The Zebra Finch: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
- Feeding
- Housing
- Grooming
- Health care
- What to expect from the pet
- Basic training
As our series expands and focuses on different kinds of pets, the emphasis remains on making the pet a companion. In addition, owners of more unusual pets will particularly appreciate the expert advice in these books because professional care for their animals may be difficult to come by. As always, the instruction is from experts people who know their pet intimately, but also remember what it was like to have one for the first time. Happy, Healthy Pet guides are rich with professional quality color photos and are designed to be enjoyable and easy to learn from.
Book details
- Author
- Matthew Vriends
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Pets › Birds
- Topics
- zebra finches · bird care · bird health · bird feeding · bird behavior · pet birds · bird training · bird grooming
- ISBN-13
- 9781620457528
About the author
MATTHEW M. VRIENDS, PH.D., is a professional biologist and ornithologist who has published over 100 books on birds and other animals in English, Dutch, and German.
Vriends holds doctorates in zoology and biology from the State University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and in virology and bacteriology from Thomas More College. He served as Director of Research and Education for L/M Animal Farms in Ohio from 1984 to 1993, developing approximately 40 varieties of commercial bird food, and has been a professor of biology and ornithology at Suffolk Community College in Selden, New York, since 1998. He writes for periodicals including BirdTalk and Watchbird.
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