This text contains a complete yet concise treatise on owning parakeets for beginner and advanced breeders, covering every aspect of their keeping from breeding to training, and everything in between. A great addition to any collection of avicultural literature, this text is not to be missed by parakeet enthusiasts. The chapters contained within this book include: History, Description, Training, Taming, Talking, Feeding, General Care, Breeding, and Color Breeding. Many antique books such as this are increasingly rare and costly, and we are proud to republish this book now complete with a new introduction on aviculture and in the hope that the information contained herein can be of use to discerning readers for years to come.

A budgie, as the common parakeet is typically called, is the subject of this Complete Care Made Easy pet guide that presents new and experienced bird keepers with insight into every aspect of selecting, caring for, and maintaining well-behaved happy pet birds. Angela Davids has written an ideal introductory pet guide, with chapters on the characteristics of the irresistible budgie, the history of budgies in the wild, selection of a healthy, typical pet bird, housing and care, feeding, training, and health care. The selection chapter offers potential owners excellent advice about selection of the color and sex, suitability of the delicate budgie with families, children, and other pets. In the chapter on housing and care, the author discusses selection of the right cage, placement of the cage, and the purchase of toys, cups, perches, and more. A bird’s diet is critical to its ongoing health, and the chapter devoted to feeding the budgie gives the reader all the info he or she needs about choosing the best diet, different types of seeds, greens, fruits, veggies, grit, as well as human foods to avoid. The chapter “Training Time” addresses finger training, towel training, perch training, and offers an easy-to-follow primer on teaching a budgie to talk. The final two chapters of the book will be useful for bird fanciers interested in learning more about the breeding and the basic color variations and genetics of this perfect beginner’s bird. The book concludes with an appendix of bird societies, a glossary of terms, and a complete index.

Parakeets are loved by many persons, especially the ones that can domesticated as pets. The ring-necked parakeets are the ones that many people have as pets and this species can be found both in Asia as well as in Africa and Australia. When you have decided to pet a parakeet or a pair of parakeets as pets, it is very important that you know both how to house and to feed them. They love to fly as well as to climb and as such, their bird cage should be big enough to accommodate their activities both in length and well as in height. Albeit these birds do eat wild bird seeds, it is best for you to feed them with pet-grade bird seeds and preferably the organic type if you can find it. In addition to the pet-grade bird seeds, you will also need to add fruits and vegetables to their diet as this is very important especially when you are planning to breed them.When persons are breeding parakeets they usually prefer to have them in pairs so that they can know who parents the baby chicks. However, parakeets prefer to be in larger groups as they thrive much better that way. Parakeets can be very playful birds albeit the ones in the wild can be not as friendly as the domesticated ones which is quite understandable.If you buy them when they are young, you will need to have some interaction with them when every day until they become accustomed to you. Many persons love parakeets due to the fact that they can have a beautiful pet that can also talk if they train them to do so.Table of ContentsPublishers NotesDedicationFacts About Parakeets : A Few Facts About This Bird Every Owner Should KnowWhat Parakeets Eat : Feeding Parakeets Requires This Type Of KnowledgeBreeding Parakeets : If You Want To Breed Parakeets Then This Is A Must ReadParakeets Training : Can Parakeets Talk, This Chapter Will Tell You How To Make Yours ChatTypes Of Parakeets : The Different Types And Which One May Be Right For YouCages For Parakeets : This Is As Important As What You Feed The BirdRing Necked Parakeets : Why We Always Recommend This TypeABOUT THE AUTHOR:Alan McDaniel grew up deathly afraid of birds since one fateful day in the park when he was four years old and a pigeon flew down and took the popcorn he was eating right out of his hands and flew away.He stayed far away from all birds from that day onwards. Well at least until that day he went to the zoo and saw the ring-necked parakeets and was awe-struck by their beautiful colors and y the fact that they could actually speak.He surprised his dad by asking him if he could go closer t to bird cage and actually touch the bird. He was tentative at first but after the first touch of those smooth, beautiful feathers, he was completely in love and his love affair led him to breed them as well as to have them as pets.He travels all over the world to find them and photograph them and has a collection of wonderful pictures in a studio that is reserved just for developing and hanging his pictures of his beloved parakeets.Albeit he is not obsessed enough to deserve the "bird man" nickname he has gotten, he is certainly in awe of parakeets so much so that he can tell you anything you wish to now about and he could do this even in his sleep. The birds love him as much as he loves them and even the ones he gives away to loving homes, he still see them as his babies and keep track of them no matter how far away from him they end up having their home.

A budgie, as the common parakeet is typically called, is the subject of this Complete Care Made Easy pet guide that presents new and experienced bird keepers with insight into every aspect of selecting, caring for, and maintaining well-behaved happy pet birds. Angela Davids has written an ideal introductory pet guide, with chapters on the characteristics of the irresistible budgie, the history of budgies in the wild, selection of a healthy, typical pet bird, housing and care, feeding, training, and health care. The selection chapter offers potential owners excellent advice about selection of the color and sex, suitability of the delicate budgie with families, children, and other pets. In the chapter on housing and care, the author discusses selection of the right cage, placement of the cage, and the purchase of toys, cups, perches, and more. A bird’s diet is critical to its ongoing health, and the chapter devoted to feeding the budgie gives the reader all the info he or she needs about choosing the best diet, different types of seeds, greens, fruits, veggies, grit, as well as human foods to avoid. The chapter “Training Time” addresses finger training, towel training, perch training, and offers an easy-to-follow primer on teaching a budgie to talk. The final two chapters of the book will be useful for bird fanciers interested in learning more about the breeding and the basic color variations and genetics of this perfect beginner’s bird. The book concludes with an appendix of bird societies, a glossary of terms, and a complete index.

This vintage book contains a complete manual on the keeping of parakeets, with information on health, care, and training, talking, and breeding. Written in simple, plain language and full of useful hints and clear instruction, this is a volume that would be of considerable utility to the novice bird keeper. The chapters of this book include: “Aviculture”, “History”, “A Perfect Companion”, “Varieties of Parakeets”, “Popularity Spreads Around the World”, “Description”, “How to Determine Sex”, “Training”, “Care and Feeding”, “Ailments and How to Treat Them”, “Household Safety Hints”, Breeding”, etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.