The Simple Guide to Ferrets [Paperback]

Bobbye Land (Author), Babs Land (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications; First edition (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793821169
• ISBN-13: 978-0793821167
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,926,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good one-stop source for ferret basics, January 8, 2005

By 

David R. Gaines (Rockville, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Simple Guide to Ferrets (Paperback)

I happened to see this book at a pet store and bought it on a whim, just to add to my ferret resource library as I had never heard of it. It turned out to be a surprisingly complete and accurate book, a close second to Kim Schilling's "Ferrets For Dummies" in the if-I-can-only-get-one-book-on-how-to-take-care-of-ferrets-
this-is-the-one-to-get contest. Almost every page has a full color photo of a ferret on it, and they're usually instructional or useful in some way, not simply decorative.

Lots of helpful sidebars, and they've designed the book in a very well-organized way with lots of "Post-It" notes and fake paper clips "holding" memos to the page, making the important points stand out for easy reading.

Highly recommended as a one-stop source for ferret care or to add to your ferret book collection to get a more well-rounded view of the basics of ferret care.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Be careful!, July 15, 2008

By 

CM (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Simple Guide to Ferrets (Paperback)

Be careful when purchasing guides about ferrets, as they are often misinforming you when you only want to do what's best. This book in particular shows a picture of a ferret eating pieces of cereal in their nutrition section, which is an absolute no! Cereals contain high levels of sugar, which has been linked to insulinoma in ferrets, a common affliction that is essentially hypoglycemia caused by a tumor of the pancreas--and incurable.

A much better book about ferrets is Ferrets for Dummies. The information in the newest editions is up-to-date and more informed on ferret health and nutrition.