Parakeet
Your Happy Healthy Pet
Chapter One
What Is a Parakeet?
Welcome to the wonderful world of parakeets!
For many people, parakeets are
their introduction to the fascinating hobby of birdkeeping.
Some people move on to larger parrots after they become
comfortable with caring for a parakeet, while others specialize in
raising parakeets in pairs or small flocks.
The parakeet I had as a child, Charlie, was my first pet, and what I
learned while keeping him led me to also adopt dogs, cats, a guinea pig,
and the occasional tank of fish while I was growing up. After I graduated
college and began working at the company that publishes Bird Talk magazine,
an opportunity presented itself for me to adopt an African grey parrot
named Sindbad who had special needs. The birdkeeping skills I learned while
caring for Charlie helped me greatly in caring for Sindbad, and I appreciat ... read full excerpt from Parakeet: Your Happy Healthy Pet ebook
