The Complete Bird Owner's Handbook

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This is the first new edition of Bird Owner's Home Health and Care Handbook, one of the most widely used and highly respected volumes in print on birds and their health needs. This completely revised and updated edition includes chapters on body systems, health care maintenance, dealing with injuries, breeding, and isolation of contagious birds.
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Veterinarian Gallerstein has thoroughly revamped and updated his classic Bird Owner's Home Health and Care Handbook (see ``Grooming Your Pet Care Collection,'' LJ 2/1/93, p. 49-53) to reflect the major advances in the field since the 1984 edition. He discusses the many aspects and responsibilities of pet bird ownership--selection, training, nutrition, grooming, healthcare, breeding, and coping with death--in an easily understandable and sympathetic manner. His coverage of diseases and health disorders and their signs and treatments is extensive and clearly presented. The chapters on ``home physicals'' and emergency care alone will be worth the price of the book to anyone whose little feathered friend becomes ill. Gallerstein's text is supplemented by sections written by experts in various aspects of aviculture. Tips on environmentally friendly birdkeeping, information on parrot conservation, and recipes for home-cooked foods such as ``Nutri-Birdie Bars'' round out a fascinating and comprehensive handbook. This key resource for bird owners, breeders, and veterinarians is highly recommended for public and veterinary college libraries. (Photos and index not seen.)-- Jennifer King, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780876059036
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 6/21/1994
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 352
  • Product dimensions: 6.43 (w) x 9.55 (h) x 1.15 (d)

Table of Contents

About the Authors.

Acknowledgments.

To the Reader.

Introduction.

Bird Keeping: A Brief History.

Getting Started.

1. Buying Your Bird: Suggestions for Selecting the Right Bird for You.

2. Your New Bird: The Do's and Don't's.

Health Care.

3. Creating a Happy Environment: Home Safety, Proper Caging and Travel Tips.

4. Nutrition: Feeding for Health, Vitality and Longevity.

5. Baby Birds: Housing, Feeding and Weaning (Mike and Deb Morrison).

6. The Well-Mannered Parrot (Christine Davis).

7. Restraint: Catching and Holding Safely.

8. Grooming: Feathers, Nails and Beak.

Medicine.

9. Anatomy and Physiology: The Basics.

10. Home Physicals: … in Sickness and in Health ….

11. Emergencies: Spills, Thrills 'n' Oops ….

12. Diseases: Aches, Pains and Problems.

13. Veterinary Care: "Bird Doctors," Diagnostic Testing and Therapeutics.

14. Home Care for the Sick Bird: Basic First-Aid Measures.

15. The Loss of a Pet: "When the Bond Is Broken".

References.

Appendix A: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About … : A Species Guide (Betty Byers Schmidt).

Appendix B: Bird Breeding: Before Getting Started … (Betty Byers Schmidt).

Appendix C: Environmentally Friendly Bird Keeping.

Appendix D: Bird Organizations and Publications.

Appendix E: Avian Research: The Pet Bird Owner's Role.

Appendix F: Weights and Measures.

Bibliography.

Index.

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