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Rabbit
Web, through Barnes and Noble, offers a number
of terrific books on rabbits. Click the book
cover or the title to go to Barnes and Noble
to get more info on the book (including the
price) or to buy the book. All purchases benefit
Rabbit Web.
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The Rabbit Handbook: Purchase, Care,
and Breeding, Understanding Rabbit Behavior
by Karen S. Gendron Michele Earle-Bridges
(Barron's, 2000)
140 pages
ISBN: 0764112465
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To
thrive, rabbits need to be properly housed
and fed, and protected from diseases and parasites.
Here is detailed advice on keeping and breeding
healthy, contented rabbits. Titles in Barron's
popular Pet Handbooks series instruct pet owners
on health care, proper feeding and housing,
and other facts important to owners and their
pets. All books in this series have high quality,
full-color photos, instructive line drawings,
and run to an average of approximately 140
pages
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Taking Care of Your Rabbit: A
Young Pet Owner's Guide
by Helen Piers
(Barron's, 1999)
32 pages
ISBN: 0812046978
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Rabbits
prefer certain kinds of food, and they're most
likely to thrive when they live in the right
sort of hutch. Rabbits can also be tamed and
turned into real friends. Children learn the
facts they need to know about rabbits in this
informative volume. Includes full-color photos.
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Rabbits: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual
by Monika Wegler
(Barron's, 1999)
64 pages
ISBN: 0764109375
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Filled
with information and advice to help you take
good care of your rabbit, this handy little
books discusses the typical rabbit, including
orgins, temperament, and life cycle; gives
expert advice on selecting, feeding, health
care, breeding, cages, and accessories; and
helps you to understand your rabbit's body
and vocal language. Includes full-color photos.
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Rabbit Handbook: Purchase, Care, and Breeding,
Understanding Rabbit Behavior, Second
Edition
by Karen S. Gendron and Michele Earle-Bridges
(Barron's Educational Series, 2000)
144 pages
ISBN: 0764112465
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To
thrive, rabbits need to be properly housed
and fed, and protected from diseases and parasites.
Here is detailed advice on keeping and breeding
healthy, contented rabbits. Veterinarian Karen
Gendron instructs pet owners on health care,
proper feeding and housing, and other facts
important to owners and their pets. You will
find a great chapter on medical issues as well
as lots of tips for feeding, playing and correcting
bad behaviors. The book has high quality, full-color
photos and instructive line drawings.
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Rabbit Handbook: A Family Guide to Buying,
Keeping and Breeding
by David Taylor
(Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1999)
96 pages
ISBN: 0806978074
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Veterinarian
surgeon David Taylor reveals how to care for
your rabbit, including an overview of the hare's
origins in Spain, identifying features of the
various breeds, their behavior and biology,
finding the right rabbit for you, good housing
for longevity, and looking out for signs of
illness. Interspersed throughout are "Did You
Know?" sidebars featuring little-known facts
about rabbits.
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Rabbit
Production, 8th Edition
by J. I. McNitt (Editor)
(Interstate Printers & Pub., 2000)
192 pages
ISBN: 0813431670
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A
team of four authors draw on their research
and their practical experience raising rabbits
to offer a guide for beginners and hobbyists
and a reference for professionals. First they
overview rabbits and rabbit production around
the world. Then they consider practical matters
such as breeds, equipment and housing, economics
and financial management, feeds and feeding,
diseases and health, reproduction (just stand
back), welfare, producing various kinds of
wool, meat, and marketing. A must-have book
for rabbit breeders. Read the review of this
book.
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House
Rabbit Handbook: How to Live with
an Urban Rabbit
by Marinell Harriman
(Drollery Press 1995)
96 pages
ISBN: 0940920123
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Packed
with the collected wisdom of bunny-lovers and
charming, candid photos of their pets, this
manual tells readers how to successfully integrate
a rabbit into one's life. Harriman includes
the latest in veterinary information and helpful
how-to sections on care and feeding. 100 photos.
Charts.
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Lop
Rabbits as Pets
by Sandy Crook
(TFH Publications, 1985)
192 pages
ISBN: 0866221379
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An
informative guide to raising and breeding rabbits.
While this title focuses on Lop rabbits, it's
a good reference for raising any type of domestic
rabbit. Read the review of this
book.
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Guide
to Owning a Rabbit
by Anne Lindsay
(TFH Publications, 1997)
64 pages
ISBN: 0793821568
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In
this small guidebook, you will find all the
information you need to get started in this
hobby as a pet bunny owner. Includes full-color
photos. Read the review of this
book.
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Encyclopedia
of Pet Rabbits
by David Robinson
(TFH Publications, 1979)
320 pages
ISBN: 0876669119
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This
highly interesting and useful book blends practical,
valuable advice about the food, health, housing,
and breeding of rabbits with a large selection
of color photos showing many different breeds
in many color variations. Read the review of this
book.
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Your
Rabbit: A Kid's Guide to Raising
and Showing
by Nancy Searle
(Storey Communications, Inc., 1992)
160 pages
ISBN: 088266767X
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Beginning
with how to choose a breed and purchase a rabbit,
this easy-to-read book explains how to handle,
house, feed, groom, and breed rabbits, and
gives advice on birthing, preventive health
care, and tending sick animals. It also give
pointers on how to prepare to show rabbits.
While is designed for younger readers, Your
Rabbit is a good resource for all ages. Read the review of this
book.
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Build Rabbit Housing
by Bob Bennett
(Storey Communications, Inc., 1982)
31 pages
ISBN: 0882662961
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This
handy little guide offers practical, hands-on
instructions for building cages and hutches
for rabbits quickly and easily.
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Raising
Rabbits the Modern Way
by Bob Bennett
(Storey Communications, Inc., 1987)
192 pages
ISBN: 0882664794
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This
book contains how-to information for successfully
raising rabbits on a small to semicommercial
scale, including information on feeding, housing,
medication, breeding, showing, and selling.
You'll find coverage of all the basics of raising
rabbits, as well as experienced solutions and
modern techniques, from inspecting the litter
to ARBA registration system. A must-have title
for anyone with a rabbitry.
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Why Does
My Rabbit...?
by Anne McBride
(Souvenier Press Limited, 2000)
208 pages
ISBN: 0285635506
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This
guide to troubleshooting rabbit behavior clues
owners in to the history of the domesticated
rabbit and describes how rabbits live and breed.
Common problems among rabbit owners are discussed,
as are probable causes for irregular behavior,
including instincts that make rabbits behave
in certain ways. Both hutch and house rabbits,
as well as troubles specific to each, are covered.
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Diseases of Domestic Rabbits, 2nd Ed.
by Lieve Okerman
(Blackwell Science, 1996)
152 pages
ISBN: 0632038047
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This
definitive textbook is one of the best resources
for rabbit breeders. It spans the variety of
diseases and disorders that can affect the
domestic rabbit, including causes, symptoms,
and treatment (surgery, medication, and feeding).
Sections on autopsies, inherited health problems,
breeding issues, feeding for good health, rabbit
hygiene, and euthanasia round out the book.
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Aspca
Pet Care Guides for Kids: Rabbit
by Mark Evans
(1992)
40 pages
ISBN: 1564581284
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This
title in the ASPCA Pet Care Guides for Kids
series discusses choosing and caring for a
rabbit. The book presents information on physical
features as well as feeding, grooming, and
exercising. Grades three to five.
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Dwarf
Rabbits
by Monika Wegler
(Barron's, 1997)
127 pages
ISBN: 0812066006
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Learn
how to distinguish purebred dwarf rabbits from
mixed breeds when purchasing kits, plus find
information on caging, the advisability of
letting rabbits range free throughout the house,
and teaching children to handle these pets
safely. Readers will also learn about breeding,
feeding, safety, and detecting health problems.
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Hop to It: A Guide to Training Your Pet Rabbit
by Samantha Fraser
(Barron's, 1991)
79 pages
ISBN: 0812045513
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Here's
everything you've always wanted to know about
winning your pet rabbit's trust and developing
paths of communication between you. Samantha
Hunter stresses the importance of understanding
rabbits' body language and behavior, exchanging
signals you can both understand, and training
rabbits. Illustrated with more than 50 full-color
photos.
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