Behavior of Exotic PetsISBN: 978-0-8138-0078-3
Paperback
250 pages
August 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xii
Dedication xiii
Chapter 1 Psittacines 1
Lynn M. Seibert and Wailani Sung
Chapter 2 Passerines 12
Wailani Sung
Chapter 3 Snakes 21
Heather Mohan-Gibbons and Paul Raiti
Chapter 4 Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins 33
Heather Mohan-Gibbons and Terry Norton
Chapter 5 Lizards 44
Paul M. Gibbons and Heather Mohan-Gibbons
Chapter 6 Ferrets 59
Megan J. Bulloch and Valarie V. Tynes
Chapter 7 Rabbits 69
Sharon L. Crowell-Davis
Chapter 8 Guinea pigs 78
YeunShin Lee
Chapter 9 The mouse 91
Naomi Latham
Chapter 10 Rats 104
Anne Fullerton Hanson and Manuel Berdoy
Chapter 11 Gerbils 117
A. Dawn Faircloth Parker and Valarie V. Tynes
Chapter 12 Hamsters 127
Julia Albright and Ricardo de Matos
Chapter 13 Chinchillas 138
Jennifer L. Sobie
Chapter 14 Prairie dogs 148
Debra M. Shier
Chapter 15 South American camelids 157
Marcelo Alfredo Aba, Carolina Bianchi, and Verónica
Cavilla
Chapter 16 Hedgehogs 168
Valarie V. Tynes
Chapter 17 Sugar gliders 181
Jennifer L. Sobie
Chapter 18 From parrots to pigs to pythons: Universal principles
and procedures of learning 190
Susan G. Friedman and Lore I. Haug
Chapter 19 Behavioral pharmacology in exotic pets 206
Lynne M. Seibert
Chapter 20 Welfare of exotic animals in captivity 215
Paul E. Honess and Sarah E. Wolfensohn
Index 225
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