Construct a comfortable enclosure and prep your home so your bird can
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Introducing the Parakeet 5
Chapter 1: Parakeets: More Than Just Pretty, Whistling Birds 7
Chapter 2: Is a Parakeet Your Perfect Companion? 13
Chapter 3: Finding and Selecting a Parakeet 27
Chapter 4: Home Tweet Home: Preparing for Your Parakeet 37
Part 2: Caring for Your Parakeet 59
Chapter 5: Polly Want a Cracker? Feeding Your Parakeet Properly 61
Chapter 6: Pretty Bird! Grooming Your Parakeet 75
Chapter 7: Come Here Often? Getting to Know Your Parakeet 85
Part 3: Training and Breeding Your Parakeet 97
Chapter 8: Good Bird! Taming and Training Your Parakeet 99
Chapter 9: Keeping Your Parakeet Healthy and Handling Emergencies 115
Chapter 10: Bouncing Baby Budgies: Breeding Your Parakeets 131
Part 4: The Part of Tens 145
Chapter 11: Ten Facts about Parakeets 147
Chapter 12: Ten Fun and Informative Parakeet and Budgie Websites 149
Index 151
