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Parrots As a New Pet [Paperback]

William Wentworth (Author)
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As a New Pet April 1993
Covers information needed when considering keeping parrots as pets, including identification of species, housing, feeding, health, and breeding.

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  • Paperback: 63 pages
  • Publisher: Tfh Pubns Inc (April 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0866224343
  • ISBN-13: 978-0866224345
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,245,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Parrot Prose Suffers Clipped Wings, March 5, 2008
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This review is from: Parrots As a New Pet (Paperback)
PARROTS AS A NEW PET is a useful, if not terribly inspiring book. The prose is utilitarian; you read what the writer views as the essential facts, but you don't get any sense of excitement about having a parrot as a pet. You think, a parrot as a pet? Cool! Pirates! Talking birds! That sounds like fun! Yet reading this book makes you think a little more about getting a dog.

So if the book has many of the basic facts that a new or prospective parrot proprietor would want, then what could the author have done to make this book better?

I would have had several suggestions as an editor:

(1) Have some fun with the topic! Tell us what's great about having a parrot as a pet!
(2) Leave the scientific (Latin) names for the index.
(3) Re-order the chapters: tell us about the various kinds of parrots ("Parrots for Beginners") before you tell us about how to buy a bird ("Stock Selection"). Give us the overview of parrot raising ("The Pet Parrot") before going to the specific topic chapters like "Feeding" and "Breeding."
(4) Arrange the illustrations so that they're adjacent to the relevant sections of the narrative.
(5) Finally, be frank. Is my house going to be full of bird feathers and poop?

If you're interested in raising a parrot as a beginner, and you don't need to be inspired to be a parrot owner, this book might serve your needs for general information.

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mitred conure, smaller parrots, larger parrots, many parrots
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Grey, Peach-fronted Conure, Blue-fronted Amazon, South American
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