Birds For Dummies. Gina Spadafori

Converting Your Bird’s Diet Feeding Birds of a (Slightly) Different Feather: Lories and Lorikeets Chapter 7: Beyond Food and Water: Bird Basics Translating Bird Body Language Getting a Handle on Your Bird Practicing Good Grooming Bird Care When You Can’t Harness Training Taking Your Bird with You

      7  Part 3: Keeping Your Bird Healthy Chapter 8: How Birds Work: The Short Course The Outside: More than Just Beautiful Finding Your Inner Bird Chapter 9: A Preventive Care Approach to Your Bird’s Health Understanding Why Preventive Care Is the Best Care Following a Three-Part Plan for Preventive Care Finding the Right Veterinarian Chapter 10: Your Bird in Sickness — and Back to Health Remembering That Birds Are Birds — Not People, Not Dogs Understanding the Role of Home Care Knowing First-Aid Basics Looking at Infectious Diseases That Panic Parrot Lovers Offering Supportive Care Chapter 11: Lifelong Care for Your Bird Why Birds Are Living Longer Health and the Older Bird Knowing When It’s Time to Say Goodbye What If You Go First?

      8  Part 4: Living Happily with Your Bird Chapter 12: Behavior 101: Getting to “Good Bird!” Setting the Stage for Good Behavior Problem-Solving Unwanted Behaviors Deciding What to Do If You Can’t Solve a Big Problem Chapter 13: Living in a Multiple-Bird Household Deciding Between Companion Birds and Breeders Understanding the Closed Aviary Concept: Rules to Live By Choosing Compatible Birds Recognizing the Joys and Challenges of Breeding Chapter 14: Caring for Chickens and Other Backyard Poultry Chickens with Benefits: Seeing What Chickens Have to Offer Considering Different Chicken Breeds Buying Chicks or Chickens Poultry Keeping 101 Keeping Your Chickens Safe around Other Family Pets Keeping Other Kinds of Poultry

      9  Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 15: Ten Bird Myths Debunked Birds Are Low-Maintenance Pets Birds Are High-Maintenance Companions Birds Are Fragile A Hand-Fed Bird Makes a Better Pet Seed Is the Best Diet for Birds Birds Get Mites and Lice Easily Birds Catch Colds from People A Sick Bird Is a Dead Bird Lovebirds Will Die of Loneliness If Not Kept in Pairs All Parrots Talk Chapter 16: Ten Steps to a Healthy Bird The Physical Examination Having Your Vet Review Your Caging and Husbandry Techniques Feeding Your Bird a Healthy Diet Performing a Behavioral Checkup Introducing a New Bird to Your Household without Endangering the Birds You Already Have Ordering Blood Tests Screening for Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungi If Necessary Testing for the Specific Causes of Some Diseases Determining Your Bird’s Gender Considering Vaccination Chapter 17: Ten Questions to Ask When Buying a Bird Where Do You Get Your Birds? How Many Birds Do You Sell per Year? What Are the Terms of the Sales Contract and