This book provides a ready resource with easy to follow instructions to aid you in providing first aid to companion birds in emergency situations. The information in this book has been collected, compiled and edited from a variety of sources. The information here is provided as a resource for first aid for your companion bird. As we all know, first aid provides an immediate response to an immediate physical need or discomfort. First aid is never intended to be a substitute for competent medical attention, in this instance, your avian veterinarian.
D. Ceabron Williams has always lived with companion animals and is now collectively owned by an Eclectus Parrot, a Goffin's Cockatoo, a Cherry-headed Conure, five Cockatiels, and six Budgerigars - as well as four dachshunds, and a Welsh Corgi/Yorkshire Terrier mix.
In addition to being a professional librarian, he is also a Certified Avian Specialist and a member of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.
He was born in the District of Columbia and grew up in Augusta, Georgia. After graduating from Divine Word College Seminary in 1979, he worked in the Hearing Impaired Program of an area high school and later taught in mission schools in Nagoya and Nagasaki Japan. After returning to the United States, he received his Master of Librarianship degree from the University of South Carolina and has been working as a public librarian since that time.
