Parakeet: Your Happy Healthy Pet

The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly!

Whoever coined the term "birdbrained" wasn't familiar with parakeets. They're smart as well as funny and entertaining. This guide helps you with everything from preparing for and choosing a parakeet to teaching it to talk and perform tricks. It covers:
* Details on setting up a healthy home for your pet
* Everyday care, including feeding and grooming
* Veterinary care and common health problems
* Normal parakeet behaviors
* Parakeets and children

Parakeets can live up to eighteen years. That's a lot of companionship from a colorful little character who will undoubtedly find a perch in your heart.

Author: Julie Rach Mancini
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Howell Books
Published: 11/01/2005
Series: Your Happy Healthy Pet Guides #35
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.52h x 6.66w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780764599194
2nd Edition