The New Canary Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Care, Diet, Disease, and Behavior : With a Special Chapter on Understanding Canaries (New Pet Handbooks) [Paperback]

Mathew M. Vriends (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc; no edition stated edition (June 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812048792
• ISBN-13: 978-0812048797
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #611,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good information provided, January 24, 2000

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Laura Minges - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Canary Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Care, Diet, Disease, and Behavior : With a Special Chapter on Understanding Canaries (New Pet Handbooks) (Paperback)

Very clear. Covers feeding, housing, breeding, and genetics,as well as common diseases and household medicines that can be used to treat various conditions to which canaries are susceptible. However, an owner who does not want to breed might grow tired of the focus on breeding. Also, owners with canaries who were not handfed as babies may assume there is something wrong with their bird because the book discusses relatively tame handfed canaries and neglacts state that their tameness and willingness to be handled is not true of birds who were not hand fed. So be aware that if your bird does not like to be handled, this is normal. In fact, a non hand fed canary who does not struggle when caught may be ill. One final note: Information and medicating are fine, but misdiagnosis can occur,so it is good to also be have the name of a vet.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you raise canaries, you must own this book!, November 11, 2002

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A. Machiavelli (Rock Springs, Wyo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Canary Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Care, Diet, Disease, and Behavior : With a Special Chapter on Understanding Canaries (New Pet Handbooks) (Paperback)

This is the quintessential canary handbook; easy to read and understand, filled with excellent photos and advice, with a good section on genetics if you should choose to breed these marvelous little birds. Vriends is a wonderful writer, well-organized on all the chapters in the aspects of canary breeding; his love of the birds comes through on every page. I have raised canaries for several years, and recommend this book to every person who has ever procured a bird from me---in fact, if they have not had a canary before, I always tell them to buy THIS book first, read it and THEN call me back. It is an invaluable resource tool.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Value Ever, March 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Canary Handbook: Everything About Purchase, Care, Diet, Disease, and Behavior : With a Special Chapter on Understanding Canaries (New Pet Handbooks) (Paperback)

Having been involved in care of all sorts of animals for over 40 years and habitually buying books about each, I can say without reservation that this book is the best value for the dollar that I have ever purchased. Matthew Vriends is an internationally recognized expert on the species and he has provided us with an extraordinary handbook. The information, illustrations and photographs exceed anything I have ever purchased in a paperback edition of an animal care book.