Oftring/Wolf: Vogelfutterpflanzen aus Natur und Garten

Bird food plants from nature and garden

Popular food plants for pet birds and fancy fowl: cultivation, harvest, suitability, effect

The knowledge from biology and veterinary medicine is combined in this specialist book. Suitable plants for healthy, varied feeding of birds are presented in detail.

You will learn about trees, bushes, grasses, herbs and flowers:

·        how to cultivate and care for them

·        what you have to pay attention to during harvest and storage

·        which of the plants you can collect in nature and when

·        what effects they have (e.g. mineral/vitamin supply, fighting inflammation ...)

Is this plant even suitable for your birds? You can read this under every plant portrait, namely for parrots, parakeets (specially designated: budgies), canaries, estreldid finches, forest birds and other finch birds as well as for fancy fowl. The basics of nutritional physiology and a list of poisonous plants that you must not feed under any circumstances complete the book.

The authors: Dipl.-Biologin Bärbel Oftring is one of the most active authors in the German-speaking world when it comes to "flora & fauna", with over 140 non-fiction book publications. After her studies with a focus on zoology, botany and palaeontology, the nature lover became involved as a specialist author and editor. In this book she combines her profound knowledge of plants with practical instructions and helpful tips for bird keepers.

Prof. Dr. med. vet. Petra Wolf is a veterinarian and holds the professorship for nutritional physiology and animal nutrition at the University of Rostock. She is a specialist veterinarian for animal nutrition and an internationally highly regarded expert and sought-after advisor on feeding issues. Her special fondness and profession for the world of birds have been incorporated into this textbook.

Over 140 pages, more than 120 illustrations, expert tips in each plant portrait, poisonous plant list included. ISBN 978-3-945440-33-9

Language: German