The Relaxed Rabbit

Author: Chandra Moira Beal
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595310621
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Professional massage and bodywork provides great health and wellness benefits. Why not extend this to our animal friends? In The Relaxed Rabbit: Massage for Your Pet Bunny, professional Massage Therapist Chandra Moira Beal and her mini-lop rabbit, Maia, share basic massage strokes specifically designed for pet rabbits. They offer the layperson a step-by-step routine to practice on companion rabbits at home. No experience is necessary to share the joy of massage with your pets. The Relaxed Rabbit: Helps rabbits with behavioral issues Increases range of motion Reduces tension, inflammation, and pain Improves circulation Accelerates recovery Strengthens immunity A safe and natural supplement to your rabbit's health care! Through dozens of photos and illustrations, you'll learn: How to massage your rabbit from "nose to toes" Basic anatomy and physiology How to address specific health and behavior issues Tips for getting the most from your sessions Massage is also a great way to deepen your relationship with your pets, as touching strengthens the animal-human bond. Stroking a pet can even lower your blood pressure, increase self-esteem, and establish a feeling of well-being. Animal massage is a win-win prospect. Get started today!

A House Rabbit Primer, 2nd Edition

Author: Lucile C. Moore
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
ISBN: 1595807772
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
A House Rabbit Primer: Understanding and Caring for Your Companion Rabbit, 2nd Edition is a brand new, up-to-date edition of the critically acclaimed handbook covering all aspects of rabbit care for both new and experienced pet rabbit owners. Author Lucile C. Moore, Ph.D., provides pet rabbit owners with valuable information about the total care of their pet. Part one tells owners just what to expect from their new member of the family and gives detailed information on how to house, feed, and train a rabbit. Part two contains a comprehensive medical section, updated for the second edition. A House Rabbit Primer, 2nd Edition has been expanded to include more photos, new stories and care hints from experienced rabbit caretakers, and additional information on healthy rabbit diets. This new edition also features more detailed instructions on how to groom pet rabbits, as well as suggestions on how to care for special needs rabbits. In addition to up-to-date information on many rabbit diseases, there are tips on creating a first-aid kit for rabbits as well as providing emergency care. With more and more pet owners choosing to keep their rabbits indoors full time, this second edition of the guide beloved by rabbit owners around the world lays out practical information for making rabbits a healthy part of any family.

A House Rabbit Primer

Author: Lucile C Moore
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
ISBN: 1595808736
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
A House Rabbit Primer: Understanding and Caring for Your Companion Rabbit is a complete, up-to-date handbook on all aspects of rabbit care for both new and experienced pet rabbit owners. Just a few years ago, most pet rabbits were kept outdoors in hutches. That time is past. Today, pet rabbits are considered to be members of the family. They are spayed/neutered pets kept indoors and pampered with special toys and treats. In A House Rabbit Primer, author Lucile C. Moore, Ph.D., provides pet rabbit owners with valuable information about the total care of their pet. Part one tells owners just what to expect from their new member of the family and gives detailed information on how to house, feed, and train a rabbit. Part two contains a comprehensive medical section. In addition to detailed information on many rabbit diseases, there are tips on creating a first-aid kit for rabbits as well as providing emergency care. With more and more pet owners choosing to keep their rabbits indoors full time, this informative guide lays out practical information for making rabbits a healthy part of any family.

Alice's Farm

Author: Maryrose Wood
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 125022456X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
In Maryrose Wood's stunning middle-grade novel, Alice's Farm, a brave young rabbit must work with her natural predators to save her farmland home and secretly help the farm’s earnest but incompetent new owners. When a new family moves into Prune Street Farm, Alice and the other cottontails are cautious. The new owners are from the city; the family and their dog are not at all what the rabbits expect, and soon Alice is making new friends and doing things no rabbit has done before. When she overhears a plan by a developer to run the family off and bulldoze the farm, Alice comes up with a plan, helped by the farmer’s son, and other animals, including a majestic bald eagle. Here is a stunning celebration of life, the bitter and the sweet. Alice is some rabbit—a character readers will love for generations to come.

Rabbits

Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher: In the Hands of a Child
ISBN:
Category : Rabbits
Languages : en
Pages : 75

Book Description
This book explains the good points about keeping rabbits and looks at their natural behaviour. It describes how to properly care for a rabbit including feeding, exercise and health problems. It also contains expert tips on rabbit care, as well as other sources of further information about rabbits.

Rabbits

Author: Virginia C. G. Richardson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470693037
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
Rabbits are the third most popular pet in the world and the trend to keep them indoors will make the "house rabbit" the pet of the next century. Rabbit owners expect and deserve the same standard of veterinary care for their rabbits as they receive for their cats and dogs. Devoted entirely to the pet rabbit, this book is a practical and concise guide to health, husbandry and diseases. The book begins with an overview of rabbit husbandry. Nutritional requirements and clinical examination are covered in chapters 2 and 3. Subsequent chapters then take a body system approach to describing diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. There are separate chapters on behaviour, anaesthesia and surgery, and zoonotic aspects. This practical, quick-reference guide will appeal to veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary nurses and breeders alike.

When Your Rabbit Needs Special Care

Author: Lucile C Moore
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
ISBN: 159580997X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 458

Book Description
When Your Rabbit Needs Special Care is an illustrated guide to the care and behavior of rabbits with special needs. The book provides information on topics as diverse as how to administer subcutaneous fluids to a rabbit and how sounds and color help promote healing. Quotes from top rabbit veterinarians and alternative healing practitioners from across the country are included, as are useful tips from rabbit owners who have had experience in dealing with particular medical conditions. The text is illustrated with both photographs and drawings, making it easy for readers to follow. Authors Lucile C. Moore and Kathy Smith provide pet owners with special-needs rabbits with information on basic care, pain control, digestive system problems, chronic illnesses, physically challenged rabbits, progressive disabilities causing mobility problems, dental care, elderbuns, and emotional issues.

Molecular Control Mechanisms in Striated Muscle Contraction

Author: R.J. Solaro
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401599262
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 469

Book Description
Molecular Control Mechanisms in Striated Muscle Contraction addresses the molecular mechanisms by which contraction of heart and skeletal muscles is regulated, as well as the modulation of these mechanisms by important (patho)physiological variables such as ionic composition of the myoplasm and phosphorylations of contractile and regulatory proteins. For the novice, this volume includes chapters that summarize current understanding of excitation-contraction coupling in striated muscles, as well as the compositions and structures myofibrillar thick and thin filaments. For the expert, this volume presents detailed pictures of current understanding of the mechanisms underlying the CA2+ regulation of contraction in heart and skeletal muscles and discusses important directions for future investigation.

The Magical Flutist

Author: Katri Rehnström
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN: 9528071279
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
The Magical Flutist - Exercises for Tone and Technique was inspired by the tuition of the Finnish flute pedagogue Rainer Risberg. This intermediate level book includes detailed instructions, various exercises and fun images for improving your tone and technique. The exercises have been organized thematically, so that you can customize different practice sessions by choosing a couple of exercises from each chapter to meet your needs. Flutists all around Finland have had the pleasure of enjoying the captivating tuition of Rainer Risberg. The collection includes all the best exercises, tips and creative instructions to help you to create a beautiful tone and learn an effortless technique. The practice book is suitable for teaching material in flute lessons. It is also well suited for an intermediate level self-study.

Carbon Monoxide and Cardiovascular Functions

Author: Rui Wang
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420041010
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Akin to nitric oxide, carbon monoxide (CO) was initially viewed as a pure toxic gas, yet it has been recently demonstrated to be an important endogenous molecule of gas that has profound physiological and pathophysiological effects on the cardiovascular system. In spite of the growing understanding achieved in this field, until now a comprehensive