The New Cockatiel Handbook

by Matthew M. Vriends

Everything you need to know about raising cockatiels This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812042018
• ISBN13: 9780812042016
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

good book to get you started

this is a good general information book. It will help you get started with your cockateils. It has been very helpful to me.

Don't listen to the "EXPERTS"

I read with interest the review from the "professional" cockatiel person. What seems to be a 'one star' for them happens to be very useful to all of us "non-professionals".This book has helped beginners and that is what counts. Sometimes, the "experts" are dead wrong when it comes to the simpleness of a book helping the beginning cockatiel owner. This isn't bad, because most of us could give a hoot about genetics and showing your cockatiel at contests.Good book for beginners.

Cockatiels, Cockatiels, Cockatiels!!

This book has everything you'd ever want to know about cockatiels. I 1st got it as a Christmas present, about 3 months after I got my bird, a 16 wk. old, female Australian Gray. She is turning 3 in May of 1999. But this book helped me understand her and the way she lives. I wish to train her to speak very soon. The book gives methods on traing & taming of all sorts, a complete food guide & table of dangers, and 5 different floorplans for outdoor aviaries, plus ideas on how to create your own!! For me, it was a life-saver!! Also in the "The New... ...Handbook" series are "The new Dog Handbook" and "The new Paraket Handbook". Many others also are included, plus a series of un-revised books called "The... ...Handbook" This series had manymore species, eventhough "The New... ...Handbook" series is updated, revised, more up-to-date and has all the newest information, ideas and theories from many different scientists. Use it!!

great basic beginner's book!

I was interested in getting cockatiels as pets & picked up this book to learn more about these birds before I bought them. I found this book to be VERY informative & gave me plenty of knowledge about these birds & led me to buy them. I keep refering back to this book almost daily since I picked up the birds a week ago.