Feathered Frenzy! A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life
1/5
()
About this ebook
Overwhelmed by the scattered information on caring for your pet bird? Fret no longer! This quick guide gives you the basics for establishing a "bird home" and gives you tips and tricks from a veteran bird owner on how to life an easy, happy, stress free life with your avian companions.
Sherri Fulmer Moorer
What is reality? Do we experience it, or create it? Or, in a universe of expansion and chaos, is it a canvas where we experience all possibilities of existence?Welcome to a place where you can explore the fragile state of reality. Where every thought, word, decision, and action are steps to break or create the nature of what is real. Where all things work together in the multidimensional flow of reality to make all things are possible.
Read more from Sherri Fulmer Moorer
So You Want to Be a Writer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen a Pet Dies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Eleventh Hour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnywhere But Here Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSplinter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPhantasm: Book Two of The Sentience Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInversion, Book Four of The Sentience Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuarantine Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Alive: Slice of Life Vignettes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsObsidian (Book Two of The Tanger Falls Mystery) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShatterpoint: Smashing the Christian Stereotype Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Experiment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMove (Book One of The Tanger Falls Mystery) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTips to Navigate National Novel Writing Month Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDomino, Book One of The Sentience Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlurry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevenant, Book Three of The Sentience Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost and Found Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIncursion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTerminal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHoyle's Carnival Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Feathered Frenzy! A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life
Related ebooks
The Parrot Reckonings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPreparing For My First Cockatiel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Guide to Parrots and Parakeets - A Concise Guide to Buying and Caring for These Beautiful Birds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pleasure of Their Company: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Training Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVegetable Medleys for Parrots Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cockatiel Lessons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBirds Off the Perch: Therapy and Training for Your Pet Bird Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Parrot, My Friend: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Behavior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parrot Tricks: Teaching Parrots with Positive Reinforcement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5African Brown-Headed Parrot: A Human's Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Conure Handbook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Talking Budgie (Australian Shell Parrakeet) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Aid For Birds: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Dream Pet Cockatiel: Dream Birds, #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Conures: A Guide to Caring for Your Conure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCockatiel: Your Happy Healthy Pet Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Teaching Your Bird to Talk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parakeets And Budgies – Raising, Feeding, And Hand-Training Your Keet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parrot Training: A Guide to Taming and Gentling Your Avian Companion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Raise a Healthy, Happy Well Adjusted Parrot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Feather Plucking Prevention & Cure: Pet Owner's Guides, #3 Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Cockatiels: A Guide to Caring for Your Cockatiel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConure: Your Happy Healthy Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Poicephalus Parrots Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Parrot: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Bite Me - A Parrot, a Family, and a Whole Lot of Flesh Wounds Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Why Does My Parrot...? Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Talking Parakeets (Budgies) - Complete Manual on Their Care, Training and Breeding Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndian Ringnecks. Indian Ringnecks pets. Indian Ringneck Owners Manual. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy Does My Bird Do That: A Guide to Parrot Behavior Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Birds For You
Parrot Parenting: The Essential Care and Training Guide to +20 Parrot Species Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bird Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Birds For Dummies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Canaries - A Complete and Practical Guide to the Breeding, Exhibiting and General Management of These Popular Birds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRaising Chickens: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens...Naturally Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Parrot, My Friend: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Behavior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Illustrated Guide to Chickens: How to Choose Them, How to Keep Them Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Talking Budgie (Australian Shell Parrakeet) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBirds Off the Perch: Therapy and Training for Your Pet Bird Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First Aid For Birds: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quaker Parrot. Quaker Parrots as pets. Quaker Parrot Keeping, Pros and Cons, Care, Housing, Diet and Health. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best Backyard Chicken Breeds: A List of Top Birds for Pets, Eggs and Meat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Ducks: Keeping Ducks in Your Backyard Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parrot Training: A Guide to Taming and Gentling Your Avian Companion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pet Food Nation: The Smart, Easy, and Healthy Way to Feed Your Pet Now Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guinea Fowl, Backyard Poultry: Keeping Guinea Fowl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Keep Backyard Chickens - A Straightforward Beginner's Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chickens For Kids: Amazing Animal Books For Young Readers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boredom Busters for Birds: 40 Fun and Feather-Friendly Toys and Activities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parakeet: Your Happy Healthy Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your New Budgie Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Backyard Chicken Book: A Beginner's Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDuck Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Ducks...Naturally Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Feathered Frenzy! A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Feathered Frenzy! A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life - Sherri Fulmer Moorer
Feathered Frenzy
A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life
By: Sherri Fulmer Moorer
Copyright 2013 Sherri Fulmer Moorer
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author’s work.
This book is dedicated to my flock,
Zacchaeus (Zack), Chloe and Oliver (Ollie), and to the memory of Samson, Delilah, and Petesy.
Chapter 1- Introduction and Overview
Welcome to the joys of bird ownership! Whether you’ve adopted
your first bird, are adding birds to your flock,
or are an expert human companion to feathered friends, you’ve come to the right place for fast and easy information on how to adapt to the birds in your life.
What makes me qualified to tell you how to do this? I’m not a veterinarian, or an ornithologist, or a biologist. There’s no fancy title after my name. I’m a woman that works in professional licensing by day and writes novels by night. Why do I presume to tell you how to best integrate birds into your life and home?
I’ll tell you what qualifies me to write this book: over 25 years of experience with birds as pets. I’ve had birds in my life since I got my first green and yellow budgie for my tenth birthday, and for most of that time it’s been a multiple bird home. First there were three budgies named Samson (Sammy), Delilah, and Petesy. They were my companions from middle school through college. Sadly, they passed away in 1996. Now it’s sun conures Zacchaeus (Zack) and Chloe, and budgie Oliver (Ollie). Over the years I’ve learned a lot about having birds in my home, and the well of knowledge on bird care has expanded exponentially. The diet and healthcare for birds have improved, resulting in longer life expectancies. When I got Sammy in 1985, life expectancies for budgies was five to seven years. When I got Ollie in 2010, the life expectancy for budgies increased to ten to fifteen years.
A lot has changed, and the information is improving every day. Unfortunately, that information is scattered. Most pet owners in America have dogs and cats, so naturally most of the pet care manuals available are geared toward our canine and feline friends. Finding in-depth information on bird care is still a challenge. It’s out there, but you have to look for it.
That’s where this guide comes in. My purpose is to pass along this scattered information, along with other tips and tricks I’ve picked up over a lifetime of sharing my life with birds. This is by no means a specialty guide on bird ownership, nor does it go in-depth on any topic. There are plenty of species specific books, training manuals and videos, websites and Internet groups, and I encourage you to read as much as you feel is necessary to grasp the basics of these important topics. In fact, I encourage you to do two things if you haven’t done them already:
1.Buy and read at least one book that is focused specifically on the species of bird you have; and
2.Join at least one Internet Group dedicated to the species of bird you own. (I’m a member of a Sun Conure group on Yahoo!).
The purpose of this book is to summarize and supplement what you learn from other sources. Topics I’ll cover include what birds are best for your lifestyle (or how to adapt the bird you have to your lifestyle), the best cage designs, toys, food, and socialization tricks that have worked in my home. I’ll also share tips and tricks that keep my birds healthy and happy, save time, keep my home orderly, and preserve my sanity by integrating three active birds into a busy lifestyle!
Birds are great pets that enrich our lives and bring us joy through unconditional love and companionship. We are obligated to give them the best home, care, and life we can provide. Life with the birds may be hard work and challenging from time to time, but it’s never dull and it’s certainly worth the effort. And for all of our experiences, just imagine what life is like for them living in a human home.
Welcome to the feathered frenzy!
Chapter 2 - Bird Types and Your Life
Many books on birds