Discover expert advice about owning a pet dwarf hamster, so it lives a happy and healthy life. This title, along with all books in the comprehensive and popular B.E.S. Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series, provides advice on feeding, health care, housing, and all other important aspects of responsible pet ownership. Each title in the series is individually written from first page to last by a pet trainer, veterinarian, or other pet-care specialist.

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.