Syrian Hamster Care Book

Syrian hamsters are popular with novice hamster owners and younger children as they tend to be easier to handle and tame.

Syrian hamster care book. It is a good read. In 1950 the care and breeding of laboratory animals contained a chapter on syrian hamster care with recommendations about cage size handling hamsters hamster diet cleaning hamsters and hamster breeding. Excluding where it recommends pine wood shavings overall this book is concise and long enough to document the hamster properly even providing a full story of the discovery of the syrian hamster. To care for syrian hamsters start by setting up a roomy cage with bedding made of shredded paper an exercise wheel and other accessories.

Each page has a hamster picture on it and it gives good advice on hamster care. The essential guide to ownership care training for your pet. The natural color of most syrian hamsters is golden brown with a lighter belly. Because the book is detailed it may not be reader friendly for younger children who own hamsters than other hamster starter care books on the market featuring simpler formats.

Also feed your hamster a commercial hamster food and be sure to provide access to fresh water at all times. Syrian or golden hamsters owners guide facts and information all about syrian hamsters including care food diet cages pregnancy breeding behavio by lyndsey mcmahon aug 1 2013 4 3 out of 5 stars 13. The 1947 first edition of the ufaw handbook contained a chapter on the care of syrian hamsters. This book is very detailed and up to date regarding hamster care ranging from basic care and health concerns to breeding and showing hamsters.

I ve had syrian hamsters for over 20 years but i m considering getting another breed for the first time so i. Syrian hamsters or golden hamsters as pets. The average lifespan for a syrian hamster is 2 to 2 5 years although like most animals there are some individuals who live longer than this. The syrian hamster also known as the golden hamster is among the most popular choices for small pets it s generally easy to tame fun to watch and fairly low maintenance making it a good pet for beginners these hamsters come from arid regions of northern syria and southern turkey.

The perspective of a curious syrian hamster paperback july 4 2013 by little fella author karola brecht author mich medvedoff author 4 0 out of 5 stars 7 customer reviews. Care cages or aquarium food habitat shedding feeding diet diseases toys names all.