BE42018 Barron's handbook of Cockatiel care and behavior. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE10381 Barron's Complete Guide to taking care of your Conure. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE18862 A Complete Guide to taking care of your Eclectus Parrot. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE01765 Barron's Guide to taking care of Your Quaker Parrot. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE47680 Learn how to live and love with your Macaw. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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The complete guide to the tiny little Parrotlet. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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CTBK Looking for a new way to have fun playing with your bird buddy? Or is his nickname "Birdzilla" and you have the scars to prove it? Maybe your bird is a depressed little perch potato that refuses to play at all? This new way of training birds with a clicker and treats can dramatically improve your bird and your life together. Find our just how smart, affectionate, and fascinating birds can be, with clicker training. Depressed birds regain their joy in life. One-person birds warm up to other family members. Scared birds learn to cooperate with simple care such as nail clipping. Undesirable behaviors such as screaming and biting fade away. Baby birds grow up to be outstanding companions. Rescued and older birds learn to trust, love, and play. Birds win new friends with appealing tricks and games. You'll learn to communicate with you bird - and to teach your bird to communicate with you - in ways that you never imagined. 156 pages. Clicker Fun Kit for Birds contains # Clicker Training for Birds, 150 page book of complete training and care, Mini CD, fits in your computer, with over 100 pictures of clicker trained pet birds, plus video clips plus Melinda’s List of online resources, i-Click, Target Stick and Sample Treats

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Create a good relationship with your pet bird without biting, screaming or plucking.

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A Complete Owner's Manual Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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A Complete Pet Owner's Manual Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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A Complete Guide To Living With Your Pet Conure. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE06880 Learn How and Why your bird acts the way it does.

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Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE01827 Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE20964 Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE19184 The Complete Owner's Manual Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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BE09936 The ultimate African Grey Book by Maggie Wright. Part of the Barron's Educational Series.

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The book covers themes like the nutritional and medical value of a variety of vegetables and herbs, what natural supplements can be used for parrots, how to convert a bird to a new food, why and how to feed seeds and much more.

Copyright 2006 - 79 pages - Paperback

by Mattie Sue Athan

Owners can overcome parrot problems such as screaming, biting, and feather chewing with this invaluable reference. Here too is expert information on feeding, bathing, communicating, proper equipment, plus safe interactions with children and other pets. Twenty-eight full-color photos and line drawings.

Table of Contents:
• Foreword
• Preface
• Who, What, When, and Where?
Parrot "Behaviorism"
This Is the Parrot
• Socialization
Passive Games Birds Like to Play
Patterning Happy Interactions
How to Pet a Parrot: Enticing the Hand-shy Bird to Seek Petting
Potty Training
• Behavorial Development
How a Parrot Learns Behavior
Avoiding the Hand-fed Baby Blues
The Developing Period
The Effects of Environment on Companion Parrot Behavior
Achieving Verbal Communication with a Parrot
Stimulating the Reluctant Talker
Territorialism in Young Parrots
Aggression in the Mature Parrot
• What to Expect
The Importance of Being "Tall"
A Bird Needs a Cage
The Screaming Parrot
A Bird's Gotta Chew What a Bird's Gotta Chew
Exercise and the Companion Parrot
Toys!
Grooming to Save a Parrot's Life
Birds and Bathing
Behavioral Feather Chewing
On the Shoulder
Reading Parrot Body Language
• The Companion Parrot in the Human World
Parrots and Children
Parrots and Other Pets
The Bird Who Spends the Day Alone
Hazards in the Home
In Case of Emergency: Disaster Preparations
Recapture: When Your Parrot Flies Away
• Stories
The Day Kitty Flew Away
Portia Got the Part
Redheads, Blondes, and "The Thunderbolt"
The Grey Parrot Who Wouldn't Talk
• Glossary
• Useful Addresses and Literature
• Index

Paperback / 144 Pages / / 1999

This fun, informative, and practical book will help you select, train, and nurture your Cockatoo. In full-color throughout, chapters include Choosing, Bringing Home, Understanding Your Companion, Nurturing, Training, and Health Care. Co-author Laurie Baker, a companion bird breeder and behaviorist, is a life member of the American Federation of Aviculture and owner of the Feathered Follies Bird Shop in California. Co-author Stuart Borden, a writer with a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Diego State University, acquired his first cockatoo at Feathered Follies. Together, they spare no punches about the hard work and diligence required in keeping these magnificent species.

ISBN: 9780910335089 Pages: 124 pp. Published: 2008 Illustrations: Color photos and diagrams Binding: Paperback Size: 6" x 9"

Covers all aspects of pet bird ownership, including selection, nutrition, behavior, home physicals, emergency medical care, preventative medicine, and much more. Presented in seventeen chapters, this book provides guidance on getting started, achieving optimum health, and understanding what your bird needs from you for a happy, healthy life. Includes an index of health and illness signs, general index, bibliography of additional resources, and superb photos and illustrations to support the detailed text. You will consider this book to be the most essential reference in your avian library, a constant source of reliable advice, assistance, and assurance for your bird\'s well-being.

ISBN: 1895270251 Pages: 441 pp. Published: 2003 Illustrations: Color and black/white photos and other illustrations Binding: Hardcover Size: 6\" x 9

Reviews \"Wow! This book is a gem. Packed with information and good insight, it needs to be a part of every pet bird owner\'s library. Dr. Gallerstein has done it again!\"

— Brian Speer, DVM

Dipl. ABVP, ECAMS

Co-author, The Large Macaws and Birds for Dummies



\"The Complete Pet Bird Owner\'s Handbook is a valuable addition to the home library. It encompasses a broad range of practical information from behavior and diet, to recognizing various illnesses and quickly stabilizing medical emergencies during those important minutes it takes to get to the veterinarian. Those new to bird \'parenthood\' will learn much from it and veteran bird \'parents\' will find The Complete Pet Bird Owner\'s Handbook a quick and valuable source of reference.\"

— Chris Davis, \"The Bird Lady,\" companion bird behavior consultant

Author of Demystifying Pet Bird Behavior

Co-author, Training Your Parrot the Alex Way



\"I thoroughly enjoyed the 3rd edition of Dr. Gallerstein\'s great book. I have recommended his book for my clients for years and look forward to offering the new edition to my bird-owning clients. This book is definitely a must-have for bird owners. I strongly recommend it.\"

— Amy B. Worell, DVM, ABVP



\"The contents of the The Complete Pet Bird Owner\'s Handbook are as good as the dramatic book cover promises. Dr. Gallerstein has made the third edition of the handbook user-friendly, and it\'s full of current information in this rapidly growing field. This book should be in the library of anyone with an interest in pet birds, including bird owners, aviculturists and veterinarians. The book is comprehensive, covering topics such as selecting a bird, proper caging and furnishing the cage, avian anatomy and physiology, basics of bird breeding, avian veterinary care, and when birds and owners part. The chapter on medical emergencies is particularly helpful because it begins with a table that lists the common avian emergencies with a rating of 1–3 stars to determine how quickly veterinary care is needed. Conveniently, there is an index of signs of illness observed by bird caretakers, with pages in the textbook that cover that subject. There is also a general index.

The new edition comes nine years after the second edition. Although there are parts of the text that have not changed, this new edition is easier to navigate and contains more information in the areas that are currently of greatest interest. The chapter on behavior has tripled in size and covers many more species, including a section on behavior of finches and canaries. The book contains more than 120 additional pages, compared with the second edition. This reasonably priced book is a valuable reference to have on the shelf.\"

— Rhoda Stevenson, DVM, ABVP

\"Book Reviews: For Your Client\'s Library,\" Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA), Volume 225: Number 12, Article 1859, December 15, 2004

A professional in animal behavior has created an easy-to-read step-by-step guide that uses positive reinforcement for teaching your parrot acceptable behavior. This book will help you deal with screaming, biting, feather-picking, bonding, and other difficult parrot behaviors. Chapters include Preparing the Companion Parrot Owner, Screaming, Biting, Bonding to One Person, Cage Bound Bird, and Feather Picking.

Training is a form of teaching. The companion parrot learns when the trainer positively reinforces (or rewards) each small step the subject takes towards the desired behavior. Using the principles described in training, it becomes easy to teach birds what is the desired response. The beauty of training using positive reinforcement is that it works! In this book the author prepares the trainer in the first chapter. She then describes some typical problem behavior scenarios experienced by companion parrot owners. She then provides an explanation as to why the behavior may be occurring and offers a step-by-step explanation of how to address the problem behavior using training techniques based on positive reinforcement.

Barbara Heidenreich has been a professional in the field of animal behavior since 1990. After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology she began her career teaching birds to present natural behaviors in zoos. In her fourteen years of working for various zoos, companies, and as an independent consultant, Barbara has been involved in the production of over fifteen different free flight bird presentations. Currently the President Elect of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators she is now a private animal training consultant working with zoological parks, nature centers, and the companion parrot community. Barbara hopes everyone can experience that truly rewarding relationship that can happen when animals are trained using positive reinforcement.

ISBN: 1895270278 Pages: 80 pp. Published: 2004 Illustrations: Black/white photos Binding: Paperback Size: 6" x 9"

A parrot breeder with twenty years of experience has created this must-have book for anyone who shares their life or wants to share their life with a Caique. Chapters include Identification and Characteristics, Places to Purchase, Coming Home, Feeding, Housing, Toys, Behavior and Training, Health Care, and a chapter dedicated to the Joys of Owning a Caique.

ISBN: 9780910335058 Pages: 58 pp. Published: 2007 Illustrations: Color photos Binding: Paperback Size: 6" x 9"