I have been asked to do seminars, and my shows at the upcoming Georgia Expos. My passion is to share with you what I have learned. I have learned many new things and want to share it with you. I have new info and you need to know this for your parrot. I need to get you all thinking about the psychological and physical health of cage bound birds. I have learned a new way of thinking about this subject and it is important that I share it with you. Healthy birds forage about 70 % of their day for their food in the wild and merely lean to the right or left to eat, in captivity! Think about that!! We can change it! Come attend my seminar! For six days in August, I attended the 28th annual Association of Avian Veterinarians, in Providence Road Island. I attended every seminar, lecture and workshop available on Behavior, Training, and Nutrition, available and sat in on many classes for Veterinarians. I am very happy that I have learned so many new things. I also reinforced many things I have been telling you for years. I encourage all vets that work with birds to attend these conventions as well as anyone who works with behavior. There are volumes of knowledge available there taught by some of the world leaders in the Avian science. The next one in August of next year will be in Savanna, Georgia. I will be there. I would like to give you a few names so you will see who I met and learned from. Liz Wilson CVT, Taught several classes on behavior. She will be my life long friend; she is one great, fun, and right to the point kind of lady! Barbara Heidenreich BS. She taught several classes, one was "Successfully Managing Flighted Parrots". She is editor founder of "Good Bird Inc.". She has written several books, videos and has a new magazine. I have read several articles and definitely recommend all of you to sign up for the quarterly issues. You can find more information at www.goodbirdinc.com. She is a lovely lady, extremely intelligent and was a pleasure to meet. Susan Friedman PhD. You have read something of hers if you get Bird Talk Magazine. She taught a class in the Behavior Science Program section of the Conference portion. I learned so much from her class. Dr. Irene Pepperburg, PhD was there and I met her. You all know she worked with "Alex, the African Grey Parrot" Alex will live on forever in the education he gave all of us. Brian Speer DVM, Dipl ABVP (Avian) He did several seminars and is one of the most intelligent (cutting edge) vets I have ever had the pleasure to meet. He amazed me with his knowledge! Mr. Greg Harrison, DVM, Author, and the inventor of Harrison Bird Food Diet". Mr. Tom Roudybush, BS, inventor of "Roudybush bird food". There were many more speakers that I look forward to hearing again next year.

I want you all to know that I started a new business, Parrot Island Trading Company. I will have the finest parrot print shirts you have ever seen! They are casual button up front shirts that are high quality 100% cotton. These have all of the scenes lined up on the pocket and at the button up front. These beautiful prints of parrots and palm trees are real tropical look. I have other shirts with old cars/palm trees, motorcycles/palm trees, surfboards/palm trees. You will love these shirts. I will have ladies dresses and kids shirt and shorts out fits at the next expo or possible available online, soon. I will have them at the expos will be.

Another venture is the professional photos I will have available. You can get you professional photo with a rescued parrot (s) if you like. A portion of this money goes toward helping my rescue.

I have been contacted thru my agent to do an 8 minute show at half time for the NBA in Dallas, Texas and a possible stint in Taiwan.

I would also like to announce my recent certification. I have now earned certification by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council as a Certified Avian Specialist. I have just finished a difficult online course that has afforded me the title. I have learned of a new online course by the AFA and plan on taking it to further my education, so I can share with you, my friends. I look forward to meeting all of you in at the Exotic Bird Society of America's Bird Expos.

Thank you for your support.

Larry Beatson CAS

Lucille Bald is my newest rescued parrot. She is probably a Catalina Macaw. It is hard to tell exactly what kind of hybred she is, with so few feathers. She has some issues that I am learning about and working with. She was with an 83 year old woman that thought that if she kept the (already plucking) bird in a completely blackened container for all but a few hours a day that it could not pluck, because it could not see the feathers. She meant well. She also told me the bird was about 2 or 3 years old and layed an egg a few months ago. Well, after Mimi Sheperd DVM ( Atlanta, georgia)examined Lucille, we had a talked about the few things we know about the bird and agreed that it is much older, as much as 15 years old. For a parrot to pluck so severely that it has ruined it's feather folicules to the point that they will not re-grow, it has been done over a longer period. She is healthy. She rides a bike, scooter, puts coins in a bank and ring toss, like some o! f my other birds. She is a sweet bird and a wonderful poster child to show you what can go wrong with a parrot. Please come meet Lucille Bald, at the next expo, near you?

     I used to breed parrots and I started doing shows, people gave me so many parrots that I realized my calling was not to breed them but to rescue them. "Some Parrots can be rescued where they are by educating their owners about proper nutrition, physical and psychological health."

I perform hundreds of shows every year. Almost every parrot in my show is rescued. I retrain them to stop biting, plucking, and screaming, to feel happiness (some have never known) and to do tricks, for praise and rewards. I teach only with positive re enforcement and love. Together we tour to entertain, and educate people about parrots. I meet thousands of wonderful people. I have done shows for the returning troops, The Green Bay Packers family day celebration, The Tampa Bay Storm and The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, MSNBC's ivillage, libraries all across the United States, Florida Flea markets, retirement centers, fund raisers, company picnics, summer camps, Friday Feast Celebrations for many cities and in many states, and for a variety of other functions. I do shows at the largest parrot expos.in Florida and Georgia. The Exotic Bird Society of America has the largest shows and is steadily growing. www.ebsoa.org I have also do shows for Gilaproductions.com at their Reptile & Exotic Pet Expos. I do shows and now am adding seminars on subjects are very important to me and your parrot. I have studied very hard to be able to speak on these subjects. I have taught classes on basic care of parrots, trick training and advanced training.

Hello Everyone,

I want you all to know that I bought out a company's stock and have started a new business, Parrot Island Trading Company. I will have the finest parrot print shirts you have ever seen! They are casual button up front shirts that are high quality 100% cotton. These have all of the scenes lined up on the pocket and at the button up front. These beautiful prints of parrots and palm trees are real tropical look. I have other shirts with old cars/palm trees, motorcycles/palm trees, surfboards/palm trees. You will love these shirts. I will have ladies dresses and kids shirt and shorts out fits at the next expo or possible available online, soon. I will have them in the small outbuilding where the seminars and shows will be.

Another venture is the professional photos I will have available. You can get you professional photo with a rescued parrot (s) if you like. A portion of this money goes toward helping my rescue.

For six days in August, I attended the 28th annual Association of Avian Veterinarians, in Providence Road Island. I attended every seminar, lecture and workshop available on Behavior, Training, and Nutrition, available and sat in on many classes for Veterinarians. I am very happy that I have learned so many new things. I also reinforced many things I have been telling you for years. I encourage all vets that work on birds to attend these conventions as well as anyone who works with behavior. There are volumes of knowledge available there taught by some of the world leaders in the Avian world. The next one in August of next year will be in Savanna, Georgia. I will be there.

I would like to give you a few names so you will see who I met and learned from. Liz Wilson CVT Taught several classes on behavior. She will be my life long friend; she is one great, fun, and right to the point kind of lady!

Barbara Heidenreich BS. She taught several classes, one was "Successfully Managing Flighted Parrots". She is editor founder of "Good Bird Inc.". She has written several books, videos and has a new magazine. I have read several articles and definitely recommend all of you to sign up for the quarterly issues. You can find more information at www.goodbirdinc.com. She is a lovely lady, extremely intelligent and was a pleasure to meet.

Susan Friedman PhD. You have read something of hers if you get Bird Talk Magazine. She taught a class in the Behavior Science Program section of the Conference portion. I learned so much from her class.

Dr. Irene Pepperburg, PhD was there and I met her. You all know she worked with "Alex, the African Grey Parrot", Mr. Greg Harrison, DVM, Author, and the inventor of Harrison Bird Food Diet". Mr. Tom Roudybush, BS, inventor of "Roudybush bird food".

There are a few more people I will mention here soon, but because I am moving my paper work is not available. Please forgive me. I have learned many new things and want to share it with you. I have new info and you need to know this for your parrot. I need to get you all thinking about the psychological and physical health of cage bound birds. I have learned a new way of thinking and it is important that I share it with you. Healthy birds forage for all of their food in the wild and merely lean to the right or left to eat, in captivity! Think about that!!

I have been contacted thru my agent to do an 8 minute show at half time in Dallas, Texas and a possible stint in Taiwan.

I would also like to announce my recent certification. I have now earned certification by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council as a Certified Avian Specialist. I have just finished a difficult online course that has afforded me the title. I have learned of a new online course by the AFA and plan on taking it to further my education, so I can share with you, my friends.

I look forward to meeting all of you in Orlando, Fl., on October 28th at the Exotic Bird Society of America's All Exotic Bird Expo.

Thank you for your support.

Larry

I am making an effort to help or rescue as many birds as I can. My heart breaks at times. I have cried for some of the birds that I have rescued, from horrible people and that have lived in horrible conditions.

I have been keeping some of the birds that enjoy showing off for crowds. I try to find a “natural behavior” that I can build on to train them to be happy show birds. Make this perfectly clear, I do not exploit parrots, I show my audience what has happened and what can happen to your parrot without proper knowledge, nutrition and without giving them the proper amount of attention (LOVE) they require! I know the key to better any parrots life is EDUCATION! That is why I am here!

My unwanted, plucked, mistreated, psychologically or physically mistreated Unloved parrots are poster birds, with each and every one of them having a story to tell! I am their speaker! Listen to my program, before you say something so cruel/unintelligent! You sit at home and tell people how bad it is for birds to do tricks, and I stand in front of thousands and show them, what can go wrong without proper education and care!

I do bird shows to educate those who will listen. By those Amazed at the sight of a parrot almost totally plucked, that can ride a Bicycle across a table with such an excited, pleased look in his or her eyes! Who wants a ugly bird, with no feathers? Well, I do! They love the attention that they get for using their wit, intelligence and cunning they deserve more than to sit in a cage looking out at an owner who made a mistake, and bought a parrot on impulse, but doesn't want to spend the time learning about them! I will tell you the worst offenders are those who would have never "wasted or spent the money on a parrot", but were given one by a friend or neighbor!

Potty training is easy to do with my training manual. I offer them for a $20.00 donation. I will also be offering a potty training kit, that includes a stand like the on in the photo. The stands are for small birds (Budgies, Cockatiels, Conures) and medium birds,(Conures, Amazons) . With the stand and the manual you can easily train your birds. Once trained it will last forever. It is essential to train your parrot. Won't it be nice to let you bird be on your shoulder and your shirt will still be clean? I have included a bonus section that list poison and non-poison plants, trees and food stuffs as well as home chemicals.