Publisher's Synopsis
As part of the "Know your pet" series, this book is a practical introduction for young people wanting to keep hamsters as pets.;The text ranges over a wide variety of topics, from how to choose, feed, breed, show and care for hamsters, and how to read their "body language", to their place in literature and history.;Young people can learn about the behaviour of the golden hamster in its natural desert habitat, understand why hamsters store food in their cheek pouches and hoard it in their larders and learn why they sleep during the day and become active after dark.;The book also contains advice on pet care including exercising, health care, grooming and hygiene.;There is a glossary, further reading section, a list of useful addresses and an index, as well as specially commissioned colour photographs, fact panels and explanatory diagrams.
