wild animals as pets

A guide to the selection and care of ordinary pets such as dogs, cats, fish, gerbils, and others, and such unusual or impossible pets as alligators, raccoons, monkeys, and deer.

A collection of autobiographical stories about raising a houseful of children and wild pets including crows, skunks, and raccoons.

On a ranch in the American Southwest, Sandra longs for a pet but each time she tries to adopt a wild animal, she concludes that it will be better off where it belongs.

Explores how historical figures, including Julius Caesar, Medici, and Josephine Bonaparte, have used animals as a means of symbolizing their power, ingenuity, and strength.

A handbook offering instruction on the housing, feeding, and general care of orphaned wild animal babies and how to prepare them for life in the wild.

Provides all the basics of animal care from maintaining a small terrarium to creating a backyard that attracts wildlife.

Discusses the practice which people throughout history and around the world have had for choosing pets from among an enormous variety of wild animals.

A guide to caring for exotic pets that discusses what equipment is needed, how to set up a terrarium, what exotic pets should eat, how to recognize diseases, and how to treat an exotic pet.

Describes how the author raised an orphaned raccoon cub so that it could eventually resume its life in the wild.