The Ferret: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The Ferret is an extremely informative guide on ferret health and behavior that offers practical advice for potential ferret owners, emphasizing that they can be challenging pets. Despite this word of caution, the book is careful to emphasize that ferrets can also be highly entertaining and affectionate animals, and with an estimated seven million pet ferrets in the U.S. alone, it's obvious that pet lovers agree. The 13 chapters range from "Bringing Your Pet Home" to "Training and Socializing" and include tips on properly grooming your pet, signs of disease, and a discussion of how your ferret will interact with other pets. This is a fun read, chock full of ferret trivia and illustrated with full-color photographs of our furry friends frolicking, burrowing, and snuggling.

Product Description

This lovable creature is on its way to being the third most popular companion animal after dogs and cats.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (December 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087605498X
• ISBN-13: 978-0876054987
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #641,338 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for ferret owners., November 22, 1999

By	"xlhgrl" (Anchorage, AK United States) - See all my reviews

I purchased this book when I got my first kit and it was very helpful and informative. I highly recommend this book, especially for new owners. As having only owned older ferrets, this book really did come in handy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book for New and Experienced Ferret Owners!, February 2, 1999

By	Kim Rushing, KiSta Ferret Rescue kistaferret@... (Manahawkin, NJ) - See all my reviews

I recommend this book to everyone who adopts a ferret from us. Its very informative and written in terms that everyone can understand. It really deals with ferrets as loving housepets and not like some books that still refer to them as "exotic" and "unusual". I believe this to be the most informative, interesting and fun book on ferrets and their care on the market.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book on the market, November 27, 1999

By	Gerardo Guerrero (U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This is the best ferret book i have yet read. This book has a lot of usefull infomation other books don't have. I recommend it to everyone.