Index
babies 22, 23
bedding 46, 47, 48
behavior 98, 100, 102,
103, 104, 105, 106
body parts 28, 29, 30, 31
burrows 18
children and hamsters 10
cleaning 86, 88, 90, 118
coat varieties 32, 33, 34,
38, 40
European hamster 16
food 74, 76, 78, 80, 82
Golden hamster 16
grooming 92, 94, 96
handling 68, 70, 71
health, signs of 60, 62,
63, 64, 65, 102, 103,
108, 110, 112, 114
Hebrew University in
Jerusalem 25
hibernation 121
history 16, 24, 25
mouth 20, 29, 118
The Natural History of
Aleppo 24
play and tricks 52, 54, 56
pouches 20, 118
rodent family 12, 18
Russell, Alexander and
Patrick 24
shelter 44, 46, 47, 48, 50
size 8
Skeene, James Henry 24
Syrian hamster 10, 14, 16
teeth 14, 29, 112, 114
toilet training 50
Waterhouse, George 24
wet tail 116
wounds 110, 112
128
Hamsters