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Vanderlip, Sharon Lynn.

Dwarf hamsters : everything about purchase, care, nutrition, and behavior / Sharon Vanderlip.

Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, ©2009.

111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.

Discusses the varieties, breeding, selection, keeping, and care of these petite rodents.

A complete pet owner's manual

Complete pet owner's manual.

Dwarf hamsters as pets.

Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.

Introduction to dwarf hamsters -- What is a dwarf hamster? -- Hamster characteristics -- What makes hamsters rodents? -- Their place in nature -- Different species -- Before you buy -- Special considerations -- What to consider -- Which species to select -- Children and dwarf hamsters -- Understanding your dwarf hamster -- Basics -- How-to: handling -- Accomodations -- Housing considerations -- Lighting (photoperiod) -- Exercise -- Dust baths and grooming -- Toys for dwarf hamsters -- Household hazards -- Capturing your hamster -- How-to: cage features -- Feeding your dwarf hamster -- Feeding habits -- What to feed -- How much and how often -- Vitamins and minerals -- Potentially harmful foods -- Nutritional disorders -- Water -- Health -- Keeping hamsters healthy -- If your hamster is sick -- Health problems -- Sensitivity to medications -- Raising dwarf hamsters -- Reproductive cycle -- Pregnancy -- Birth -- Imprinting and taming -- Raising the babies -- Species-specific breeding facts -- Djungarian hamster -- Siberian hamster -- Desert hamster -- Chinese hamster -- Breeding methods -- Hybrids -- Breding for coat colors and textures -- Color genetics -- Djungarian hamster -- Siberian hamster -- Chinese hamster -- Exhibiting dwarf hamsters.

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