Table of Contents

  1. VALUE OF PETS
• Popularity

• Birds become our friends

• Brings nature into our lives

• Entertainment and recreation

• Helps overcome loneliness

• One of the least understood pets

• Birds can contribute ...

• Pride of ownership

• Bird care is relatively easy ...

• Overcoming fear of animals

• Pet birds can bring unexpected happiness

• One of the hardiest of the world's creatures
  1. BIRDS CAN BECOME VALUABLE PETS
• Life in the wild

• Birds can become valuable pets

• Communication

• Learning ability and performance

• Emotions

• Love

• Joy

• Loneliness

• Fear- The culprit
  1. BIRD BEHAVIOR
• A Learning experience

• Mimicking

• Work and Play

• Suspicion

• Mirrors and Shining objects

• Escape

• Fighters or bluffers

• Scolding

• Vacations
  1. TAMING
• The First Days in a New Home

• Preparatory Measures Before Taming Starts

• Communicating - An Important Part of Friendship

• Feeding a Hungry Bird

• Touch Taming for Parakeets and Other Small Birds

• Contact Taming for Larger Birds
  1. CAGE, EXERCISE AREA and FURNISHINGS
• What's Best for Pet Birds?

• Living Area for Pet Birds

• The Danger of Cages

• Cage Paper

• Cage Cover

• Perches

• Equipment-Bird Bath

• Food and Water Cups

• Recreation Equipment
  1. NUTRITION
• Bird Owner #1 Priority

• Why "High Octane" Food for Birds?

• Commercial Diets are a Bonanza for Pet Birds

• Diet Supplementation with Table Food

• Seed in Birds' Diets

•  Vitamins, Mineral, Grit

• The Thirsty Bird

• Normal Weight-Overweight

• Mealtime Should be a Special Occasion

• Introducing Pet Birds to New Foods
  1. ENVIRONMENT
• Pet Bird Surroundings

• Prepared or Unprepared for Cold and Drafts

• Heat

• Humidity

• Clean Air

• Cage Location

• Daylight and Darkness

• Music and Other Sounds

• Hot Air Ducts
  1. FACTS & CARE;
    BEAKS & NAILS
• The Incredible Beak

• Psychological Need for Beak Activities

• Physical Need for Beak Activities

• Care to Prevent Beak Problems

• Nail Trimming
  1. FACTS & CARE;
    EYE & EAR
• Remarkable Eyes, Amazing Vision

• Communicating Animals Require Good Hearing
  1. FACTS & CARE;
    FEATHERS
• An Engineering Marvel

• Feather Facts

• Preening

• Bathing

• Molting-A Time for Special Care

• Feather Picking

• Ruffled Feathers
  1. FACTS & CARE;
    RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• A Superior System

• A System Worth Protecting

• Signs of Respiratory Problems

• Recommendations
  1. FACTS & CARE;
    DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• A Super Efficient System

• Passing Droppings

• Interpretation of Droppings
  1. THIRTY-THREE DANGERS
• THIRTY-THREE DANGERS
  1. SIGN OF SICKNESS
    and EMERGENCY TREATMENT
• Birds are Masters at Hiding Signs of Sickness

• Signs of Sickness in Pet Birds

• Emergency Treatment

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