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Title: My Hamster and Me (For the Love of Animals Series) by Peter Hollmann, Monika Wegler, Renate Holzner, Gabriele Linke-Grun, Peter Hollimann ISBN: 0-7641-1805-6 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the best out there by far
Comment: Of the many hamster books I've seen, this is the one I can't recommend. Visually, it has lots of nice photos and is written mainly to kids. BUT it also has opinion presented as fact. For example, the hamster 'ball', the plastic ball hamster owners have been buying since the 1970s, is described as a "prison" for your hamster!
I take issue with nonfiction books that present opinions as facts, and I'm glad I eventually ignored such a statement and bought one anyway.
Rather than call the toy "a prison," the book should have presented how the toy should be used. The *fact* is that the toy should only be used for 15 to 45 minutes - under supervision - and then your pet should be returned to his cage for at least a pit stop of for food and water. That's what the book should have said. In my case, I found that my hamster is far less timid about exploring a room when he's protected by his ball than when he's out on his own (then he barely moves). Other books, by many experienced hamster owners, suggest the ball as one of many toys for a happy pet hamster.
For a more factual, less opinionated book on owning a hamster, I would suggest anything by Betsy Sikora Siino. There's "The Essential Hamster," a slimmed-down but still useful version of her book "The Hamster: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet."
Rating: 4
Summary: For the little hamster lover
Comment: This is a nice book for the child hamster owner, perhaps for reading even before the pet is purchased. It does not contain all the details that a hamster owner might need, but it covers basic behavior and how to treat the pet. Cute photos, too!
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Title: Training Your Pet Hamster by Gerry Bucsis, Barbara Somerville ISBN: 0764120131 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Hamster (Aspca Pet Care Guide) by Mark Evans, Roger A. Caras ISBN: 0789476509 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Hamster in a Handbasket (Animal Ark, Book) by Ben M. Baglio, Shelagh McNicholas ISBN: 0439097010 Publisher: Apple Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, and Training (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals Series) by Otto Von Frisch, Otto Von Frisch ISBN: 0764106546 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Hamsters A to Z by Lorraine Hill ISBN: 0793831121 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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