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Title: Training Your Pet Hamster by Gerry Bucsis, Barbara Somerville ISBN: 0-7641-2013-1 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I don't reccomend this book.
Comment: I would have given the book a lower rating but it was only bad because it was so bland. The author assumes that the reader is a seven-year-old and about 20% of the book is baby-talk. It doesn't go into much detail about training. In fact, "The Hamster Handbook" by Patricia Bartlett (also sold at amazon) goes into as much detail about training a hamster. This book doesn't include much other information about hamsters other than obvious things and is mostly vague. I don't recommend this book, but highly recommend "the Hamster Handbook."
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for young hamster owners - buy it before the pet!
Comment: This book is written mostly for young teenagers and will be great at interesting them in something not electronic!
No offense to Nintendo or Microsoft, but there really is life beyond the cursor!
I am one of very few in Egypt who bothers owning pets - I have a hamster, an African Grey Parrot (see my reviews on Keeping African Grey Parrots, and of The African Grey Parrot Handbook), plus two lovebirds, two cockatiels, two dogs, one cat and four tortoises. I thus have found Amazon a great source for pet keeping books.
Another good book for hamster enthusiasts is HAMSTERS, A COMPLETE PET OWNER'S MANUAL. I have, though, chosen TRAINING YOUR PET HAMSTER as the must-have. Buy it before you get or give the pet hamster!
Rating: 3
Summary: Pretty Standard
Comment: This is a pretty standard hamster care book. The writing style often gets a bit insipid, but the information is gotten out.
For beginners, they'll get basic information.
The title is misleading as hamster training isn't the focus of the book. There is a little on the idea of clicker training and conditioned response, but this part is very thin.
In fact the book goes more in depth on the author's personal preferences for cages. They laud Crittertrail and SAM set-ups glossing over the cons of using these types (like these are easy for a Hamster to escape from), while presenting very minor disadvantages as major ones in other set-ups like 10 gallon aquariums (like cleaning it)or wire cages (can't use tubes). I'm afraid that having to take a bit of effort to hose a cage down, or providing alternative tunnelling toys are nothing compared to ESCAPING!
They do not mention how much cage room a hamster actually needs. If they had this would discount their favorite cages.
Still, that would only make this a 4-star book and I gave it 3.
This is because when going over the information for choosing a hamster, they don't have their priorities straight. When talking about going to a breeder they list that breeders have breeds and coat colors not available at pet shops as the first reason. Then almost as an afterthought tag on a sentence that the hamsters would be hand tamed and used to humans.
As someone who appreciates an animal for themselves this kind of attitude is extremely elitist and snobby. As if an animal's worth is only in its looks and the joy in having it is to show off that rare color or breed.
In addition, much of what is said is taken off verbatim from various Internet sites. Based on the copyright dates of the book and update information on the websites I know it's not the other way around.
Despite this, this would be a pretty basic book to get if you are thinking of owning a hamster. However, I would recommend the Hamtaro Hamster Care Guide instead.
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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: 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: 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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Title: Hamtaro Hamster Care Guide by Ritsuko Kawai, Mizue Ono, Hideyuki Asakura ISBN: 1569318417 Publisher: Viz Communications Pub. Date: 10 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Feeding, and Housing (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) by Sharon L. Vanderlip DVM, Michele Earle-Bridges ISBN: 0764110853 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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