an order with us for
currently available babies.
PLEASE NOTE! We
cannot predict exact weaning time in advance on an individual baby. We
abundance wean our babies and sometimes they wean a bit earlier or later
than normal. Abundance weaning allows for a more confident, more socialized
bird and it's to your benefit to be patient for this weaning process to
happen. We know you're excited and want your baby, but keep in mind, you'll
hopefully have this bird for decades - a bit of patience now is worthwhile!
If you wish to be put on a waiting list
for future availability, please email us and let us know which species you
would like to be on the list for. You will then be emailed a week before we
put new babies up for reservation so you can choose first. If you do not
respond to the early notification, after the week, the baby will be
available to the next person on the waiting list and then open to anyone.
