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Originally Posted by Anon


The reports are real as confirmed by Veterinary Diagostics.

You are so busy trying to cover up for Todd Marcus that you can't focus on the posts AND the fact that he had positive disease in his store.
Why would you cover up for him? What is your connection? You've mentioned often about your visits to the store. Who are you?

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Originally Posted by Anon
Todd Marcass and cohorts: Once again you are trying to divert attention from the disease found in the bird store known as Todd Marcus Birds Exotic and posted here:

http://www.toddmarcusbirdsexoticexposed.com

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After searching for a male lutino for quite some time, I purchased Chester on October 2, 1999 from to the highly recommended Todd Marcus Birds Exotic in New Jersey.

October 16, 1999:

I went to the store to check on Chester, who was still there being handfed. He had a bad upper respiratory infection and no one at the pet store noticed!! At least, they took no action if they had noticed. Everyone told me to just leave him there but as he sat on my shoulder and snuggled up against my neck, I just could not at least try to help him. I took him immediately to my vet's office; he was started on antibiotics and responded right away.

October 21, 1999:

There had been no improvement but Chester still seemed happy and fairly alert. Later in the evening, Chester took a turn for the worst. He began to regurgitate and had trouble breathing. The vets tried to help him breathe, but sadly he passed away.

The vet performed an autopsy to see what was wrong. His one lung was filled with pus, possibly caused by aspirating food while being hand fed incorrectly at the pet store. His liver was completely destroyed.

I am very saddened by the loss of Chester. He was never able to come home to meet the other birds. He never learned how to eat solid food. I know I did everything I could have done to save him. He got the opportunity to know love and he died with an identity.

Chester was a very sweet and beautiful bird. He had fun and got a lot of attention during his short life. He loved to sit on my shoulder and walk around the hospital with me. He would cling to me like velcro. He never fell off. I was surprised he had such a good grip for such a little baby. He loved head rubs and he got plenty of them! I visited him each night and one vet gave him lots of attention too. You could not get him back in the incubator after playing with him. He just wanted attention all the time!!

He is buried right next to Troubles and has a big brother in heaven to watch over him.

November 2, 1999:

The pet store called to tell me that several of their cockatiels had become sick and that they would probably need to euthanize all of them. I was quite surprised that they admitted this to me. Throughout Chester's illness the representatives from the pet store were absolutely rude and insulting, saying it was my fault the bird died. If I had left him at the store with his "friends" he would have been fine. They also said they could not understand why I would be upset over the death of a "fifty dollar bird." I have never met such heartless people. They later did refund my purchase price (significantly more than $50) so I decided that any other contact with them would be through my vet or lawyer.

One cockatiel that they had already sold died and they had another one euthanized. Their vet said the bird had megabacteria and lockjaw, which caused its jaw to lock and the bird was unable to eat. It is impossible to treat. We believed Chester was afflected with the same disease.

January 6, 2000:

Employees from the pet store repeatedly promised me that they would be fully responsible for the cost of Chester's medical care. I finally received a reponse from the store owner, who lives clear across the U.S. He offered me store credit totaling the amount of the hospital bill for Chester. I found this to be a small token but too little too late. The source of the illness was supposedly traced back to the breeder. The other cockatiels exposed to this deadly disease were not euthanized but given medication and sold. I can only hope their new owners were made aware of the situation.