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Tables of Contents for Parrots
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
About the Nature of the Parrot
4
7
Where Parrots Live
4
1
Parakeet or Parrot?
4
1
Typical of All Parrots
4
2
Common Characteristics
6
2
Housemate with Demands
8
1
Things That May Get on Your Nerves
8
1
What to Consider in Making a Decision
8
3
Equipment and Purchase
11
7
Buy the Cage First
11
1
The Indoor Aviary
11
1
Location for Cage or Indoor Aviary
11
1
Practical Tips for Arranging Cage and Aviary
12
2
Important Facts about Species Protection
14
1
The Difficulty of Choosing
15
1
Is the Parrot Healthy?
15
1
Young Is Better Than Old
16
1
What Sex?
16
1
The Formalities of Purchase
16
2
Cautious Acclimation
18
4
The First Hours at Home
18
1
The First Days with the Parrot
18
1
Undisturbed Nights
19
1
The First Weeks with the Parrot
19
1
Exercise and Occupation
20
1
Hand-taming
21
1
Life with a Parrot
22
15
Preparing for the First Outing
22
1
The First Flight
22
1
The Greatest Danger: Escape
23
1
Training
23
1
Let It Come!
23
1
The Sharp Beak
24
1
Wing Clipping, Yes or No?
25
1
How-To: Climbing Tree and Free-standing Perch
26
2
How to Clip Wings
28
1
Required Humidity
28
2
Care Plan (table)
30
1
Everyday Parrot Life
31
1
Parrots Are Smart
31
1
Parrot Speech
32
1
How to Encourage Speaking
32
1
Getting Two Parrots Used to Each Other
32
1
What To Do?
32
1
The Moment Has Arrived
33
1
What to Do with the Parrot When
34
1
Hazards for a Parrot
35
2
Proper Diet
37
7
What Parrots Eat
37
1
Seeds as a Staple
37
1
How-To: Fresh Food
38
2
Suitable Seeds and Grains for Parrots
40
1
Monitoring Quality
41
1
Gathering Wild Plants
41
1
Fruits and Vegetables
41
1
Important Nutrients
42
1
Food from the Family Table
42
1
Drinking Water
43
1
When Your Parrot Is Sick
44
6
Altered Behavior
44
1
Molting
44
2
How-To: First Aid
46
3
Malformation and Shedding of Feathers
49
1
Feather Plucking
49
1
Psittacosis
49
1
Breeding Your Parrots
50
6
Mating
50
1
The Nesting Box
50
1
Entering the Nesting Box
51
1
Getting Used to Rearing Foods
51
1
Brooding
52
1
What to Do with the Young?
52
2
How-To: Young Birds
54
2
Understanding Parrots
56
8
Typical Movements
56
1
Frequent Behaviors
56
2
Your Parrot's Senses
58
1
Monogamy
59
1
Pair Formation
59
1
Pair Bonding
60
1
Courtship and Mating
61
1
Disagreements
62
1
Reading Behavior Patterns
62
1
Fear and Fright
62
1
Comfortable Relaxation
62
1
Urgent Requests
63
1
Attack Caused by Agitation
63
1
Confusion
63
1
Popular Parrot Species
64
18
Threatened with Extinction
64
1
Notes on the Profiles
64
2
Amazons
66
4
Macaws
70
2
Parrotlets
72
1
Caiques
72
1
Pionus Parrots
73
1
Lovebirds
74
2
Long-Winged Parrots
76
1
African Gray Parrot
77
1
Cockatoos
78
3
Eclectus Parrots
81
1
Glossary
82
10
Useful Literature and Addresses
92
1
Index
93