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The Essential Cockatoo by Laurie Baker & Stuart Borden - 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. Author Laurie Baker, a companion bird breeder and behaviorist, is a life member of the American Association of Aviculture and owner of Feathered Follies Bird Shop in California. She spares no punches about the hard work and diligence required in some areas of keeping these magnificent species.

The Essential Cockatoo

by Laurie Baker & Stuart Borden

Good Bird! A Guide to Solving Behavioral Problems in Companion Parrots! by Barbara Heidenreich - 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.

Good Bird! A Guide to Solving Behavioral Problems in Companion Parrots!

by Barbara Heidenreich

The Complete Pet Bird Owner's Handbook (Revised Edition) by Dr. Gary A. Gallerstein - 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.

The Complete Pet Bird Owner's Handbook (Revised Edition)

by Dr. Gary A. Gallerstein

 

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The African Grey Parrot Handbook by Mattie Sue Athan & Dianalee Deter - Comprehensive, easy-to-read advice for anyone living with these intelligent parrots. Presents useful information about the general characteristics and nutritional needs of African Greys, proper socialization techniques, housing requirements, health care, grooming, and suggestions for dealing with behavioral problems. Entertaining stories illustrate each topic.

The African Grey Parrot Handbook NEW

by Mattie Sue Athan & Dianalee Deter

Price: $12.95
Atlas of Clinical Avian Hematology by Phillip Clark, Wayne Boardman & Shane Raidal - This book is designed as a concise quick-reference guide to avian medical and surgical problems for companion animal and wildlife veterinarians and nurses. Eminently practical, this classic avian text is prized for its down-to-earth approach and is organized to help practitioners assess and deal with problems quickly. This third edition includes new contributions from world-renowned experts in avian medicine, a new chapter on the special senses of birds, an infectious diseases section highlighting avian zoonotics, and fully up-to-date diagnostic and imaging techniques.

Atlas of Clinical Avian Hematology NEW

by Phillip Clark, Wayne Boardman & Shane Raidal

Price: $157.95
The Budgerigar by Dr. Rob Marshall - Written by renowned avian vet Dr. Rob Marshall, this book contains information essential for keeping Budgerigars as pet birds, in aviaries, and especially, in the development of exhibition bloodlines. Every pertinent topic is covered, including Budgerigars in the wild, behavior, environment, nutrition, health, genetics, and breeding.

The Budgeriar NEW

by Dr. Rob Marshall

Price: $119.95
The Birdkeepers' Guides: Senegal Parrots by Tammy Gagne - This book contains all newly authored text by an expert on bird care and provides concise yet complete coverage of subjects like training, feeding, housing, species, health care, and grooming. The family-friendly focus throughout the book, most specifically in tip boxes on parrot-related activities for children, makes it perfect for pet parents of all ages. In addition to Senegals, the author discusses all the species of Poicephalus parrots kept as pets, including Meyer's, Jardine's, Red-bellied, and Brown-headed Parrots. Full-color photos, sidebars, and expert advice tip boxes in each chapter illustrate key points throughout the text.

The Birdkeepers' Guides: Senegal Parrots NEW

by Tammy Gagne

Price: $12.95
Caiques: Their Care, Breeding and Some Natural History by Dr. John C. McMichael - Caiques are given in-depth coverage in this informative book for aviculturalists, pet owners, and enthusiasts. Divided into three parts, the first deals with pet care, the second with breeding, and the third with esoteric and scientific topics. Topics include deciding if you are a 'parrot person'; parrot-proofing your home; cage selection, placement, lighting, and cleaning; diet; bathing and grooming; keeping pairs as pets; caiques and other pets (including other birds); life cycle and maturation; behavior and training; health; travel; recapturing an escaped bird; breeding, incubation, and hand-feeding; and natural history, taxonomy, ecology, conservation, mutations, and hybrids.

Caiques NEW

by Dr. John C. McMichael

Price: $49.95
Canaries: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual by Dr. Thomas Haupt - Canaries are wonderful singing birds and relatively easy to care for. Here is expert information and advice to help you take good care of your Canary, including origins, physical traits, life cycles, care, feeding, housing, health care, activities, body language, and vocal language.

Canaries: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual NEW

by Dr. Thomas Haupt

Price: $8.95
The Cockatiel Handbook by Mary Gorman - These attractive members of the parrot family come in a variety of colors. This handbook offers detailed information on purchasing the right bird, building a bond, caging, nutrition, health care, and much more.

The Cockatiel Handbook NEW

by Mary Gorman

Price: $12.95
Conures: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual by Gayle Soucek - These small members of the parrot family are intelligent and sociable by nature, and make very popular pets for bird lovers. Here is everything a new pet owner needs to know about caring for conures and keeping them as pets, including purchasing, feeding, health care, training, grooming, and more. Heavily illustrated with high-quality photos and anatomically accurate line drawings.

Conures: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual NEW

by Gayle Soucek

Price: $8.95
A Dictionary of the Turacos by Robert G. Black - This dictionary lists all of the terms, both common English names and scientific, that have been used for any of the turacos since their original discovery and description. In addition, for aviculturists in areas where English is not the native language, a variety of appendices are included with the names of the turacos in other languages.

A Dictionary of the Turacos NEW

by Robert G. Black

Price: $14.95
Expert Companion Bird Care Series (Volume 1) by Dr. M. Scott Echols & Dr. Brian L. Speer

Expert Companion Bird Care Series (Volume 1) DVD NEW

by Dr. M. Scott Echols & Dr. Brian L. Speer

Price: $24.95
Get Your Bird Back!: What to Do When A Parrot is Lost by Barbara Heidenreich & Robin Shewokis - There are few things more heartbreaking than when a beloved parrot accidentally escapes. Barbara Heidenreich and Robin Shewokis were inspired to make this DVD by the thousands of pleas from parrot owners desperately seeking help to recapture a lost bird. This DVD features detailed instructions to help you get your lost parrot back, as well as useful tools such as lost bird flyers, lists of people to contact and a variety of parrot calls. This DVD is a must for any parrot owner. Be prepared. Learn in advance how to prevent the heartache so many have experienced when a parrot is lost. You can get your bird back and this DVD can help.

Get Your Bird Back!: What to Do When A Parrot is Lost DVD NEW

by Barbara Heidenreich & Robin Shewokis

Regular Price: $21.95
Good Parrotkeeping: A Comprehensive Guide to All Things Parrot by Robin Deutsch - Written by an expert on parrot care, nutrition, and training, this all-inclusive guide provides in-depth coverage of topics vital to proper parrot care, including behavior, housing, feeding, training, and health care. The book features almost every species of parrot that is in the pet hobby (over 300 in total), including parakeets, cockatiels, macaws, cockatoos, lovebirds, and conures, and organizes them by their keeping parameters. As some parrots are more closely related than others, a detailed parrot chart notes their suitability as pets and ranks the birds by level of noise, messiness, ability to talk, and other qualities parrot-keepers need to know when deciding which birds are most appropriate for their home. Numerous tip boxes discuss how to make toys, solve behavior problems, and keep a parrot happy and healthy. Full-color photos, sidebars, and tip boxes illustrate key points throughout the authoritative text. The full spectrum of informative coverage makes this book a one-stop guide for bird hobbyists of every experience level — beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Good Parrotkeeping: A Comprehensive Guide to All Things Parrot NEW

by Robin Deutsch

Price: $19.95
Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior (Second Edition) by Mattie Sue Athan - This revised and updated book offers a wealth of advice on such topics as choosing between a young parrot and an older bird, selecting and training a talking parrot, modifying some of a companion bird's behavior traits and reinforcing positive behavior changes, keeping the bird groomed and away from household safety hazards, coping with screaming or feather chewing, and virtually all other aspects of care. The author concludes by recounting several amusing anecdotes about companion parrots and their various owners.

Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior (Second Edition) NEW

by Mattie Sue Athan

Price: $15.00
A Guide to Rosellas and Their Mutations (Revised Edition) by Russell Pringle - This Australian Birdkeeper book provides extensive genetic details on primary and combination Rosella mutations bred worldwide. Contents include taxonomy, general management, housing, feeding, nutritional requirements, health and diseases, and breeding and genetics. Species covered include the Eastern, Blue-cheeked, Pale-headed, Northern, Western, Crimson, Yellow, Adelaide, and Green Rosella, and their mutations and combinations.

A Guide to Rosellas and Their Mutations (Revised Edition) NEW

by Russell Pringle

Price: $75.00
Handbook of Avian Medicine (Second Edition) by Dr. Thomas N. Tully, Dr. Gerry M. Dorrestein & Alan Jones - This reference gives the small animal practitioner a complete information source for the basics of avian medicine and surgery. It pulls together the international expertise of the avian veterinary community by incorporating the knowledge of authors world-wide. The first six chapters cover the basic medical information needed to run a primary care avian practice. The focus here is on introductory level material and the average companion animal practice. If you see between one and five birds a week, this text is for you. The later chapters are species-specific and help the veterinarian in evaluating, treating, and/or referring various bird species. The new edition builds on the success of the first edition and includes full colour illustrations throughout.

Handbook of Avian Medicine (Second Edition) NEW

by Dr. Thomas N. Tully, Dr. Gerry M. Dorrestein & Alan Jones

Price: $145.00
Handbook of the Birds of the World (Volume 14): Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & David Christie (Editors) - The Handbook of the Birds of the World seriesis the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the species of birds in the world. Volume 14 covers Order Passeriformes: Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes), Prionopidae (Helmet-shrikes), Vangidae (Vangas), Dicruridae (Drongos), Callaeidae (New Zealand Wattlebirds), Notiomystidae (Stitchbird), Grallinidae (Mudlarks), Corcoracidae (Australian Mudnesters), Artamidae (Woodswallows), Cracticidae (Butcherbirds), Pityriaseidae (Bristlehead), Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds), Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise), Corvidae (Crows), Buphagidae (Oxpeckers), Sturnidae (Starlings), and Passeridae (Old World Sparrows).

Handbook of the Birds of the World (Volume 14): Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows NEW

by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & David Christie (Editors)

Price: $299.00
The Parrotlet Handbook by Sandee Molenda - This book contains reliable information on cage maintenance and general care of this popular bird, including purchasing, feeding, health care, training, grooming, and more. Heavily illustrated with high-quality photos and anatomically accurate line drawings.

The Parrotlet Handbook NEW

by Sandee Molenda

Price: $12.95
Radiology of Birds: An Atlas of Normal Anatomy and Positioning by Dr. Sam Silverman & Dr. Lisa Tell - Use this atlas to interpret radiographic images and make accurate diagnoses. Hundreds of high-quality images clearly demonstrate normal avian anatomic and radiographic features in a wide variety of species so that you can recognize abnormal features. Line drawings are superimposed on radiographic images, so you can identify anatomic structures accurately. Alternative imaging studies, including CT, MRI, ultrasound, GI, urogram, and other contrast media studies, allow advanced diagnostic interpretation. Includes detailed directions for patient positioning along with radiographic exposure guidelines, ensuring that you obtain the highest quality diagnostic images. A companion CD includes all of the radiographic images in the book for digital monitor viewing.

Radiology of Birds: An Atlas of Normal Anatomy and Positioning NEW

by Dr. Sam Silverman & Dr. Lisa Tell

Price: $145.00
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens (Third Edition) by Gail Damerow - This thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling classic has all the information you need to successfully keep chickens, from choosing breeds and hatching chicks to building coops and keeping birds healthy and safe from predators. This update contains a new chapter on training chickens and understanding their intelligence, expanded coverage of hobby farming, new information on avian influenza and fowl first aid, and much more.

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens (Third Edition) NEW

by Gail Damerow

Price: $19.95

 

 

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