This delightful book contains a comprehensive guide to the care and management of budgies as pets. Complete with a number of heart-warming and interesting photographs of budgies, 'The Talking Budgie' is a great book for budgie enthusiasts both prospective and existing, and contains all the information necessary for the proper management of these beloved birds. The chapters of this book include: 'The Budgie as a Pet', 'Choosing your Budgie', 'Taming', 'Training', 'Teaching to Talk', 'Cages', 'Diseases', 'Breeding Cages', 'Aviaries', 'Cleanliness', 'Nest Boxes', 'Feeding', 'Bathing', 'Breeding', 'Color Breeding', and 'Salesman'. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction on aviculture.