The New Cockatiel Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Housing, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, Breeding, and Diseases (New Pet Handbooks) [Paperback]

Matthew Vriends (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Pet Handbooks | Publication Date: November 1989

Everything you need to know about raising cockatiels

Product Details

• Paperback: 143 pages
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc (November 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812042018
• ISBN-13: 978-0812042016
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,683,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the "EXPERTS", October 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Cockatiel Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Housing, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, Breeding, and Diseases (New Pet Handbooks) (Paperback)

I read with interest the review from the "professional" cockatiel person. What seems to be a 'one star' for them happens to be very useful to all of us "non-professionals".

This book has helped beginners and that is what counts. Sometimes, the "experts" are dead wrong when it comes to the simpleness of a book helping the beginning cockatiel owner. This isn't bad, because most of us could give a hoot about genetics and showing your cockatiel at contests.

Good book for beginners.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great basic beginner's book!, January 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Cockatiel Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Housing, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, Breeding, and Diseases (New Pet Handbooks) (Paperback)

I was interested in getting cockatiels as pets & picked up this book to learn more about these birds before I bought them. I found this book to be VERY informative & gave me plenty of knowledge about these birds & led me to buy them. I keep refering back to this book almost daily since I picked up the birds a week ago.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cockatiels, Cockatiels, Cockatiels!!, September 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Cockatiel Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Housing, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, Breeding, and Diseases (New Pet Handbooks) (Paperback)

This book has everything you'd ever want to know about cockatiels. I 1st got it as a Christmas present, about 3 months after I got my bird, a 16 wk. old, female Australian Gray. She is turning 3 in May of 1999. But this book helped me understand her and the way she lives. I wish to train her to speak very soon. The book gives methods on traing & taming of all sorts, a complete food guide & table of dangers, and 5 different floorplans for outdoor aviaries, plus ideas on how to create your own!! For me, it was a life-saver!! Also in the "The New... ...Handbook" series are "The new Dog Handbook" and "The new Paraket Handbook". Many others also are included, plus a series of un-revised books called "The... ...Handbook" This series had manymore species, eventhough "The New... ...Handbook" series is updated, revised, more up-to-date and has all the newest information, ideas and theories from many different scientists. Use it!!