FERRETS. By Vickie McKimmey.

2008 1st UK edition. Square 8vo. Pp112. Colour photographs throughout. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"Ideal as indoor pets, these charming yet mischievous little animals are easy to care for with the right information at hand. This book provides the guidance you'll need to keep your pet healthy, happy and well-behaved." Chapters include; why I adore my ferret - natural history, temperament and personality, more than one(?), responsibilities; the stuff of everday life - cages, furnishings, ferret-proofing your home; eating well - natural diet, basic nutrition, feeding schedule, water, commercial ferret foods; looking good - day to day maintenance - grooming as bonding time; feeling good - vets, illnesses and symptoms, seasonal changes, stress; being good - proper handling, socialisation, ferrets with ferrets, ferrets and cats and dogs, tricks, walking on a lead, litter box training, problem behaviours, finding the lost ferret. Concise but useful, especially for children.