Lovebirds: Everything about Housing, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Diseases: With a Special Chapter, Understa (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) [Paperback]

Matthew M. Vriends (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812090144
• ISBN-13: 978-0812090147
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 6.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,272,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No Way, December 9, 2002

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Jennifer (Navarre ,FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lovebirds: Everything about Housing, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Diseases: With a Special Chapter, Understa (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) (Paperback)

Cute pictures and thats all. Bad info...says you shouldn't have a single lovebird! Thats ubsurd. I have one sitting on my shoulder right now and shes definately happy. It is true you have to spend a lot of time with a single lovie but I know its possible!!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only good for the pictures and a tiny bit of info, May 13, 2005

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Jessie Ivanowski "MaraJade" (Franklin, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lovebirds: Everything about Housing, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Diseases: With a Special Chapter, Understa (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) (Paperback)

This book is TERRIBLE for the first time lovebird owner. I bought this book a couple years back and ended up not following much of the advice because I found an experienced bird person at an awesome bird store. Thank goodness!
Among the blatant lies in this man's book are:
1. Handle your lovebird with gloves.
NEVER handle a parrot with gloves on. It scares them. If you are afraid of being bitten, don't buy a bird.
2. Saying handfed lovebirds are only friendly to the person who handfed them.
LIE. Handfed birds are very friendly and will easily bond with their human flock.
3. (my favorite) "Children must be told that lovebirds ordinarily can't be carried around the room on a shoulder or finger."
Care to explain why my SINGLE lovebird loves to sit on my shoulder and easily steps up for me?
4. They will never learn to imitate.
5. They must be kept singly.
I can't even begin to argue this one. It's ludicrous.
My recommendation? Don't buy this book!
It will only lead to many unhappy, unhealthy lovebirds. This man should have his right to write taken away.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not recommended, March 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lovebirds: Everything about Housing, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Diseases: With a Special Chapter, Understa (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) (Paperback)

This book is outdated, and much of the information is wrong, and could even hurt the bird, for example saying that lovebirds need grit, or that lovebirds need to be kept with other birds. The attitude towards lovebirds is also very outdated. The author seems to think of them as merely a decoration, like fish, rather than as the companion animals they can be. I would not recommend this book.