ABK A Guide to Pet & Companion Birds (Book) (DISC)

This guide will help you through the growing pains of adding to your bird family, including what to do when your birds have multiplied. The authors' combined 30-year experience will assist you to create a happy and healthy environment so that bird keeping will always be fun! 

In this guide you can find topics on;

• Pet Care
• Why in Heavens Would Anyone Want a Bird for a Pet?
• Responsibilities! - What Responsibilities?
• Making a Natural Selection - Choosing Your Bird; Information Sources
• Bringing Your Bird Home
• Bird Keeping - A Family Affair - Children and other Pets
• All to do With the Cage - Types; Placement; Entertainment
• What's on the Menu? - Seed; Pellet; Storage; Recipes
• Attending to Your Bird's Personal Grooming - Nail and Wing Trimming
• Keeping Bird-fit - Cleaning; Illness
• Behaviour
• The Not-So-Secret Language of Birds - Rejection; Vocal and Body Language
• Low-Risk Bird Handling - Routine; Commands; Restraint; Preening
• Taming
• Training - Tricks; Tiolet Training
• Did Someone Say I Have a Behavioural Problem? - Screaming; Biting; Feather Picking
• Increasing Your Flock - Introductions; Quarantine
• Afterthoughts
• Aviculturist Responsibilities as a Whole
• Parts of a Typical Parrot