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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:	Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:	INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:	VIDEO::PULSIFER

Created:	Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	942
Total number of notes:	6016

273.0. "Jungle Jim's ??" by GIAENG::PULSIFER (Doug Pulsifer 235-3332, BPO1) Mon Oct 09 1989 15:15

    I just saw a full page addd for a new Pet store.
    
    It is Jungle Jim's of Holden MAss, "NEW ENGLAND'S FIRST DISCOUNT
    HOUSE OF BIRDS AND PETS"  Its on 800 main ST(RT 122A across from
    PApa Gino's) Holden Mass. 508-829-3188.  He seems to have just about
    any bird you want.
    
    Anybody been there ?
    
    Doug

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
273.1	I been to Jungle Jim's	MSHRMS::BURHANS	`Tue Oct 10 1989 14:19`	10
	I've been there, I used to live in Holden. He's been open a couple of years. Nice guy, but I wouldn't say prices or selection are worth a long ride (unless things have changed radically since February). The birds I've seen in there seemed healthy/happy and retail priced. Roger
273.2	nice place	WEFXEM::SMITH	`Wed Oct 11 1989 12:57`	4
	I go there quite a lot. The place is always clean and they just opened a new large section just for birds a couple of weeks ago. He increased his inventory and I'm sure he will even more. The owner is really nice.
273.3	breeding stock	MEMV02::COMPTON	`Thu Oct 19 1989 13:09`	7
	We stopped by there last Saturday. Very clean, but a fair amount of cigarette smoke. They had a beautiful pair of surgically sexed, bonded Amazon Orange-Wings, if anyone is interested in trying to breed this type of bird. They wanted about $485 for the pair. Compared to the size and condition of other Orange-Wings I've seen in shops, these two were extraordinary. Not for pets, though. /Linda
273.4	NOT SO HOT	MILPND::BUCCIERI	`Mon Nov 13 1989 13:58`	31
	My husband and I stopped at Jungle Jim's last Saturday and I must say that we were not real thrilled about it. Granted, it was fairly clean and prices were not bad, but the woman who was feeding the birds as we walked in had a cigarette lit up the whole time. When she would finish one, she would light up another, which I don't imagine is too healthy for birds, especially to have smoke blowing in their faces as they are trying to eat. The store is fairly small, and as I walked into the fish area, there was the owner's cat sleeping on the floor underneath the fish tanks as if to be waiting for his lunch. As Linda Compton had mentioned in a previous note, the pair of orange-wings that were bonded were just gorgeous and very reasonably priced, but I would never seperate them. We had been looking for a CAIQUE, which they did have, but this bird was in no way tame. Also, some of the signs that said TAME, there is no way that some of these birds were tame. A tame bird would not crouch and hiss and growl when approached. All in all, it did have it's good points, but for the most part, I don't think it was worth the trip. The worker was very friendly and happy to discuss birds with us, but for all the good things we had heard about this place, and due to the fact that we drove from Maynard to Holden, it was somewhat of a disappointment.