Cockatiels For Dummies by Diane Grindol
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Book Reviews of Cockatiels For Dummies
Book Review: great book for ANY cockatiel owner!
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a great book for the cockatiel owner and something everyone should read BEFORE they decide to purchase a bird. i picked this up while i was waiting to take my 'tiel home from the pet store. i had a month until i was able to bring him home, so i read this book front to back. it's an excellent book - very thourough and not overly-technical. cockatiels are more high-maintenance than i thought and i still consult this book from time to time for tips and reminders. as someone who has owned parakeets for years, i thought cockatiels wouldn't be that much different. i was wrong! i learned quite a few things from this book, and i think both my birdie and i will be much happier together for it!
i did look at quite a few books in the bookstore before deciding on this one. as someone who wanted a very good, overall book, this was the best choice. i skimmed about 4-5 books and always came back to the "dummies". unless you are wanting to bread 'tiels, this is the only book you'll need.
Book Review: A wonderful, informative and entertaining book
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are going to buy just one book about cockatiels, this is truly the one to own. It's well written and researched, and presented in an unintimidating, friendly manner, and covers all the basics you'll need to know to nurture and share a happy relationship with a devoted pet. There's excellent advice about choosing, housing, feeding, training and caring for one or more of this wonderful species of bird, and solid advice about handling emergencies, choosing a vet, etc. And as other reviewers have mentioned, this book's insight into cockatiel psychology and development is exceptional, and it really helps to understand why a bird might be behaving in a certain way, and what this behavior might communicate.
Previous to acquiring a cockatiel, I owned a halfmoon conure for a number of years, and although I'm an experienced bird owner, I learned a lot from this book. I'll be sure to keep it handy in case I need to consult it in an emergency. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Book Review: Wonderful resource
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this book from another website the minute I found ot it was available, and it is one of the most helpful resources I have found. I have purchased several books on tiels and this one blows all the others away. Being a relatively new bird owner, it offered me some helpful tips on how to handle and feed my bird, and some nice things such as how to pet a bird- my tiel is so sweet and begs me to pet her after I tried some of the tips in this book. It also offers varied and less confusing advice than the other books on diet and basic care, and some very good taming and training tips. I liked that although it does offer info on breeding, it seems to focus mostly on keeping tiels as pets, which I found extremely helpful. The book was interesting and entertaining, and extremely informative. I highly recommend this book as a resource to anyone who has or wants pet cockatiels!Book Review: GREAT BOOK! "Cockatiels for Dummies" by Diane Grindol
Summary: 5 Stars
Hi All,We first became familiar with Diane's expertise by reading her articles in the pages of Bird Talk Magazine. Diane's fabulous book "Cockatiels for Dummies" is a book for beginners, intermediate and expert Cockatiel lovers! No matter what your own level of expertise, there is something new to learn by reading Diane's book! Her great sense of humor combined with an incredible amount of information makes this one of the best and most enjoyable resources on cockatiels that we've ever seen! Even if you have other books on these Fun and Loving birds, you must add "Cockatiels for Dummies" to your library.
Have Fun,
Bill and Debbie O'Rourke
Book Review: Cockatiels for DUMMIES
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow! This is an excellent book! I bought this book because I'm getting a cockatiel for my birthday. I knew absolutely nothing about them. I got so frustrated because I didn't think I could take care of a bird and started rethinking my decision to get one. That is, until I read this book. Now I am so confident and feel so knowledgeable because this book really explained everything in plain old every day English. It was so easy to understand it even made me feel like I can even breed them! That's how confident I was when I got finished reading this book.Thanks, Diane for the very good information and all your knowledge!