The Complete Practical Guide to Small Pets and Pet Care: An Essential Family Reference to Keeping Hamsters, Gerbils, Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Birds, Reptiles and Fish - Couverture rigide

Alderton, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754835324 ISBN 13 : 9780754835325

Editeur : Lorenz Books, 2022

Synopsis

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SMALL PETS AND PET CARE

An essential family reference to keeping hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, reptiles and fish

A newly-updated practical guide to pet-keeping, covering all aspects of choosing and caring for small mammals including rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and jirds, chinchillas, rats and mice – plus birds, herptiles, invertebrates and fish.

Each chapter features the most popular breeds in each species, based on general availability and suitability. Find out how to choose the best pet for your lifestyle plus practical tips on buying a pet; housing and exercise; foods for a balanced diet; pet health and what to do when your pet is sick.

This is a perfect reference book on petcare for any owner. Expert advice on choosing and buying a pet, the breeds, housing, feeding, handling, showing and health care.

Helpful information and fascinating insights about every aspect of caring for the most popular pet species.

How to select the right pet for your lifestyle, including choosing exotic species and the most suitable pets for young children and families.

Maintaining a pet’s health, plus the equipment needed to house, feed and exercise pets correctly, and detailed advice on training, handling, showing and breeding pets.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Alderton is an internationally best-selling authority on pets and their care. His books have currently sold over four million copies worldwide.

Alan Edwards has been a judge for 23 years with the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy in the United Kingdom, and has been a frequent International Judge in Europe.

Dr Peter Larkin qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 1953 and was a contributing author to Encyclopedia of the Dog.

Mike Stockman, MRCVS. qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1949 and was actively involved with dogs all his life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lorenz Books
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754835324
• ISBN 13: 9780754835325
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; AA Utrecht; 3584; Pays-Bas