Last updated: 7/2009

Your Pet Bird or Aviary
Dr. Joel Murphy, one of the foremost avian veterinarians, did an exhaustive worldwide search of all medical and husbandry of exotic pet birds in the last 40 years and added 21 years of clinical practice in one of the world's leading exotic bird veterinary centers, The Animal & Bird Medical Center of Palm Harbor www.pethealing.org.
The result was the most comprehensive book ever written for the pet bird owner, How To Care For Your Pet Bird, Practical Advice by Dr. Joel Murphy.
All You Need To Know About Pet Bird Nutrition
The chapter on nutrition gives you all of the latest info that you need to feed your bird a diet that will ensure a long and healthy life.
This chapter gives you important information about the companies that sell pelleted or ?extruded? diets, how to best choose the best food for your pet and information on how to make your own healthy diet for your pet from foods that you can buy at the grocery store.
How To Care For Your Pet Bird, Practical Advice by Dr. Joel Murphy includes a complete emergency manual that tells you step by step what to do in all of the routine pet bird emergencies. The chapter on poison prevention reveals secrets that could save your pet?s life and save you hundreds of dollars in veterinary fees.
How To Keep Your Pet Bird Healthy and Happy
Most importantly the book will teach you how to prevent and protect your bird from hazards and infections that you may not even know about. Dr. Murphy explains all of the routine tests that your veterinarian should and should not do in plain simple english, what tests are necessary and what tests are optional.

How To Keep Your Aviary Healthy and Baby Birds Safe
If you are thinking about raising a baby parrot you do not want to be without the two chapters on parrot pediatrics. Dr. Murphy explains, in these easy to read chapters, years of experience in pediatric bird medicine and tells you exactly how to keep your baby safe from all of the common and not so common dangers. You will feel like an expert after learning the information in these most comprehensive chapters. In the aviary chapter, Dr. Murphy explains exactly how to keep you aviary from being devastated by disease.
Exposing Dangerous Pet Bird Myths
Did you know that seed diets are the number one cause of death in pet birds? That drafts are not a cause of disease in pet birds?
How To Find and Buy a Healthy Bird
Buying smart saves money and a lot of anguish.
How To Care For and Train Your Pet Bird
Learn the inside secrets of long time parrot trainers and how to prevent behaviors that can make your pet