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Whether you have a hobby farm or just love animals, this authoritative handbook is the go-to source to help you provide proper care for motherless animals-cats dogs, birds, and much more. Here you will find formulas and feeding schedules for dozens of baby animals, common diseases and how to treat them, a guide to first aid, directions for safety in dealing with wild baby animals, advice on releasing animals back into the wild, and amusing and inspiring personal experiences from the authors. Ch...

Organized by body system, the new edition of this highly illustrated textbook covers the normal histological appearance of tissues in a wide range of animals, both domestic and exotic species, with relevant clinical correlates emphasizing the need to appreciate the normal in order to recognize the abnormal. In this update by two experienced veterinary pathologists and histology lecturers, new species, such as other companion mammals, aquatic species and livestock, are introduced into each chap...

Here is information and advice on keeping healthy guinea pigs as household pets. The author discusses feeding, breeding, caging, health care, and much more. B.E.S. extensive line of Complete Pet Owner's Manuals presents information for non-specialist animal owners and prospective owners, with facts about each animal's origins and traits, as well as advice on purchasing, housing, feeding, health care, and much more. Each book is individually written by a trainer, breeder, veterinarian, or other a...

Your Bulldog Puppy Month by Month, written by a veterinarian, a trainer, and a breeder team, provides readers with everything they need to know and do at each stage of development to make sure their playful, energetic puppy grows into a happy, healthy, and well-adjusted companion. Coverage includes:   • Information on what to ask the breeder before bringing your puppy home, the necessary vaccinations your puppy needs and when to get them, and when a trip to the vet is needed.    • Instructions o...

Minding Animals is concerned not only with the study of animal behaviour, but also with the innumerable ways in which humans interact with and intrude into the lives of our animal kin. The phrase "minding animals" is used in two ways. First, "minding animals" refers to caring for other animal beings, respecting them for who they are, appreciating their own world views, and wondering what and how they are feeling and why. The second meaning refers to the fact that many animals have very active a...

Special instruction for inexperienced pet owners and children who love rabbits. This attractive volume, like others in the series, is filled with attractive color photos, helpful sidebar features, and special advice and information for kids.

These playful and energetic little canines make friendly companions, and are good dogs for apartment dwellers. This updated edition of The Shih Tzu Handbook is filled with detailed pet-care advice and features vivid color photos. B.E.S. popular Pet Handbooks focus on all major aspects of owning and caring for a pet, including acquiring, proper feeding, housing, health care, and where applicable, training, exercise, and grooming.

This dogi?1/2s ancestors date back to Mexico and Central America before the arrival of Europeans. This book describes both smooth coat and long coat Chihuahuas. Titles in Barroni?1/2s extensive selection of Complete Pet Owneri?1/2s Manuals are filled with useful information and heavily illustrated with high-quality photos and anatomically accurate line drawings. These fact-filled books instruct owners on how to care for dogs, cats, birds, fish, caged pets, reptiles, and virtually every other ani...

Author Nikki Moustaki certainly cannot resist the splendid lovebird, and her valentine to this irresistible avian wonder is the subject of this Complete Care Made Easy pet guide. This colorful guide offers vital information to both new and experienced bird keepers about this hookbilled parrot, covering all aspects of selecting, caring for, and maintaining well-behaved happy pet birds. Bird specialist and trainer Moustaki has written an ideal introductory pet guide about lovebirds with chapters o...

This guide to all things canine includes profiles of more than 250 breeds, one hundred grooming tips, fifty careers with dogs, and one hundred health remedies for common canine ailments, as well as many other tips and factoids useful to dog owners, lovers, and breeders. Original.

The beautiful Golden Doodle is a cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle. First bred less than two decades ago, these now-popular dogs make great household companions. The titles in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series make great introductions to the pleasures and duties of pet ownership for inexperienced and soon-to-be pet owners, as well as for older children having their first experiences with pet care. Attractively illustrated and filled with helpful information, these books...

Outlines ways in which a pet can be provided for after the death of an owner. Includes resources and sample documents for wills.