Amazon Parrots (Barron's Pet Owner's Manual) (Paperback)

by Werner Lantermann (Author), Susanne Lantermann (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This handsomely illustrated book gives you a wealth of information on bird purchase, caging, health care, and much more. Books in the Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information about pets for new or soon-to- be owners, as well as detailed information for other animal hobbyists. Advice and instruction covers purchase, equipment, general care and maintenance, and much more. Texts emphasize the basics and are easy for all readers to understand, but most titles in this series also presents facts that even experienced owners and hobbyists will find new and useful. All books in this series are filled with high quality full-color photos and instructive line drawings. Length averages between 64 and 104 pages. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Language Notes
Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (November 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081204035X
• ISBN-13: 978-0812040357
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,194,851 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nice Pictures, but the information is very out of date, April 17, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews

I bought this book to help me learn more about the amazona genus that I was considering as a pet. But what I found was a book written before 1992 which was around the time importation was banned and hand raising and breeding birds within the United States had became more common. This resulted in very little information about todays common amazons. Also, this book described all the the precautions one must take to ensure the saftey of your wild caught bird, precautions that are now just plain useless! Though if what you are looking for is a picture book about amazons, this is almost a good book for you.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and outdated; wonderful pictures though!, September 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Amazon Parrots Complete Owner's Manual (Paperback)

As a new Amazon owner I was looking for a species-specific book that would give me detailed information about my blue-front. Unfortunately this book seemed superficial, simplistic, and somewhat out-dated (with some information actually contrary to what is widely recommended now). It has some wonderful pictures, and fragments of useful species information, but overall I think there are better general care books available (certainly more detailed), and this book's Amazon-specific information was sketchy.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't recommend this book for newbie owners of parrots, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

Not enough information provided. Suggest investing in a better book with more details