PET BIRD REPORT: ISSUE #50
100 Pages - Published November 2000
Cover by Pamela Crookham

 

TRANSITIONS IN THE WORLD OF COMPANION PARROTS:
Twenty-five Years in the World of Companion ParrotsIssue 50
Sally Blanchard

LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY PARROTS
Humorous article

FRIENDS OF THE RED-FRONTED MACAW
Diana Holloway, Pat Hill, Susanne Cochran, Kay Chorum & Sally Blanchard

THE OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENT PART IV: The Social Climate

THE INFLUENCE OF HATCH ORDER ON PERSONALITY
Kashmir Csaky

TEACHING YOUR PARROT TO COME WHEN CALLED
Francois Joirus

RIPPLES A Moluccan Cockatoo Poem
Stewart Metz

GETTING LUCKY BACK Building Trust with My Phobic Hawkhead
Nancy Speed

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COCKATOO
Sam Foster

THE FUN PAGES:

  • What's in a Word?—Mary Arnold
  • Recipe—Fowl Play
  • If Parrots Had People For Pets—Sally Blanchard
  • Coming Dear—Lynne Page
  • Casey Jones at The Airport—Chet Furhman
TEACHING YOUR PARROT SELF-SOOTHING TECHNIQUES
Sally Blanchard

NOTES ON THE WEST NILE VIRUS
Vanessa Rolfe DVM

ECLECTIC MISCONCEPTIONS
Carolyn Swicegood

THE POICEPHALUS AND I
Terry Beaudoin

A GLIMPSE OF THE PARROTS OF MANU
Lynne Page

RAFFI: The Teacher's Pet
Elaine Wheless

RE-CYCLES: A Rescue Gone Right
Sybil Erden

HINTS FROM HINTZ: A Cheap Toy
Barbara Jo Hintz

WELCOME TO THE BIRDHOUSE: The Early Birds
Laura Ainsworth

BIRD CALLS
Joel Blumberg D.V.M.

Creative Cooking Concoctions for Spikey & Friends
Sally Blanchard

Adventures With Spikey Le Bec & Who-Dee-Do
Sally Blanchard

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Sally Blanchard

BOOK REVIEWS: A Few Really Fun Parrot-related Children's Books
Sally Blanchard

PBR Q & A: Feeling Guilty
Sally Blanchard

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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