A Practical Guide to Impractical PetsThis authoritative one-volume compendium deals with pets of all kinds: mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, and even insects. It covers such topics as creating a suitable habitat, nutrition, parasite control, breeding, keeping, and general husbandry. In addition, animal lovers will learn many useful and interesting things, including how not to kill their pets with kindness. Overfeeding, underdisciplining, and other forms of mistreatment brought about through ignorance of the animal s real needs are discussed as well. Barbara Burn is a realist who divides pets into three categories: easy, difficult, and impossible. With grace and wit, she alerts animal lovers to what they can tolerate and what can tolerate them. Barbara Burn is the widow of Emil Dolensek, D.V.M., who was for many years the chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo. From him she |
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Contents
PART ONE Selecting A | 3 |
Birds | 38 |
Small Finches 47 Budgerigars | 48 |
Snakes 60 Lizards | 64 |
Insects | 70 |
Fish | 76 |
Difficult Pets | 82 |
Sheep and Goats 100 Llamas | 103 |
Reptiles | 172 |
PART TWO Keeping A | 181 |
Learning to Live with a Pet | 194 |
Caring for a Pet | 222 |
Growing Your Own | 281 |
The End of the Affair | 299 |
Afterword | 316 |
Resources | 357 |
Fish | 114 |
Mammals | 121 |
Softbill Birds 128 Toucans | 130 |
Index | 363 |
Copyright | |