wild animals as pets

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.

Discusses the selection and care of a variety of pets suggested for city and country residents.

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.

The author describes some of the small wild animals she has cared for in emergencies. Includes directions for emergency care, including recipes for appropriate foods and instructions on preparing the animal for a return to the wild.

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

Zarafa, a beautiful and graceful giraffe, is offered as a gift from the ruler of Egypt to the king of France, and she is sent by boat up the Nile, across the sea, and five hundred miles by land to Paris, where she is greeted and cheered upon her arrival.

Focuses on the insects, birds, amphibians, and other animal life found in many backyards and provides instructions for catching, caring for, studying and releasing those that are safe to touch.