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    How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot
    How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot
    How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot
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    How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot

    By ParrotLover

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    If you want to Raise a Happy and Most Importantly Healthy Parrot( ALL PARROT SPECIES) then this 81 page e-book is for you. This e-book covers a whole lot of Answers to Your Parrots, Behavior, health, Training questions and as well as a whole lot of advice. There is also information regarding the feeding, health issues, Feather Plucking,Cage and Accessories,Surefire ways to Spot Illness,Skwaking, Adopting a Parrot, Choosing the Right Parrot for You and a whole lot more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParrotLovers
    Release dateFeb 2, 2018
    ISBN9781386600527
    How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot

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      How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot - ParrotLover

      Disclaimer

      This e-book my not be distributed in any form, digitally via email, whatsoever in any manner. All Rights Reserved 2016

      Firstly, I Want to thank you for purchasing my e-book. Our aim is to help you, raise a Happy Healthy Parrot as Best as we can with proven advice that has helped millions.

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Introduction to Parrots

      Chapter 2

      Joys of Having Parrots

      Chapter 3

      Adopting the Perfect Parrot

      Chapter 4

      So Many Parrots – So little Time

      Chapter 5

      Preparing for Your New Arrival

      Chapter 6

      Feeding Your Parrot

      Chapter 7

      Taking Good Care of Your Parrot

      Chapter 8

      Teaching Your Parrot

      Chapter 1

      Introduction to Parrots

      Living with a parrot isn’t a choice every family makes. Whether it’s a choice you and your family should make - only you can tell for sure. Parrots are the Most Beautiful Birds, and require a lot of time and Patience. Parrots are costly too, and thus you will be responsible for taking the best possible care for your bird. And they live long too, some parrots lived to over 70 years.

      If you discover that it is, you’ll be delighted and amused by the endless hours, the countless days and wonderfully satisfying years of love, affection, companionship and entertainment that lies ahead.

      The constant companion atop the shoulder of the proverbial pirate who sails the seven seas (as seen on movies). These are typically most people’s responses when they think of a parrot. For the most part, you think of a bird that talks. In fact, so well-known are these birds for their remarkable ability to mimic what we say.

      But along with this bird’s ability to talk is the natural beauty, intelligence and genuine grace of the species. We in no way even begin to think that we’ve exhausted the wide array of parrots that are squawking somewhere in the world right now. This e-book will give you an idea of just how diverse this group of birds truly is.

      If you’re thinking about adding a parrot to your family, you may be limited in thinking about the type of bird you may be adopting. For members of the parrot family are as individual as you and me.

      What Makes a Parrot a Parrot?

      Lots of distinctive characteristics. First off, let’s get that scientific name out of the way. Parrots belong to a family called Psittacidae, otherwise identified as climbing birds.

      Within this large, extended families are different branches, including the parrot proper as one branch is referred to, Macaws, Cockatoos, Lories, Parakeets depending on the spelling.

      Parrots are so terrifically diverse. Just what makes them all parrots? Quite a bit apparently. Every parrot, no matter his size, colour, or personality, all share certain traits.

      Each member of the parrot family has a tongue. But not just any tongue. It’s soft, thick and fleshy. And it’s quite mobile. And each member of the parrot family possesses a complex larynx that has three distinct muscles. And this not only helps to distinguish them as parrots, but it allows them to parrot us humans quite well.

      In a few of the parrot species the tongue even comes to a point, looking somewhat like the end of an acorn. Additionally, you may find that the skin of the tongue is covered with small papillae – finger like appendages that are slightly flattened and arranged longitudinally.

      Even though you may think that the tongue on these birds evolved specifically for mimicking sounds, nothing could be further from the truth. In the parrot, the tongue is one of the sense organs, much like it is for us. The parrot tastes, touches and swallows with this organ.

      And, of course, each parrot has a beak. Some possess one that’s larger than another specie, but make no mistake about it, each parrot has a distinctive beak to call his own. If you were to study the beak of each member of this bird family, you’d learn that each is large, thick hard and solid. And it’s more than often has a rounded shape. The beak is also a very valuable tool he uses in climbing, walking, and even resting his body weight comfortably on his beak.

      The jaw is only loosely hinged with the skull. It’s, nonetheless, connected to the beak with a strong membrane as well as bones placed on either side of the bird’s head. And because of this the parrot can lift and depress his upper jaw at will. This also allows the bird to open his bill wider.

      It’s that little cock of his head that makes the parrot so delightfully cute – and at the same time gives him the appearance of great intelligence, when he seriously studies an object that is close to him.

      And there’s good reason for this. His eyes are placed on either side of his head. He cannot distinguish small objects which are held close to him without turning his head to one side.

      The upper and lower lids of his eyes are a continuous single lid, forming a rounded opening for the eyeball. If you ever really take a good, long look at a parrot, you’ll notice that he seldom winks like you or I do. He really doesn’t need to. Even though the upper portion of the lid is mobile, the bird possesses the power to contract his pupil at will, independent of the presence of light or dark.

      This contrasts to our pupil which dilates or expands automatically when we enter either the bright daylight or a dark room. He uses this power, most notably, when he’s angry, fearful or struck by some other strong emotion. As the bird ages, additionally, the colour of his iris deepens.

      Where Are the Parrot’s Ears?

      The ears of a parrot are small, oval openings. And they happen to be placed right above their eyes. You can’t see them well because the ears are covered in feathers, and they’re placed beyond the border of the care – or wrinkled skin. In some species of parrots, this area also includes the eye.

      If you take a critical survey of parrots, you’d discover that these colourful birds – at least most varieties of them – have short wings. Some varieties of the Macaw are the exception to this rule. They have long wings covered with long feathers.

      The body of the bird itself is quite bulky. This presents a few problems, one of them presenting a physical difficulty in raising themselves from the ground when attempting their take off for flight. But don’t worry, once they’re off the ground the they fly gracefully and easily. If you ever watch them in the wild, you’ll see that some varieties simply rise from one branch to another, seldom flying long distances.

      Twelve (12). That’s the usual number of tail feathers a parrot has. Of course, depending on the exact variety of parrot these feathers differ wildly in length. On some species, they’re short and on others they’re long, elegant and graceful looking. But usually there are 12.

      It’s amazing that a bird that presents itself as being so graceful and so beautiful really has short, clumsy legs. They are short. And with two toes that point forward and two that point backward, the average parrot looks a little awkward.

      But these toes are one of his most prized possessions. They enable him to climb – and climb well, quick and with ease. When he walks, he has an odd swing to his body.

      The toes are also instrumental when the parrot eats. He uses much like hands. He holds his food firmly with the claws of one of his feet, places

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