Briefly relates the history and habits of the hamster, the clean little rodent from Syria, that has enjoyed great success as a pet since its introduction to America.
The characters in Freddy's latest novel, an evil fifteenth-century poacher and his ferrets, mysteriously come to life, endangering Freddy and his friends and drawing them to an English castle near where the poacher once lived.
Freddy the golden hamster and his animal cohorts, along with a computerized, robotic golden hamster, travel back in time to Assyria, where some of them are captured by crusaders and Freddy gets a taste of undomesticated living.
A manual on the care, feeding, and breeding of golden hamsters as pets, with information on their life in the wild, their use in the lab, and other kinds of hamsters.
Freddy, a remarkably intelligent golden hamster, learns how to read and how to write on a computer and escapes captivity to become an independent and civilized creature.
Hamster Freddy Auratus springs into action when he learns that a colony of endangered field hamsters' lives are at risk, and enlists the help of a tomcat and a pair of guinea pig poets to take on city hall.
The characters in Freddy's latest novel, an evil fifteenth-century poacher and his ferrets, mysteriously come to life, endangering Freddy and his friends and drawing them to an English castle near where the poacher once lived.
Describes the characteristics and behavior of hamsters both in the wild and in captivity, as demonstrated by a pair observed in a burrow built by the authors. Includes information on caring for pet hamsters.
