Training Your Pet Hamster
by Barbara Somerville, Gerry Bucsis
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Book Reviews of Training Your Pet Hamster
Book Review: Great for pet owners. Pass if you're a breeder.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good comprehensive guide for the beginning hamster owner. It has no information on breeding and its writing will be beyond the abilities of small children (the ASPCA guides published in conjuction with DK books are better for children). The book focuses on your interaction with your hamster albeit it does also provide all the usual information in selecting and housing the little fellows. I gave it four stars since it's not an all-encompassing tome on hamsters and it's a little weak in the area of dwarf hamsters. As a pet-owners guidebook for Syrian hamsters, it's pretty much all that you'll need. The chapters are: 1.Pre-Pet Preparations, 2. Hamster-Hunting Homework, 3. Teach you hamster to welcome your touch, 4. Knock, knock, who's there? 5. Can hamsters be trained not to gnaw? 6. Potty training, 7. Make the cage a hamster heaven, 8. Out to the playground for recess? 9. Practice sessions in the play place, 10. Leash walking, 11. Roll-around balls, 12. Fun time, 13. The traveling hamster, 14. Handy hints, 15. Making the grade.Book Review: Great book for young hamster owners - buy it before the pet!
Summary: 5 Stars
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!
Book Review: I don't reccomend this book.
Summary: 3 Stars
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."Book Review: Wonderful Beginners Guide to Hamsters!
Summary: 4 Stars
I would have to say that this book wook be a good buy for anyone looking to find out what can be good, or bad, for their little hamster friend!
It has usefull hints, tips, tricks, and must-does that will insure your time spent with your hammie is time well spent indeed.
Hamsters are enjoyable pets, and this excellent book gives you insight on how to create the perfect environment for both you and your hamster to enjoy one another, as well as offer some lessons on Hamster Handling, and even the neater Hamster Potty Training!
Book Review: Great Hamster book
Summary: 5 Stars
Even if your not training your hamster this book is full of information both for the older child and adult..its well written and full of info we need to no about hamsters...not that cute empty book that gives nothing to the animal in care...this is a must have...for the true serious hamster owner and caregiver...B.W.