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The Complete Book of Finches and Softbills: Their Care and Breeding [Hardcover]

David Alderton (Author)
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Book Description

January 2000
TFH The Complete Book of Finches and Softbills Features expert advice on feeding and nutrition for finches and softbills, including the latest advances in vitamin supplementation and food choices. Additional topics include health care, breeding and cage set-up and maintenance. David Alderton. Hardcover. 192 pages.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: TFH Publications (January 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0793805112
  • ISBN-13: 978-0793805112
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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David Alderton, MA (Cantab.) grew up in a home surrounded by pets and originally trained to be a vet until an allergic dermatitis forced a change of career in his final year of study. Since then, David has used his experience, knowledge and passion for the subject to concentrate on writing about animals and the natural world.

David also broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and has recently set up the website www.petinfoclub.com while his blog can be found at www.davidalderton.com His books have currently sold some 6.5 million copies worldwide and are available in 30 languages. He has won various awards for his work, including the Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers Association of America, and he is well-known as a columnist on various newspapers and magazines, as well as editing Practical Reptile Keeping magazine.

 

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Book Of Finches And Softbills, October 23, 2003
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This book does not cover the different types of finches & softbills. It is very general information only, on breeding and care of finches & softbills, no help to the person wanting more specific info. on the different types of finches and their care.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More info. than the average bird owner even wants., August 7, 2003
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I think this is a very good, detailed book for someone new to finches & softbills. At times, it flips back & forth between finches & softbills in a paragraph, which can be confusing for a novice, but it's easy to figure out. It has enough nice pictures to give a good overview of many species, but is not a "picture book" - it is for someone who is serious about the birds and their care. Early on it has a section of compatability which is useful and neccessary. It has a lot of details on aviary housing (many finch books do), and bird rooms, which isn't useful to the average home/apt. bird owner, but more information is better than too little. It is definitely a good resource book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars comperhensive, May 10, 2010
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I found this book easy and very informative. It adds great valuable information and demonestrations about wide varieties of finches
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Finches and softbills offer tremendous scope for the bird-keeper. Read the first page
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many softbills, aviary surroundings, birdroom environment, luring the breeding period, larger softbills, softbill foods, aviary occupants, domestic canary, breeding cages, many finches, rearing food, safety porch, birds arc, molting period, rearing chicks, small finches, other finches, cock birds, canary seed, cuttlefish bone, affected birds, color mutations, incubation process, sick bird, adult birds
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Dominant Cream, Zebra Finches, Pied Fawn, Black-headed Mannikin, Pied Pied, Society Finch, Cordon Bleus, Gouldian Finches, Java Sparrows, United States, North America, Quail Finches, Rice Birds
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