Conures: A Guide to Caring for Your Conure (Complete Care Made Easy)

This guide is good as a general reference for Conures. I just bought my first green-cheeked conure and needed information to get started on basic care and training for the bird. This guide is primarily designed for the owner who is undecided on what type of conure to buy, as three whole chapters are essentially devoted to helping you choose your bird. The table of contents is as follows:1. The Boisterous Conure2. The Many Conure Species3. Selecting a Great Conure4. Housing and Basic Care for Conures5. Feeding Conures Right6. Conure Behavior and Training7. Keeping Your Conure HealthyThe main drawback for me was that I had already chosen a specific bird beforehand and was not interested in the description about the species as a whole, information about their history, or the differences between breeds. This information was certainly interesting, but I wanted a much more detailed book on how to care for this bird.In one chapter this book defines what an aviary is, so if you are already a bird lover as I am, you'll find that a lot of this information is old news and not helpful for those who have experience with birds. Because these birds are much more precocious and active than cockatiels and parakeets for example, it is useful to know certain things about the types of cages to buy and what types of materials to avoid. I already had a cage, but I did find this information to be helpful.The most helpful chapter was that on Feeding. It provides lists of good vegetables and fruits to provide, in addition to a whole list of foods that are toxic to birds. It also provides detailed ideas for introducing new foods and how to balance your bird's diet between seed, pellets and other foods.The Behavior and Training chapter is definitely beneficial for new Conure owners. Again, if you are a seasoned bird owner, you will find that most of this information is very general and nothing new; however, there are some decent explanations for certain behaviors of these birds and how to respond (or not respond) to them. If you want detailed or advanced information on taming and training your bird, I would not recommend this guide.The last note I would like to make is for owners considering buying a Conure who have never owned a parrot before. These birds take a lot of time, energy, work, dedication, and attention! You really need to be prepared to spend a few hours each day with your bird. They are not birds who can sit in a cage all day and look pretty. The average life span for these birds is up to 35 years, so this is longer than people will ever spend with cats and dogs. In other words, be prepared! This bird is a lifetime investment and if taken good care of, will reap many wonderful rewards.

An easy read. Informative for the first time bird owner. Beautiful photos to go along with text. I gave it a 4 because I'm still hunting for more information about reading bird language.

I was looking for a new bird to add to my family and chose a conure....I only knew a little about that specific breed and wanted to know more......so in myv research on books I happened across this one and the reviews were right.....very informative and filled me in on all aspects of proper bird care.....

Good Basic Book. A bit old but good basic info. Shows the various conures and their traits. Good addition to my library.

Good book.

would have liked to have more information. this is just a general book

ok

Grandson enjoying how to take care of his conure

I bought this for my Dad to use with his new Conure. It has proved to be a great help to him, giving him great advice on how best to look after, train, discipline and feed the bird. Really helpful book!

Although I think depriving birds of any species their birthrights to fly, seek a mate, build a nest, raise a family and just be in nature, I do understand the desire to keep them as pets. This book is a good guide for someone who wants to keep (hopefully a rescued) conure in their home. I would like it if there was more emphasis on providing free flying time with lots of perches to choose from.

Book came quickly, was in mint condition, and met my expectations.Very useful book for first timeConure owner. Very ready to read, has a little info in every thing about conures. It's a good "quick reference" guide.

Informative book. Most information available online but careful, Conures will destroy the book... Lol

Really good book, with tons of useful info