Feathered Frenzy! A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life

By Sherri Fulmer Moorer

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sherri Fulmer Moorer
• Release date: Jan 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301976737

Sherri Fulmer Moorer

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Feathered Frenzy

A Quick Guide to Adapting Birds into Your Life

By: Sherri Fulmer Moorer

Copyright 2013 Sherri Fulmer Moorer

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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