The Parrot: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet [Hardcover]

Arthur Freud (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 1996 | Series: Happy Healthy Pet

Smart and outgoing, parrots are the chosen bird of people who want a feathered cohort.

An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet is the series to turn to when you want a basic reference that's reliable, up-to-date, and complete. These guides feature:
* Expert authors, plus renowned guest contributors on specialized topics
* Full-color photos throughout
* Basic information on the breed, species, or topic
* Complete coverage of care, health, grooming, training, and more
* Tips and techniques to make life with a pet more rewarding

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• Best Information
• Best Resources
• Best Photos

The Best Advice to Care For and Raise Your Parrot

With The Parrot: An Owner?s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet you will discover easy ways to provide the very best in care and training for your bird. An avian expert offers straightforward advice so that you can create a thriving relationship with your new family member.

The Parrot offers:

• Completely up-to-date resources, including top Web sites of interest to bird owners
• Information on choosing the best parrot for your lifestyle
• Ways to mentally stimulate and entertain your quizzical pet bird
• Advice on the best nutrition to keep your parrot healthy and long-lived
• Answers to your most pressing bird-behavior questions
• Full-color photographs of parrots in a variety of settings

About the Author

Arthur Freud has been a renowned presence in the world of aviculture since 1974. He is the former publisher of American Caged-Bird magazine and has written extensively on bird-related subjects.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (December 4, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876054971
• ISBN-13: 978-0876054970
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,386,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Arthur Freud has written an informative book that gives basic information about parrots as pets., September 28, 2006

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Mavis Metcalf "http://birds.bellaonline.com" (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Parrot: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

He starts off by explaining a bit about parrots in general, then goes on to talk about the history of parrot keeping. He goes from the wild caught birds that used to be kept as pets leading up to the hand fed birds, or at least domestically raised birds, that are now the only acceptable way of obtaining a parrot for a pet.

He gives information geared toward helping a prospective bird owner, decide which type of bird would be right for him or her, by giving general descriptions of habits, sizes & noise levels of some of the more commonly kept parrots. He has also provided good clear pictures of the birds that he profiled.

The chapter on housing provides good information on cages, perches, dishes, toys and food. The next chapter goes into more detail on the food requirements of parrots.

Throughout the book, Mr. Freud has several little side boxes where he goes into more detail on a certain aspect of what he has written about.

This book has excellent information and tips for someone just thinking about obtaining a first bird, but it also has information that current bird owners would find interesting.

3.0 out of 5 stars Covers the very basics, January 11, 2012

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This review is from: The Parrot: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

But is aptly written.
You can read it in less than an hour, but, considering that, it aptly conveys the very basics, as stated.