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Buy it for the photos, not for the content........2001-09-20
All of Kelsey-Woods' books have terrific photos, but poorly organized and often inaccurate information. Sections on hedgehog diet recommend foods that are high in fat, low in protein -- exactly the opposite of what a hedgehog needs. He also recommends the use of gloves while handling hedgehogs -- a true no-no if you ever expect your pet to bond with you. The habitats shown in the book are not large enough for an active hedgehog.
This book is widely distributed, and I am sad every time I see it displayed in a bookstore. Hedgehogs all over the country are receiving sub-standard care because of this book.
Informative with lots of beautiful photographs.......2000-03-02
My daughter just bought her first hedgehog as a pet. Although she researched hedgehogs before deciding to buy one, she was able to learn some important facts of which she was unaware. This book contains exquisite photographs and stresses the importance of selecting a hedgehog of good health and temperament. It is a good source of information for those who are new to hedgehogs, yet find them totally irresistable. We have all fallen in love with this new prickly family member
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64 pages, 6 3/4" x 10". Complete and well written guide covering all aspects of life with a guinea pig including selection, health care, accommodations, breeding, and feeding. Complemented by full color photographs.
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"EMI" .......2006-02-22
This book is not a good book it gives wrong info and needs to be updated.
Dangerous info.......2004-02-19
It is hard to sum up everything wrong in this book. I would give it zero stars if I could have.
Most of the advice is not only wrong but dangerous to the health and well being of cavies.
Here are a few of the many points that are wrong, misleading or dangerous:
1. The nutritional advice will produce a very sick pig. Please don't feed your pigs eggs, cheese, cakes, cookies and seeds. They can choke on seeds, nuts are too fattening and refined sweets will make them ill. The book somewhat puts down pellets (and suggests a couple of aforementioned odd homemade concoctions) and yet good quality Guinea pig pellets, along with fresh veggies, are the best way to insure you pig has a balanced diet with Vitamin C, essential for GP's. Hay is also essential and yet there is almost nothing mentioned and no discussion of the various types.
2. Shows a pig in a wire bottom cage. Piggies get thier legs caught and broken in wire bottom cages PLUS the cages shown are way too small. Go to www.Cavycages.com and make you own cheaper and better than you can buy premade!
3. States pigs should be housed separately. This is not true. Pigs are very social animals and need to be with thier own kind. While two adult boars MAY fight, most sows and many boars get along just fine. Of course, house the boars and sows separately unless you want LOTS of little piggies!
2. Shows a rabbit and guinea pig together and says they "get along". It is doubtful they would fight, that is true, but rabbits have powerful back legs and one jump could kill or injure a piggie. They should not be housed together at the very least.
3. Calling a photo of a Guinea Pig a "hamster" just proves that no proof reading by a knowledgable person was done. That is just sloppy and unprofessional.
4. The breeding section never mentions that a sow must be bred before she is 10 months old (IF she is ever going to be bred)because her pelvic bones will fuse at about 12 months, resulting in dead mother and babies in a first pregnancy after that time. This book implies that pigs are not fully mature until 12 months and not at full weight until 18 months, leaving a novice to think it best to wait until then. Very dangerous. Hopefully, no decent person would attempt to breed any animal solely on the information in one chapter in one small book anyway, but this advice will kill your pigs.
There is more but I simply do not have room to correct all the misleading and dangerous info. Suffice to say, with this much hazardous advice, this book should not even be on the market. SHAME on the ASPCA for giving it a seal of approval.
Read "The Proper Care Of Guinea Pigs" by Peter Gurney and/or "Guinea Pig Handbook " by Dr. Sharon Vanderlip or check Internet sites for safe, appropriate care of cavies.
Waist of Time & Money.......2001-09-04
I bought this book thinking that I'd learn something new, but was very disapointed. The author gives you some info about the topics he's interested in, but fails to give you info about other things. For example, he goes on and on about building your own cages ect., but tells you very little about guinea pig breeding in the chapter he titled "Practical Breeding". Like someone else mentioned, he did right "hamster" instead of guinea pig at one part, which realy bothered me! He also has a lot of unrelated pictures and sometimes put the same picture twice! There are very nice pictures but most of them were of the same breeds (or same guinea pigs), which isn't helpful for those who want to learn about the many different guinea pig breeds. I think this is a very incomplete book. I'm new to guinea pigs, but this book told me very little I hadn't or couldn't have found out about online. I recommend basic reaserch or buying a different book if you want to find out about all aspects of cavies [guinea pigs]. If you still want to buy this book, you can buy mine because I'm going to sell it.
Disappointing.......2001-08-29
For a book with an ASPCA seal of approval, I was very disappointed. The pictures showed guinea pigs on wire bottom cages (very back for their little feet), recommended cedar shavings (another no no) and on pg38 captioned a picture of a guinea pig "The more unique the color variety of your hamster..." It advised housing mutliple cavies in separate cages (this is a herd animal...please) Returned the book in 24 hours. Baron's is a better choice any day.
GREAT! Use it to buy your Guinea Pig........1999-10-11
This book is great I found most of my information with it.It tells you every thing you need to know about raiseing a Guinea Pig.I recommend it to anyone who wants to own a Guinea Pig.
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Housing the Pig
Gerry Brent
Manufacturer: Farming Press Limited
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Housing the Pig (Bulletin)
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Pig housing (A Farming Press book)
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Pig Keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management
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This book is a complete guide to all aspects of pig keeping. Full of practical advice, instruction, and useful diagrams and photos, it focuses mainly on the three most important aspects of pig keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management. Contents Include : Policies in Perspective - Choosing the System - Housing - Pig Keeping Equipment - Feeding in Theory - Feeding In Practice - Feeding A Matter of Choice - Breeding Better Pigs - Management Breeding Stock - Management Farrowing - Management Rearing - Management Fattening - Health and Disease - Copper or Gold? - Grading Standards for Bacon Pigs - Price Conversion Table - Chemical Analyses of Feeding Stuffs - Standard Rations for Home Mixing - Useful Addresses - Notifiable Diseases of Pigs - Pork, Bacon or Heavy Hog? - Standards of Performance for Breeding and Fattening Pigs - References
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Title: A house made from paper: were the three little pigs right after all?(House & Home)
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This digital document is an article from Countryside & Small Stock Journal, published by Countryside Publications Ltd. on March 1, 1996. The length of the article is 916 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: A portable pig pen is easy to build out of scrap lumber. All that is needed are a few 2x8s, 2x4s and 2x2s. The portable pen reduces odors and makes clean up easy. The ground that the pigs have rooted and dug in makes excellent tillable soil that is already fertilized.
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Title: A moveable feast for pigs.(portable pig pen)
Author: Chris Gallo
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Date: March 1, 1996
Publisher: Countryside Publications Ltd.
Volume: v80
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The classic guide by master woodworker David Finck is back and better than ever, with all-new color photography. It's the best book ever on this popular tool-and it features a foreword by the celebrated woodworker James Krenov.
"Serves as an elegant framework for teaching many of the fundamentals of fine woodworking."--Woodshop News
Small and extremely comfortable to use, wooden hand planes bring machined surfaces to an alluring, silky smoothness-but they can't be bought anywhere. Fortunately, this meticulously complete, photo-packed guide is like two volumes in one, teaching you how to make a classic plane yourself (it takes only a day or so) and how to use it in a refined manner. One of the most respected woodworkers around digs deeply into the art of crafting and working with this personalized tool, helping even the most uninitiated with dozens of detailed boxed sidebars on the basics. Every step in the construction process receives extremely close attention: preparing the plane blank, bandsaw pointers, drift angle, tension, tuning and using hand tools, sharpening with ease speed, and reliability, cross pin location, and gluing up. Handle the plane well to get a good stroke going; and take a look at invaluable planning aids and special techniques. There's no other manual on the market to match this woodworking masterpiece.
Customer Reviews:
Good Book.......2007-06-03
Well it didn't change the way I think about woodworking or even give me an epiphany. But it does tell you everything you need to know to build a plane.
A very useful reference. I wish it had better pictures! The text is 5 stars but the illustrations are not at that level. Something like this that you have to do with your hands needs much better pictures.
MAKING & MASTERING WOOD PLANES REVISED.......2007-04-10
POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BOOKS ON THR MAKING OF WOODEN PLANES MEASUREMENTS AND DESIGN ARE VERY CLEAR AND SO IS THE EXPLANATIONS ON HOW TO MAKE IT .I AM BUSY MAKING MY FIRST BLOCK PLANE FOR PEOPLE THAT CANT AFFORD TO BUY TOOLS LIKE ME THIS IS IDEAL WAY TO GO AND BY THE THE WAY I AM 60 YEARS OF T AGE I WORK ALONE WITH ONE OTHER PERSON AND I MAKE SOLID WOOD FURNITURE AND MY MAIN INCOME IS THE MAKING OF KITCHENS AND FURNITURE AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN AVID LEARNER OF OTHER PEOPLES WORK I AM SELF TAUGHT MAINLY BY READING OTHER PEOPLES WORK I OWN OVER 500 BOOKS AND IM STILL BUYING WHEN I CAN AFFORD
This is a wonderful book!!!.......2007-02-15
How about 10 stars?
This is the best "how to" book I have ever read. Bar none. I went out to [...] to look at his Mr. Finck's work and he is the real deal. I have seen (and touched) his work in person and it is miraculous. The surfaces on his furniture are so fine and his designs are so lovely that in my view, the man is a national treasure. It is a wonderful gift to the woodworking community that Mr. Finck has imparted his knowledge in a manner as as fine as his woodworking.
Mr. Finck, thank you! And write another book!!!
Exactly what I was looking for!.......2007-01-10
I love wooden planes and have several old ones that I have bought at garage sales. I am very interested in building my own wooden hand planes.
I have several articles that I have downloaded or found in books on making tools that use the same building technique as in this book, which is using a bandsaw to cut cheeks off of the sides of the center section rather than trying to cut the opening using a chisel. These articles gave me the basic technique but I wanted something with more detail to help me do a precise job.
This book is very detailed and offers the instruction needed to build very high quality planes. It even has instruction on building the special tools needed to fine tune and adjust the plane design as well as instruction on grinding and sharpening the plane iron.
The book does not give specific dimensions and drawings but rather takes the approach of giving you the information you need to design and build any plane you want.
Just what I needed!
Could you follow this book to make a plane.......2006-03-09
There is lots of great information in this book, but unfortunately I found it too disorganised. I used it in conjunction with David Marks DIY segment on European planes and in that manner it was very handy to have as a shop reference. A worthwhile book to have as a reference book, but not as a how too. Overall I am satisfied with it, but if I did not have the DIY segment to refer to it would have been difficult (not at all impossible) to build the plane using this book alone.
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New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture - Volume 9 [Q-Sta]
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The best horticultural encyclopedia available..........2000-03-07
I have been through every horticultural encylopedia available at university libraries and public libraries, and this one is by far the most complete, accurate, practical and interesting.
Photographs of many, many plants, full details of expert growing methods, history of origin of species, varieties and cultivars; origin of the Latin botanical names and common names, common names in many languages, great general information on horticulture useful to any gardener, and tremendous detail on growing common food crops, foliage plants and more.
Volumes are available separately.
A fabulous value and a must-have for botanical gardens, or anyone serious about gardening who wants to do it right.
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The full set consists of 10 volumes, bound in green cloth hardcover. Hundreds of photographs accompany detailed text. Book trim size 9.25 x 12.5 x 1.25 inches . Each of the volumes has its own ISBN, and may be sold separately
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Complete set of 10 volumes A through Z of the Encyclopedia of Horticulture published by the New York Botanical Garden. Various printing dates early 1980's. Large green clothbound hardcovers with with gilt writing, illustrated throughout with color and black/white photographs and drawings.
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Green covers, 9.25 x 12.25 x 1.25 inches.
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Bestselling author of She’s Gonna Blow Julie Ann Barnhill explores how little and big guilt in a woman’s life can keep her from experiencing motherhood with joy. With her trademark honesty and humor, she eases women down from the top of “Mount Guiltmore†and into the freedom to be their own unique brand of mom by
- acknowledging the things they don’t have guilt over and embracing those
- understanding the inheritance from their own mothers
- discovering personal qualities that will make them great moms
Practical insights and a sassy, realistic look at all mothers do, take on, accomplish, and carry with them provide women with a fresh perspective that can open up their lives to all that God has for them and their children.
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A good book!.......2006-05-17
For some of us, being a mother means fighting our insecurities; as doubt and guilt swarm around us. We're constantly being torn between what the experts tell us we should be doing and comparing our actions to the generation before us, in order to be the perfect mother. Everything from diaper use, choosing our children's health care provider, and whether or not we should we work inside or outside the home are questions many of us face as we raise our children.
Author Julie Ann Barnhill believes that motherhood is a journey that can be trekked with humor, realistic expectations, and enough of God's grace to allow you to enjoy the journey.
So how does the book assist those of us who are struggling through the woes of raising our children? First and foremost, we're reminded that we're never alone.
God is with us all the way, and if that's not enough, Barnhill promises to be the sherpa that will guide us through the treacherous mountain range called, Guiltmore National Park.
Humor abounds as we read how to navigate Mountains Shoulda, Coulda, and Woulda. The heartwarming stories tell how the author has stumbled over the rocky terrain of motherhood, making the same mistakes many of us make, i.e., yelling too much, not saving for college tuition soon enough, or the guilt-monger of them all, battling whether to work outside the home.
So many of us have succumbed to feeling inadequate when our parenting
choices are wrong. But it's these very same feelings that prevent us from being great parents. Sure, as human we all make mistakes, leaving room for a positive change--like maybe recognizing that our expectations are set too high. Or maybe we need to talk to a counselor to change the destructive behavior. Whatever our reasons, whatever our actions, the truth is, you are the mother that God gave to your children and He doesn't make mistakes.
Armchair Interview says give yourself credit for what you do do right, acknowledge what you've done wrong, make amends, and look to God for a brighter, happier future with your children.
Guilty No More.......2006-03-21
I heard Julie speak on this topic at the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Convention last year, and could hardly wait for the book. Julie, you didn't disappoint! I resonated with so much of your story--of messing up, and feeling regret, yet longing to live in freedom. I think this should be a required text for all new mothers! Thank you, Julie, for your vulnerability, your honesty, your humor, and the way you point readers to Jesus. Oh--here's what's NOT on my "guilt list" as a mom: laughing A LOT; tickling and hugging and kissing and telling my boys "I love you" all the time; teaching them about God; working part-time so I can be available to them; monitoring their media intake; taking them to church; going on regular date nights with their dad; and having a career I'm passionate about.
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- Horse Heroes: True Stories Of Amazing Horses (DK Readers Proficient Readers, 4)
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- Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State (Updated Edition)
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- Lessons with Lendon: 25 Progressive Dressage Lessons Take You from Basic "Whoa and Go" to Your First Competition (Popular Training Series from Practical Horseman)
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