birds as pets

Explores how to keep a bird as a pet.

Looks at pet birds and how to care for them.

'Bird' introduces readers to both wild birds and birds that can be kept as pets. It also explains how to care for a pet bird.

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells how to take care of a pet bird and about a few types of birds that make good pets"--Provided by publisher.

Instructions for selecting and purchasing birds; using cages, aviaries, equipment, and food; catching, holding, grooming, traveling with, taming, and training birds; and other aspects of keeping birds as pets.

Although Tomasito's spina bifida keeps him in a wheelchair, where he often feels as confined as his flightless and featherless pet bird, he discovers that he can feel free when he is on the soccer field.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text provide tips on owning and caring for a pet bird.

Explains how to choose and care for a pet bird, covering feeding, cleaning the cage, training, and other related topics.

Presents general information about birds and discusses parakeets, canaries, parrots, cockatiels, myna birds, finches, and Java ricebirds as pets.

Introduces several breeds of birds that make good pets and discusses how to select, care for, and breed your bird.