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Tables of Contents for Barron's Cockatoos
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Considerations Before Buying
5
8
This Is the Cockatoo
5
2
Considerations Before Buying a Cockatoo
7
4
Considerations Before Buying a Second Cockatoo
11
1
Cockatoos and Other Parrots
11
1
Cockatoos and Other pets
11
1
Cockatoos and Children
11
2
Advice on Buying a Cockatoo
13
4
Where to Buy a Cockatoo
13
1
Choosing a Healthy Cockatoo
13
1
Determining Gender
14
1
Determining Age
14
1
Formalities of Purchase
15
2
Housing and Equipment
17
8
Keeping a Cockatoo Indoors
17
1
Equipment for Cages and Aviaries
18
2
Free Flight in the House
20
1
Open Perch or Indoor Climbing Tree
20
1
Keeping Cockatoos Outdoors
21
1
How-To: Building a Bird Shelter and Flight Cage
22
3
Acclimation and Care
25
12
Taking Your Bird Home
25
1
Placement in an Aviary
25
1
Hand-Taming
26
1
Learning to ``Talk''
26
1
If You Keep Two Cockatoos Indoors
27
1
Cleaning the Bird Shelter and the Flight Cage
27
2
Table of Dangers
29
5
How-To: Care Measures for House Birds
34
3
Diet
37
8
Manufactured Diets
37
1
Fruit, Green Feed, Sprouted Feed
37
1
Animal Protein
38
1
Inappropriate Food
39
1
Rearing Feed
39
3
Vitamins and Minerals
42
1
Drinking Water
42
1
Correct Feeding
42
1
Cleanliness and Hygiene
42
3
Health and Illness
45
8
First-aid Measures
45
1
The Visit to the Avian Veterinarian
45
1
Common Illnesses
46
7
Cockatoo Breeding
53
8
Species Protection
53
1
Species Overpopulation
53
1
Prerequisites for Successful Breeding
53
1
Pairing
54
1
Brooding Period
55
1
Courtship and Mating
55
1
Egg Laying and Brooding
55
3
Development of the Young
58
1
Hand-raising
58
1
What to Watch Out for During Brooding
59
2
Understanding Cockatoos
61
8
How Cockatoos Live Together in Nature
61
1
Expected Behavior in Companion Cockatoos
62
4
Managing Behavior in Companion Cockatoos
66
3
Cockatoo Species
69
8
Interesting Facts About Cockatoos
69
1
Frequently Kept Cockatoo Species
70
7
Information
77
1
Index
78