Behavior of exotic pets

Contributors vii Foreword ix Acknowledgments xii Dedication xiii Chapter 1 Psittacines 1 Lynn M. Seibert and Wailani Sung Chapter 2 Passerines 12 Wailani Sung Chapter 3 Snakes 21 Heather Mohan-Gibbons and Paul Raiti Chapter 4 Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins 33 Heather Mohan-Gibbons and Terry Norton Chapter 5 Lizards 44 Paul M. Gibbons and Heather Mohan-Gibbons Chapter 6 Ferrets 59 Megan J. Bulloch and Valarie V. Tynes Chapter 7 Rabbits 69 Sharon L. Crowell-Davis Chapter 8 Guinea pigs 78 YeunShin Lee Chapter 9 The mouse 91 Naomi Latham Chapter 10 Rats 104 Anne Fullerton Hanson and Manuel Berdoy Chapter 11 Gerbils 117 A. Dawn Faircloth Parker and Valarie V. Tynes Chapter 12 Hamsters 127 Julia Albright and Ricardo de Matos Chapter 13 Chinchillas 138 Jennifer L. Sobie Chapter 14 Prairie dogs 148 Debra M. Shier Chapter 15 South American camelids 157 Marcelo Alfredo Aba, Carolina Bianchi, and Veronica Cavilla Chapter 16 Hedgehogs 168 Valarie V. Tynes Chapter 17 Sugar gliders 181 Jennifer L. Sobie Chapter 18 From parrots to pigs to pythons: Universal principles and procedures of learning 190 Susan G. Friedman and Lore I. Haug Chapter 19 Behavioral pharmacology in exotic pets 206 Lynne M. Seibert Chapter 20 Welfare of exotic animals in captivity 215 Paul E. Honess and Sarah E. Wolfensohn Index 225