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Bird Talk - November 2010
Features
9Pumpkin-Themed Recipes
Cook these bird treats for your bird.
16Carry On!
Ten tips to instill independent play
in your parrot.
BY SUSAN CHAMBERLAIN
20Enrichment Made Easy,
Part 5, Tactile Enrichment
If it feels good (and it's safe!) ... offer it!
BY ROBIN SHEWOKIS
22The Latest Toys & Gyms
Take a look at this selection of toys and
gyms from the 2010 BIRD TALK Play Gear guide.
24The Persecuted Parrot
Controversial quaker parrots interfere
with power lines and agriculture, or do they?
BY ANASTASIA THRIFT
28Eclectus Toe Tapping
Find out the causes of
this peculiar condition
& how to stop it.
BY MARGARET A.
WISSMAN, DVM, DABVP,
AVIAN PRACTICE
Columns
6 MEMO TO PEPPER& PARKER
Subject: Bone Thieves
BY PATRICIA SUND
8 PARROT
PSYCHOLOGY
Foot Biting 'Too
Don't let an out-of-control
cockatoo rule the roost.
BY LIZ WILSON, CVT, CPBC
10 HEART TO HEART
Feeling The Love
Kind thoughts & cherished
memories unite our hearts.
BY CHRIS DAVIS
12 CAUSES & CURES
Vitamins 101
Is your bird at risk for
vitamin deficiency -
or overdose?
BY MARGARET A. WISSMAN,
DVM, DABVP - AVIAN
PRACTICE
30 SMALL BIRDS
Budgie That Won't Budge
Broaden your budgie's interaction
without forcing the issue.
BY DIANE GRINDOL
31 MEDIUM BIRDS
Your Bird's Diet Depends On You
Take charge of what
your bird eats.
BY SALLY BLANCHARD
Departments
1 Editor's Letter
3 Mailbag
4 Bird eUniversity
4 Web Column
7 Flock On
14 Avian News & Notes
34 Avian Marketplace
36 Show Calendar
37 Advertising Index
38 Gallery Showcase
39 Avian Breeder Directory
43 Small Birds' Directory
44 Avian Classifieds
45 Avian Services' Guide
46 Reader's Dish
47 Kids Talk Back
47 Just Hatched
48Watch The Birdie
ON THE COVER
Quaker parrot by Carolyn A.
McKeone/Courtesy Julie
Little/Male Solomon Island
Eclectus by Cioli &
Hunnicutt/BowTie
Studio/Courtesy Linda Buesching
PRODUCTGUIDE
32 BIRD-TESTED, BIRD-APPROVED
Booda Comfy Perch
Give your bird's feet a break with a
soft rope perch.
BY SUSAN CHAMBERLAIN
33 BIRDIE
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