Small mammals in terrariums

The book explains everything about the care and keeping of small animals.

• 144 pages
• 163 photos
• 2 graphics
• Format: 16.8 x 21.8 cm
• 2nd revised edition
• Author Christian Ehrlich
• Publisher NTV

Contents:

Away from the stuffy cage and towards modern and species-appropriate animal husbandry: many small mammals are best kept in a suitably equipped terrarium. This book presents the most suitable types of terrarium and provides a detailed and practical description of how to breed and care for the animals successfully.

• Anatomy, lineage and systematics
• Distribution, biotopes, adaptations
• All information on species-appropriate keeping: from suitable terrariums to equipment and technology to feeding
• Successful breeding: Mating stimulation and rearing of young animals
• Taming small mammals
• Topic free-range: This is how it is species-appropriate.
• Solutions to problems: How to avoid the most common mistakes in care, and how to help sick animals: Keeping animals healthy
• Huge species section with detailed portraits of 80 species of marsupials, predatory marsupials, true marsupials, xenarthrans, insectivores, bats, rodents and sengis
• Brilliant photos

Many animal lovers no longer want to be satisfied with just the classic hamster in the equally classic hamster cage. If you want to keep and observe such exciting animals as hedgehogs, opossums, predatory marsupials, sugar gliders, armadillos, tenrecs, ground squirrels, squirrels, bats & co., this book is a must, because all of them and many more are best kept in a suitably equipped terrarium. Christian Ehrlich, editor of the specialist magazine RODENTIA, has now dealt with this topical subject in detail. The author is able to draw on his many years of experience in keeping and breeding small mammals from various related groups and shares his insights here in an easy-to-read but extremely expert manner. Ehrlich describes the biology of the animals, presents their specific husbandry requirements and gives plenty of tips on their successful care and breeding. The book offers detailed portraits of no less than 80 species of marsupials, predatory marsupials, true marsupials, xenarthrans, insectivores, bats, rodents and sengis. For all friends of very special animals and for all those who strive for species-appropriate animal husbandry, this book is an absolute must.