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My Parrot, My Friend is a straightforward book that addresses a growing need for parrot owners and their birds. When difficulties develop in the home, or a clash in avian and human natures makes for unhappy birds and angry owners, many times the sad consequence is painful termination of what could have been a long-term, joyful relationship. Happily, there is an effective remedy and it lies in a program of behavior modification. That program is fully detailed in this well-written, wonderfully detailed text. In addition, the text helps readers to find the right bird so problems can be sidestepped altogether, and it explains which birds not to consider and why.

My Parrot, My Friend shows how parrots grow and develop, and how behavioral problems can start. The book explains behavioral modification, how it works, and how to apply it in specific situations. Case studies and an examination of pertinent issues add considerable interest to the text. These and other special features make this one of the most indispensable reference books you will ever use.

My Parrot, My Friend is the first book to approach the subject in such depth for the lay reader. It will make a significant difference in how pet owners view and relate to their birds and will point the way to happy endings where once there were none.
Foreword (Ramon P. Noegel).

1. Introduction.

2. Which Parrot Is for You?

3. How Do Parrots Grow and Develop?

4. Domestication and Discipline.

5. How Do Behavioral Problems Develop?

6. Behavioral Modification: What Is It and How Does It Work?

7. How Do I Work with My Parrot?

8. Behavioral Case Studies.

9. A Miscellany of Issues.

References.

Index.

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birds

Pets

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	21 avril 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470331132
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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My Parrot, My Friend
An Owner s Guide to Parrot Behavior

Bonnie Munro Doane and Thomas Qualkinbush

MACMILLAN USA
Dedicated to the Memory of Richard Schubot A man who had many parrot friends whose emotional and physical welfare were the ultimate concerns of his life
Macmillan General Reference
A Simon Schuster Macmillan Company
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-6785
Copyright 1994 by Bonnie Munro Doane and Thomas Qualkinbush
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.
MACMILLAN is a registered trademark of Macmillan, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Doane, Bonnie Munro.
My parrot, my friend: an owner s guide to parrot behavior / Bonnie Munro Doane and Thomas Qualkinbush.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87605-970-1
1. Parrots-Behavior. 2. Parrots-Training. I. Qualkinbush, Thomas. II. Title.
SF473.P3B58 1995
636.6 865--dc20 94-24718 CIP
Manufactured in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
Acknowledgments
This book is not the sole product of its authors. Many who have not had direct input are an integral, though perhaps unrecognized, part of such a project. Families certainly qualify for this category, and for their support and help we are most grateful.
Numerous friends have provided support and encouragement when the going got rough. Those among them who are also aviculturists were willing and welcome soundboards for ideas and concepts. We deeply appreciate the clients who brought their parrots to Parrot Responsive to repair and strengthen relationships with their birds. They are to be congratulated for their willingness to seek a better way, and without them this book would not have been possible.
Dr. Scott McDonald, DVM, provided many of the photographs used in this book. His time and generosity are deeply appreciated. Mr. Scott Schubot, director of The Avicultural Breeding and Research Center, and his late father, Mr. Richard Schubot, also contributed photographs, for which we are most grateful.
Martha Vogel Lucenti supplied line drawings. In spite of her busy schedule as an assistant art director of Country Living , and being a new wife, she once again came through with flying colors. Our thanks to her.
Many thanks to Diane Schmidt, noted photographer and photojournalist. A number of her pictures appear in the text, illuminating not only the behavioral modification process, but also the stunning beauty of parrots.
To Dr. Irene Pepperberg of the University of Arizona, our deep gratitude for the time she spent reviewing the manuscript, despite her enormous teaching, research and lecturing responsibilities. Her comments were invaluable; we are most appreciative of these, and of her kindness in helping us.
To friend and editor Seymour Weiss, many, many heartfelt thanks. No authors have ever been blessed with a better editor. His belief in this book and its usefulness means more than words can ever convey.
We also wish to thank Dana Zaremba, facility manager for Parrot Responsive. She functioned as friend, assistant and general factotum. Her willingness to help regardless of the task, and her perceptiveness and respect for the parrots in training were invaluable. It is Dana s arm that appears in the parrot bite photograph in Chapter 2. And although she did not deliberately offer up her arm as a sacrifice to provide an illustration for the book, her good humor regarding the episode does her great credit!
To all of these wonderful people we owe a debt of gratitude, and emphasize that any errors are ours alone. Their support, criticism and friendship have made this book possible in large part, and their contributions have been a real and material blessing to us.
And last, our thanks and gratitude to all the parrots who share our lives and the lives of our readers. They have given us more than they know. They have taught us wonderful things about how two species can share and grow together.
Contents
Foreword by Ramon P. Noegel
1. Introduction
2. Which Parrot Is for You?
3. How Do Parrots Grow and Develop?
4. Domestication and Discipline
5. How Do Behavioral Problems Develop?
6. Behavioral Modification: What Is It and How Does It Work?
7. How Do I Work with My Parrot?
8. Behavioral Case Studies
9. A Miscellany of Issues
References
Index
Foreword
Would you like to join me on a journey of discovery? We will explore a place where the ideas of yesterday s parrot keeping become obsolete, and a brand-new adventure of growth and happiness for you and your parrot(s) replaces the routine of everyday existence. You may ask if there is such a place, what has kept us from going there? Simple: the human assumption about what we call the way we ve always done things. Habits that have led us to believe our early conditioning with parrots were right. We convince ourselves our way is best, based on the human ego that stubbornly resists the inner voice that tells all of us there must be something better.
There is nothing in Nature that proves it cares more for the human species than other species. We may one day vanish as quickly and as radically as thousands of other life forms before us. But whatever we have in common with other living things, there is one peculiarity that is ours exclusively: We are the only species in Nature working toward its own destruction. Until man addresses the problem of his determination to cover the earth with his own kind, those who love and provide for parrots may prove to be the only safe havens for such living works of nature s art. Culturally speaking, there are far more Rembrandts in the world today than there are certain species of parrots (e.g., the Spix s macaw). An artist may reconceive the beauty and genius of a work of art though its first material expression be destroyed, but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another Heaven and another Earth will have to be created before such a one can be again.
Interaction with living things is a basic human instinct, which, when rediscovered and encouraged, allows the genuine self to let the magic of the universe flow freely. By doing so we consciously touch other life forms with feelings of good intentions, sincere respect and a willingness to help. It is only then that we are able to contact all forms of life pleasantly, with consideration, with the heart of a helper and the mind of a student.
It is difficult for today s parrot enthusiasts to grasp the realization that only three decades ago we did not even have books dealing with the very rudimentary requirements of keeping a pet parrot alive and healthy. In the last twenty-five years many informative writings have been published, each giving the author s singular method of husbandry; but in each I have noticed the most important ingredient was wanting. It was often skirted, ignored or passed over. At best it was hinted at and then only from the human standpoint.
But at last it has come!
The authors have parted the veil of mystery with this new, innovative and thought-provoking text. Finally, we are allowed, no-compelled, to look into the very heart of that obscure nature of the unseen relationship that exists between a parrot and its human.
They have dared to throw down the barriers of taboo-the same disallowance that has made advancement in any field a laborious task for the few possessed of Creative Impulse. To those who will not listen, such inspiration does not speak. This presupposes man s superiority. It results in stunted personalities void of the joy experienced from free, uninhibited communication with all Life. Thoreau defined this when he wrote All things do exist in mutual relationship to one another.
For the reader to proceed let us consider two points: First, that human beings all over the earth have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Second, that they do not in fact behave that way; if they know the rules of nature, they break them. Acceptance of these two facts provides the foundation of all clear thinking about ourselves and determines our reaction to fellow living creatures whose right to exist should be as obvious as our own. This is the truth all highly evolved cultures have come to recognize. It separates us from the troglodyte consciousness still evident in today s modern world. They are often the insentient beings we encounter, those who cannot give or receive loving feelings, yet long to do so.
In this monumental work, the authors have presented us step-by-step workable principles to arrive at what the ancient Chinese called the Tao: The Way, in which the universe goes on, The Way in which things everlastingly emerge into space and time. It is The Way every caring person evolves in imitation of cosmic progression, harmonizing feelings to that great exemplar of selflessness. Those who know the Tao can hold that to call a parrot delightful is not simply to recognize a psychological fact about one s own emotions at the moment, but to discern a quality that demands a certain response whether or not we make it. Einstein called this cosmic religious feeling and emphasized its importance, In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and to keep it alive in those who are receptive to it. Some parrot keepers appear only partially awake to this very necessary feeling.
After fifty rewarding years of an ongoing romance with parrots of every type, it is my opinion the authors have reached the highest peak of awareness in their presentation, and, if read and experienced, promises to lead the serious psittacine student into a richer and far more rewarding relationship with parrots, and, for that fact, with all