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Client information sheets

We produce a large variety of information sheets covering the care of exotic pets and common conditions seen in these species.

• Basic parrot management

• Converting your bird onto Harrisons diets
• Cryptosporidium in reptiles

• Psittacine beak and feather disease
• Psittacosis information for clients
• Ultraviolet lighting and birds
• Wing clipping pet parrots

• Basic tortoise management

Charities and clubs

Our team also work with a number of charities and groups to improve the level of knowedge of exotic pets and how they should be best treated.

• The British Chelonia Group

• Tortoise Protection Group

• Ferret Education and Research Trust

• Birdline Parrot Rescue

Magazine links and articles

• Practical Reptile Keeping Magazine

• Cage and Aviary Birds Magazine

• Reproductive control of ferrets

This article was published on May 13, 2011

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