The Guide to Owning a Chinchilla

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T.F.H. Publications, Jun 2, 1997 - Nature - 64 pages
Provides information about keeping chinchillas as pets, discussing housing, feeding and nutrition, behavior and training, grooming, health care, and exercise.

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Contents

Introducing Chinchillas
5
The Pet Chinchilla
13
Housing Your Chinchilla
21
Copyright

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The Guide to Owning a Chinchilla
Anmarie Barrie
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About the author (1997)

Anmarie Barrie, an author and attorney, was born on July 30, 1959. In 1986, while she was a law student at Seton Hall School of Law in Newark, New Jersey, she began to write books for children to finance her law school education. In 1989 she graduated from law school, More than twenty-five books later, she continues to write pet guides for children and adults. She has written a series for young readers including stories about her favorite pets-cockatiels, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and canaries. Barrie wrote As a New Pet; Beginners Guide, and For Those Who Care. Barrie has also written books on aquariums, ponds, and koi. Her books for older readers include Guide to Owning a Chinchilla and Guide to Owning a Cockatiel. Barnie used her legal background in writing Dogs and the Law and Cats and the Law. Barrie practices law in Neptune, New Jersey.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Guide to Owning a Chinchilla
Guide to Owning A
AuthorAnmarie Barrie
Editionillustrated
PublisherT.F.H. Publications, 1997
ISBN0793821614, 9780793821617
Length64 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Nature / Animals / Mammals
Nature / Animals / Wildlife
Pets / General
Pets / Rabbits, Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc
  
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