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Chapter 1: Hankering for a Hamster. <p>Chapter 2: Is a Hamster Your Perfect Pet?</p> <p>Chapter 3: Selecting a Hamster,</p> <p>Chapter 4: C'mon In: Setting Up Your Hamster's Home and getting Him There Safely.</p> <p>Chapter 5: Noshes, Nibbles, and Nuzzles: Caring for Your Hamster.</p> <p>Chapter 6: Baby, What's Your Sign? Getting to Know Your Hamster.</p> <p>Chapter 7: In the Pink: Hamster Health and Breeding Issues.</p> <p>The Hams Are Out There: Ten Interesting Hamster Web Sites.</p> <p>Condensed Hamsters: Ten Common Questions.</p> <p>Index.</p>

<p><b>Sarah Montague</b> is a writer and producer for print and public radio. She has written for such publications as <i>Animal Times</i> and <i>Eventing</i>.

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