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Author:
Mattie Sue Athan
By Barron's Educational Series
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List Price: $11.99
Our Price: $6.86
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Barron's Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.6865
EAN: 9780764136672
ISBN: 0764136674
Label: Barron's Educational Series
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2007-09-21
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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- ISBN13: 9780764136672
- Condition: New
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Product Description
This expanded new edition of a popular parrot-training book explains parrot psychology and discusses the ways in which parrot owners can apply it to solve behavior problems. The author cites the most common problems--screaming, biting, and feather-chewing--and tells how to remedy them. She also stresses the need for periodic reinforcement of desirable parrot behavior traits and advises on many aspects of good parrot care, including proper nutrition and providing the bird with steady companionship. The text is complemented with many attractive and instructive color photos and line art.
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Very helpful, 2009-08-06
This book is full of helpful information. It not only talks about how to stop unwanted behaviors but, even more importantly, it talks about how to prevent them. There are lots of exercises in the book that aim to help build a bond between owner and parrot and to help prevent unwanted behaviors. Lots of information on how to prevent boredom, stimulate talking/mimicking, reading body language, stopping/preventing screaming, and emergency preparedness. Overall, a very good book. Highly recommend it for any bird owner.
Your Parrot: The Missing Manual, 2010-07-17
If this is the first parrot you have ever adopted, you and your bird *need* this book.
When we adopted our second family Macaw, the owners of the bird specialty shop he come from practically shoved this book int our hands and they were absolutely right.
We have now had Pickels for 7 years of a marvelous, wonderful relationship. But it never would've started without the advice and explanations this book contains. A parrot has a VERY different psychology from a dog, cat or any othee pet you've encountered and as its human companion you NEED to understand it.
Great Book!!, 2009-05-02
I got this book as a part of my research when I was collecting information on Greys. I wanted it for a reference so I wouldn't do anything wrong with my Timneh. I wanted to make sure I made her happy and well adjusted. This is a great book for that. Mattie Sue knows her birds.
Polly Wants a Cracker, 2009-06-21
I have a 26 year old Senegal Parrot. Throughout the years, I have had many questions about her behavior, playfulness, talking, nutrition, health and training. Virtually all of these questions have been answered in this book. Sometimes the answers are so simple I'll wonder why I didn't think of them myself.
Some things I've learned that are helpful is that my bird should not be higher than I am so it's not good to put her on my shoulder. The higher she is, the more dominant she feels. I also learned that her nutritional needs are similar to an adult humans. We feed her what we eat along with some runner's gorp. I learned about her changing loyalties to either my husband or myself which may be a result of sexual orientation and maturation.
I recommend this book for anyone who has a parrot and wants to learn about this fascinating animal. Parrots are smart, funny and wonderful pets - - but only for the knowledgeable owner.
Good book, 2009-10-04
This book gives you an overview of parrot behaviour and introduction to parrot traininng. For a very beginner like me it is great!
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