--- product_id: 3640104 title: "Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)" price: "€ 10.71" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.ie/products/3640104-dwarf-hamsters-everything-about-purchase-care-nutrition-and-behavior-complete store_origin: IE region: Ireland --- # Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) **Price:** € 10.71 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) - **How much does it cost?** € 10.71 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ie](https://www.desertcart.ie/products/3640104-dwarf-hamsters-everything-about-purchase-care-nutrition-and-behavior-complete) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) [Vanderlip, Sharon] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) Review: Informative for adults; informative for prior hamster owners - I just finished reading this book from cover to cover. Loved it. I got it because of the great reviews, and because I got a dwarf hamster for the first time, and had only had the classic Syrian hamsters as a child. The author did a great job about giving details for each species of dwarf, as opposed to talking about them as one homogeneous group, like other books. They really do have their differences. I'll let you read the other reviews to see more about all that the book covers. It seems geared towards the adult or older teenage pet owner, though you can probably tell that from reading some of the pages in the "Click to Look Inside" desertcart feature. I think one important thing the reviewers haven't covered yet is the author's credentials. You can read them all on page 111 when you do the "Look Inside". Go to the back cover first, and then flip back a few pages. In short, the author has a D.V.M (Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine), and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Univ of California at Davis. Dr. Vanderlip has "provided veterinary care to exotic and domestic animal species for more than thirty years...authored twenty books on pet care....served as Clinical Veterinarian for the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine...." [on and on], has served as Chief of Veterinary Services for NASA, and even does seminars. Not only that, but apparently her husband, who is "an expert in laboratory and exotic animal medicine" has also helped her obtain recent scientific info. The book is copyrighted 2009 and 1999. So, yeah, it seems pretty darn up-to-date. Review: LOTS OF PICTURES! - What makes a good book about hamsters? Lots of PICTURES. And this book has plenty! Cute little dwarfies smiling, dancing doing back flips, playing basketball and being cuuuute! Photographs, not just drawings. I think the best part of it is that the only hamsters that are drawn are the sick or injured ones. That way you never get to see an actual hamster in bad condition. Photos of animals that have been injured can be disturbing, especially for dwarf hamster-obsessed people like me. There are like 4 or 5 drawings only, and LOTS of photos. Tons! I love this book! Even though it's pretty thin, this manual is close to complete. It focuses on the everyday pet owner, not just on breeders. There are not too many home remedies, it mostly recommends taking your pet to the vet. The section on recuperating a lost hamster is smart. Valuable information. It doesn't go too technical but it tells it just like it is. No kiddie speak. Also, most of the hamsters pictured are gray, just like my own Campbell's dwarf. That has made the book so much more enjoyable. There's a section on how to distinguish between 4 types of dwarf hamsters. Get this book! You will want to eat it! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,284,858 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #192 in Pet Mice, Hamster & Guinea Pig Pet Care #1,334 in Pet Food & Nutrition | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (124) | | Dimensions | 6.5 x 0.28 x 7.87 inches | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 0764140965 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0764140969 | | Item Weight | 8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 111 pages | | Publication date | March 1, 2009 | | Publisher | B E S Pub Co | ## Images ![Dwarf Hamsters: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61t3arktceL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Informative for adults; informative for prior hamster owners *by S***A on July 7, 2010* I just finished reading this book from cover to cover. Loved it. I got it because of the great reviews, and because I got a dwarf hamster for the first time, and had only had the classic Syrian hamsters as a child. The author did a great job about giving details for each species of dwarf, as opposed to talking about them as one homogeneous group, like other books. They really do have their differences. I'll let you read the other reviews to see more about all that the book covers. It seems geared towards the adult or older teenage pet owner, though you can probably tell that from reading some of the pages in the "Click to Look Inside" Amazon feature. I think one important thing the reviewers haven't covered yet is the author's credentials. You can read them all on page 111 when you do the "Look Inside". Go to the back cover first, and then flip back a few pages. In short, the author has a D.V.M (Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine), and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Univ of California at Davis. Dr. Vanderlip has "provided veterinary care to exotic and domestic animal species for more than thirty years...authored twenty books on pet care....served as Clinical Veterinarian for the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine...." [on and on], has served as Chief of Veterinary Services for NASA, and even does seminars. Not only that, but apparently her husband, who is "an expert in laboratory and exotic animal medicine" has also helped her obtain recent scientific info. The book is copyrighted 2009 and 1999. So, yeah, it seems pretty darn up-to-date. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LOTS OF PICTURES! *by C***I on January 9, 2002* What makes a good book about hamsters? Lots of PICTURES. And this book has plenty! Cute little dwarfies smiling, dancing doing back flips, playing basketball and being cuuuute! Photographs, not just drawings. I think the best part of it is that the only hamsters that are drawn are the sick or injured ones. That way you never get to see an actual hamster in bad condition. Photos of animals that have been injured can be disturbing, especially for dwarf hamster-obsessed people like me. There are like 4 or 5 drawings only, and LOTS of photos. Tons! I love this book! Even though it's pretty thin, this manual is close to complete. It focuses on the everyday pet owner, not just on breeders. There are not too many home remedies, it mostly recommends taking your pet to the vet. The section on recuperating a lost hamster is smart. Valuable information. It doesn't go too technical but it tells it just like it is. No kiddie speak. Also, most of the hamsters pictured are gray, just like my own Campbell's dwarf. That has made the book so much more enjoyable. There's a section on how to distinguish between 4 types of dwarf hamsters. Get this book! You will want to eat it! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quick delivery by vendor, book okay *by A***R on January 1, 2013* This book is helpful as a general guide and contains color photos of the cute animals, so it served well to build the anticipation and sense of responsibility for our children before going to get their dwarf hamsters. We found when trying to use it practically, however, it lacks some specifics. Unbeknownst to us, one of our new pets came home pregnant and within five days we had seven little pink dwarf hamster pups, along with the two we meant to bring home! The book says be sure to have water for the pups when they start moving, but doesn't mention the equipment necessary for these tiny creatures. It says when the pups can be separated from their mother into gender-specific groups, but not when it is safe for the animal to go to a new home and what precautions to take to make sure it thrives. So, we must rely on the computer and experts to help us. 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