CAPTIVE RAPTOR MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION. By Richard Naisbitt and Peter Holz.

Language: English

Published by Hancock House Publishers. Surrey, British Columbia. 2004, 2004

088839490X / 9780888394903

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2004). 2004 1st edition. 4to (224 x 288mm). Pp173, ads. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Fine new copy. Issued without dust-wrapper. A useful book for the falconer and avian vet, as well as anyone intending to take on injured raptors. Chapters include: Raptor survival strategies - hunting techniques, diet; The injured raptor - source of birds for rehabilitation, housing the injured raptor, enclosure construction, choosing the right rehabilitation method, rehabilitation techniques, review of injuries, consequences and options, aviary exercise (forced exercise), dealing with orphaned raptors, preparing the food, behavioural development, reintroducing orphaned raptors, the starving raptor; Releasing rehabilitated raptors; Monitoring released birds - tracking, transmitters, the failed release; The captive raptor - managing the captive raptor, beak care, feather care, molting, repairing feathers, housing trained raptors; Raptor behaviour and training - motivation, training methods, lure training, unwanted behaviour, weight management during training, improving and maintaining fitness, choosing the right raptor for a demonstration; The raptor aviary - managing the aviary display, designing the aviary, perching, feeding raptors in aviaries, mixing species; Raptor management photo gallery; Raptor medicine - inital first aid, anaesthesia, management of soft tissue injuries, management of orthopaedic injuries, ocular trauma, bumblefoot, trichomoniasis, endoparasitism, ectoparasitism, poisoning, miscellaneous conditions, release conditions; The raptor diet; Equipment - equipment for holding raptors, using hoods, jesses and leashes, swivels, making lures, the creance, perches, using bells. Appendices are: Live food production; Breeding rats and mice; Freezing food before use and using road kills; Putting rehabilitation and foraging in context. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 29.95.

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Title
CAPTIVE RAPTOR MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION. By Richard Naisbitt and Peter Holz.
Author
Naisbitt (Richard) & Holz (Peter).
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers. Surrey, British Columbia. 2004
Publication year
2004
Condition
new
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
088839490X
ISBN 13
9780888394903
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
Machynlleth, United Kingdom SY20 8AG