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Title: Barron's Fancy Rats (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) by Gisela Bulla, Gyorgy Jankovics, Christine Steimer ISBN: 0-7641-0940-5 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: There is alot of bad mixed with good advice in this book
Comment: This book is a mix of bad and good rat advice. I will first list the good things about this book. #1 The description of the life of wild rats in their colonies. It's accurate. #2 The pictures : They are by far the best pictures of pet rats I've seen in a book, (so far) #3 It has some OK to Good info on caring for rats but there are other books with much better information like Debbie Ducommuns Rats! #4 The book stresses the need to have more than just one rat. Thats important. The problems with this book are: #1 The author makes blanket statements against any breeding of rats totally not taking into account the fact that there are people who are responsible breeders out there. The author also doesn't explain what needs to be done to responsibly breed, such as before you even think of breeding make sure that you can place all the babies in loving homes, things like that. #2 The author recommends pine bedding, which is well known to have ill effects on rats just like cedar does. #3 On page 36, her logic as to why the life expectency of rats probably can't be increased is muddled and odd. She also states that previously the natural life expectency of rats was thought to be six to seven years. When did anyone think the life expectency of rats was that long? , I've read most books on rats and they all say the average life expectency of rats are two to three years, while some may live to four or five. Anyway this book should be bought with caution, there is alot of good info mixed with bad in this book
Rating: 3
Summary: This book is a mix of bad and good rat advice.
Comment: I will first list the good things about this book.
#1 The description of the life of wild rats in their colonies. #2 The pictures : They are by far the best pictures of pet rats I've seen in a book, (so far) #3 It has some OK to Good info on caring for rats but there are other books with much better information like Debbie Ducommuns Rats! #4 The book stresses the need to have more than just one rat. Thats important.
The problems with this book are: #1 The author makes blanket statements against any breeding of rats totally not taking into account the fact that there are people who are responsible breeders out there. The author also doesn't explain what needs to be done to responsibly breed, such as before you even think of breeding make sure that you can place all the babies in loving homes, things like that.
#2 The author recommends pine bedding, which is well known to have ill effects on rats just like cedar does.
#3 On page 36, her logic as to why the life expectency of rats probably can't be increased is muddled and odd. She also states that previously the natural life expectency of rats was thought to be six to seven years. When did anyone think the life expectency of rats was that long? , I've read most books on rats and they all say the average life expectency of rats are two to three years, while some may live to four or five.
Anyway this book should be bought with caution, there is alot of good info mixed with bad in this book. For the best book on rats there is, I would recommend Debbie Ducommuns Rats! : For Today's Pet Owner.
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Title: Rats: Complete Care Guide by Debbie Ducommun ISBN: 1889540714 Publisher: Bowtie Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Rats: A Complete Introduction by Daniel R. Schwartz, Daniel R. Schwartz Dr ISBN: 0793802040 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Rat : An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Ginger Cardinal ISBN: 0876054289 Publisher: Howell Book House Pub. Date: 11 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Rats by Carol Himsel Daly ISBN: 0764120123 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Proper Care of Fancy Rats (Proper Care) by Nick Mays ISBN: 0866223401 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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