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Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot
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 trait...more
Paperback, 133 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Barron's Educational Series
(first published March 1993)
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There were some really great ideas in this book. Like I've been trying to get my cockatiel into eating veggies and this book suggested that I make them into toys for the cockatiel instead of just putting them in a bowl or on a plate. I've already started to leave "carrot rings" hanging on the side of his cage for a few hours and after he got over the initial hissing scared phase, he's actually nibbled on them a little.
Very cool book.
Very cool book.
As a professional parrot behavior consultant, this is one of the classics, and one I always recommend to clients.
This is on the top-five of parrot books I have read. Barron's has put out quite a few really insightful ones. This is geared towards someone who has already selected a parrot and is preparing or finds themselves in a heap of shit (literally) because they can't communicate with their feathered friend. It's easy to read, really well-constructed, so you can find the parts of the book that speak to you and your problem, and -- well, you should just get it and read it. Every parrot's companion would ...more
Very compassionate, readable and informative for the new parrot owner.
my parrot has some problems. really, just one problem. HIS BEAK.
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