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

by Arthur Freud (Author) "The parrot family consists of more than 350 different species of birds..." (more)
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Product Description
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 Owners 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

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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: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,631,824 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 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

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

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.