By Helen O'Reilly
It concentrates on providing readers with the information they need and want, all given in an interesting and easy to read style.
93 Pages ... Over 90 Full-color illustrations
With a Special Chapter: Understanding Ferrets
128 Pages ... Over 70 Full-color illustrations
They're clean, cute, cuddly, affectionate, intelligent and fun to watch and play with.
This book has been designed to be of special value to all of the many new chinchilla owners looking for good information about their pets; it provides all of the information they need to allow them to enjoy their pets to the fullest PLUS valuable sections dealing with the breeding of chinchillas.
You will learn all about hamster behavior, such as what it means when a hamster appears to be staring into space, or what it means when his teeth are chattering. The Syrian hamster is the largest hamster that is kept as a pet, it, as well as a few of the dwarf hamsters, are among the most popular pets. This book has lots of little facts about hamsters and has plenty of great pictures.
By: Lorraine Hill
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This information and highly colorful new book, which covers every aspect of hedgehog care, is guaranteed to be enjoyed by the experienced hobbyist and the novice owner alike. From housing to feeding to breeding and health care, it contains all of the information needed for the day-to-day care of hedgehogs.
Housing · Feeding · Breeding · Exhibition· Health Care
by Dennis Kelsey-Wood64 pgs. softcover
This book covers everything about these furry creatures from housing to breeding.
by Anne Lindsay22 pgs.
They make great pets for just about anyone; they can even help children develop a sense of responsibility.
The Guide to Owning a Rat is an outstanding source for everybody from the beginning rat owner to the experienced rat fancier. Full-color photographs throughout this book guide the reader in choosing a rat, breeding, feeding, and exhibiting the many varieties of this fascinating and intelligent creature.
Includes: Housing · Taming · Training · Health Care · Feeding
by Susan Fox64 pgs. softcover
They're good with children, require little space, and are easy to transport.
The Guide to Owning a Chinchilla is a well-written book that explains everything necessary for chinchilla owners to know. Chapters on grooming, health care, history, and a plethora of other topics are beautifully illustrated with full-color photos.
All chinchilla owners, from novices to exhibitors, will find The Guide to Owning a Chinchilla to be a valuable resource.
Housing · Grooming · Health · Feeding· Exhibiting
by Anmarie Barrie64 pgs. softcover
Dwarf rabbits, of special appeal to owners and breeders because of the advantages deriving from their size, are becoming increasingly popular.
This book is a comprehensive guide to choosing, raising, feeding, and showing the varieties of dwarf rabbits.
The purpose of this book is to make sure that readers know what is proper and what is not, and anyone who reads it acquires not only a respect for hamsters as pet animals but also a desire to treat them well--and the knowledge needed to do it. The book covers every important area of hamster selection and care: hamster types and varieties, feeding, housing, breeding, health care and more.
Everything the pet ferret owner needs to know can be found in this book. Sensible advice is presented in an easy to read and thoroughly enjoyable style--with as much personality as is possessed by the ferrets themselves. Practical guidelines are laid down, interspersed with many amusing yet illuminating anecdotes that inform as well entertain.
A unique feature of Ferrets in Your Home is the information presented in the highly detailed chapters on reproduction, breeding, and health care. These complex and often confusing topics are of paramount importance to the ferret owner, yet they are often ignored in other books. Dr. Winsted makes these subjects comprehensible to the average reader with a minimum amount of fuss.
by Dr. Wendy Winsted175 pgs. hardcover
Refreshingly complete and well written, this volume goes beyond the mere basics of gerbil management and concentrates on all the practical considerations of the gerbil owner--whether beginner or expert--will be faced with during the course of day-to-day dealings with these lovable little mammals.
Special emphasis is placed on gerbil behavior, characteristics, and personality--topics you won't find in just any book on gerbil keeping. Everything you need and want to know about gerbils is here. Entertaining anecdotes interspersed with the cold hard facts make this book a pleasure to read, and the more than 220 full-color photographs make it a joy to look at and a delight to own.
by Robert Bernhard160 pgs. hardcover
Intelligent, friendly, and clean, these petite porkers can be great pets--if you know how to care for them properly.
Pot-bellied Pigs as a Family Pet provides all the basics that you need to know to have a healthy, happy piggy. From selecting the right pig to housing, from feeding to breeding, this book covers all aspects of pot-bellied pig care. Written in a clear and concise manner and illustrated throughout with lovely full-colored photos, it provides pot-bellied pig owners with all the information they need and want about their porcine companions.
by Michael Taylor192 pgs. hardcover
While it is undemanding as a pet, this furry little Australian marsupial, measuring only 9-12in. from head to tail, has some specialized needs that must be met if it is to thrive.
This book provides all of the information needed to help Sugar Glider keepers accomplish this.
Informatively written and lavishly illustrated with full-color photos, this book is an invaluable and necessary reference for anyone who has an interest in these fascinating animals.
by Dennis Kelsey-Wood93 pgs. hardcover
