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Parrots make a wonderful alternative to the traditional pet. Theyre as loving, intelligent, companionable, and entertaining as a cat or a dog but they surpass them by far in many other ways. They dont require walks around the block, theyre perfect for apartment living, most have long life spans, and theyre full of personality. Besides, when was the last time you saw a vibrant blue cat or had a conversation with a talking dog?

Whether you are just thinking about buying a parrot or youve had parrots for years, Parrots for Dummies is full of helpful information about how to be the best parrot guardian you can be. Parrots for Dummies is packed full of useful tips, hints, reminders, and warnings about everything related to parrots and their care, including:

  • Picking a parrot
  • Bringing a new parrot home
  • Parrot behavior made simple
  • Taming and training your bird
  • Travel tips

Author Nikki Moustaki, avian care and behavior consultant and author of Parakeets for Dummies, gives you all of her experienced advice about owning, caring for, and loving parrots. She draws on her professional knowledge as well as her personal familiarity with the bird to show you how to make the most of your parrot-guardian relationship. She includes information on:

  • Purchasing and adopting a parrot
  • Proper housing and food
  • Parrot illnesses and diseases
  • Correcting behavioral problems
  • Living in a multiple parrot household
  • Breeding and showing parrots

In addition to all the help and guidance, Parrots for Dummies comes with a full-color insert with pictures of over 25 different kinds of parrots to help you choose a new pet that catches your eye or find your existing pets nearest relation. So whether youre buying your first parrot or looking for some advice about an old friend, Parrots for Dummies has something for you.

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Parrots For Dummies

by Nikki Moustaki

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Parrots For Dummies

Published by
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
111 River St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.wiley.com

Copyright 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

Published simultaneously in Canada

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2005923243

ISBN: 978-0-7645-8353-7

Manufactured in the United States of America

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About the Author

Avian Care and Behavior Consultant, Nikki Moustaki, M.A., M.F.A., is the author of 14 books on bird care and behavior, including Parakeets For Dummies and Finches For Dummies. In her practice as an avian consultant, she works with clients to heal the strained relationships between themselves and their feathered friends. Nikki writes for several magazines, including Bird Talk magazine and Pet Product News. She is the host of www.goodbird.com and regularly gives educational talks to bird clubs and societies. Nikki is also on the board of directors of the Shyne Foundation, a nonprofit free flight avian sanctuary (www.shynefoundation.org).

Nikki has been involved with birds since 1988, when she became very active in several bird clubs and began breeding and showing birds. She had several dozens of parrots at that time, many of them rescues, as her hobby grew. She worked in pet shops for seven years and eventually went on to manage an all-bird shop. These many years spent working in pet shops, breeding birds, and traveling to bird shows gave her unique insight into the various issues that people encounter with their avian companions. Aside from reading everything she could find about birds over the years, she acquired a variety of birdy mentors, including veterinarians, breeders, and rescuers, and received invaluable hands-on experience through them as well as through her own birds.

Nikki has kept lovebirds, cockatiels, budgies (parakeets), lories, macaws, Amazons, conures, Brotergeris, poicephalus, finches, and canaries. She became aware of the bird overpopulation problem around 1993, stopped breeding birds, and began helping in rescue efforts. Today, Nikki lives with various animals, including an African Grey parrot and a Meyers parrot, as well as two schnauzers and a miniature poodle. She splits her time between New York City and South Florida.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the loving memory of my grandfather, Soli B. Moustaki, who loved birds and who gave me my very first pair of parakeets when I was a little girl.

Authors Acknowledgments

Thank you to all of the people who have helped make this book a solid and informative piece of avian literature: Corbin Collins for his wonderful editing and snarky sense of humor; Tracy Boggier for signing it up and for being the cool chick that she is; Dr. Greg Burkett, D.V.M., for his invaluable advice (www.birdieboutique.com); Carolyn Swicegood for her cyber-friendship and her knowledge about avian nutrition and other great stuff (www.landofvos.com); Bob and Liz Johnson for being spectacular birdy mentors (www.shynefoundation.org); Dr. Irene Pepperberg for reading the intelligence chapter (www.alexfoundation.org); and to all of my friends who supported me throughout the writing of this book.

A huge thank you to all of the people who contributed their photos to this book. It couldnt have happened without you. A special thanks to Vicki Johnson and her caiques for going the extra mile to make sure I had all of the photos I needed. Thanks to Bridget Morrison for being there through thick and thin. Last but not least, thanks to all of the birds that have come through my life and taught me so much.

Publishers Acknowledgments

Were proud of this book; please send us your comments through our Dummies online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/.

Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following:

Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development

Editor: Corbin Collins

Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier

Editorial Program Assistant: Courtney Allen

Technical Editor: Becky Margison

Editorial Manager: Michelle Hacker

Editorial Supervisor: Carmen Krikorian

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