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Except for rats, and only because I admired their cunning and survivability, I never had a gripping interest in rodents. The one time I in truth came in contact with gerbils had been when I was the class mother for my younger son’s second grade and the class kept pet gerbils in a type of a housing resembling a huge aquarium. This book, however, changed my outlook on Gerbils when I picked it off the bookshelf in a local bookstore because of the beautiful gerbil portrait on it is cover.
Mongolian gerbils, the kind that are held as pets, are on occasion called sand rats, desert rats, yellow rats, antelope rats, or clawed jirds. Other related gerbils are bushy-tailed jird, fat-tailed gerbil or duprasi, Libyan jird, and Egyptian jird.
Gerbils have the face of a squirrel and a tail resembling the tail of a rat. They are curious, friendly, and social animals. Because of their size, they make better pets for older children. They are likewise idealisti for apartment dwellers because gerbils take up very little space. They should, however, be kept in a arid room with moderate temperature. The idealisti place for gerbils’ housing is a sturdy table from where they may watch the owners.
Since gerbils have a social life, they must be purchased in pairs. Gerbil babies are called pups. They may look cute, but a pair of gerbils that are a few months old would make better pets.
Gerbils are somewhat cheap to obtain and easy to keep, but they require a great deal of know-how and understanding like other pets. Thus, “Gerbils: The Complete Guide to Gerbil Care” is just the book and in all likelihood the best book to read on the subject.
What genuinely impressed me, in addition to the writer’s expertise, are the terrifically artistic, one-of-a-kind photos in the book taken by the photographer, Ellen Bellini. All the photographs supplement the info in the book, adding visual pleasure to the book’s skillfully arranged contents.
The chapters of the book are:
1: Furry Mongolian Friends
2: Are Gerbils the Right Pets for You?
3: Finding the Gerbils of Your Dreams
4: Housing and Feeding
5: Taming and Handling Your Gerbils
6: Gerbil Health and Hazards
7: Breeding Gerbils
8: Fun with Gerbils
9: Exhibiting Your Gerbils
With 160 pages in paperback, the book has an appendix, resources page, a finelooking informative glossary, and an index at the end. Its ISBN numbers are: ISBN-10: 1931993564 and ISBN-13: 978-1931993562.
The writer, Donna Anastasi, is the president of The American Gerbil Society. She has coordinated the firstborn gerbil show in the United States. She lives with her family and her a lot of animals in Southern New Hampshire.
This is a very informative book both for a beginner or an experienced gerbil owner. Besides being easy to read and fun to look at, it is a terrifi reference book for libraries and gerbil fanciers alike.
ReviewAs an accomplished doctor of veterinary medicine, Martin Goldstein is well valued for his 25 years worth of experience in the field–experience he efficaciously utilizes in conjunction with his skillfulness in holistic medicine in his new book, The Nature of Animal Healing: The Path to Your Pet’s Health, Happiness, and Longevity. Goldstein begins with a wide comprehensible statement of the roots of sicknesses in pets, then moves on to taking action versus those diseases, not only supplying indepth discussions of specific ailments–including cancer, allergies, and arthritis–and the holistic medicines available to support in the healing process, but also speaking to the “dubious bequest of vaccines” as well as the questionable quality of pet food. Finally, Goldstein turns his attention to the spiritual realm, addressing both the bonds that we have with our pets–and how those bonds support in preventing and fighting our pets’ health problems–as well as dealing with the death of a beloved pet. Goldstein’s expert advice, inclusion of inspiring real-life cases, and indepth resource “compendium of holistic books, newsletters, Web sites, veterinarians, and associations” make this book a valuable addition to any pet owner’s library. –Julia King
From Publishers WeeklyResponding to an alarming increase in cancer and other diseases in ever-younger pets, Goldstein, founder of the Smith Ridge Veternary Center in upstate New York, offers a bright and engrossing account of how toxic surroundings and poor diet are proving as deadly to our animals as they are to us. “Cancer is the far marker, the defining outer limit of how toxic our world has become, and of what those toxins may do to animals,” writes Goldstein. Declaring himself one of a growing number of holistic veterinarians, Goldstein outlines an approach to healing that revolves around strengthening the immune scheme through diet and such holistic healing proficiencies as acupuncture and homeopathy, so that an animal may heal itself. Describing how he has treated an alphabet of medical problems, Goldstein reveals that the most radical vision is many times enacted through small, good sense steps?anemia requires iron, wasting sicknesses such as cancer indicate a need for increased protein. Although a good deal of readers used to established medicine will find Goldstein’s views and proposed cures too drastic, the case he builds is exuberantly persuasive and in truth inspiring rather than dire, which is not surprising since veteran Vanity Fair writer Michael Schnayerson is his co-writer. Goldstein likewise acknowledges the works of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, which in this case lends the notorious guru a bit of the author’s positive, compassionate spirit. This is a life-affirming book that must interest any pet owner. 100,000 firstborn printing.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library JournalThe emergent field of holistic veterinary medicine has spawned a plethora of titles. This comprehensive book sets the usual versus which the rest ought to be judged. Goldstein, a pioneering holistic veterinarian in private practice, explains, in language accessible to the lay reader, his approach to keeping an animal healthful in body and spirit. Using an array of healing modalities that includes conventional, homeopathic, chiropractic, herbal, cryosurgical, and immunotherapeutic protocols, he attacks conditions from fleas and worms to diabetes, epilepsy, and cancer. Their causes, he explains, are immune schemes weakened by a diet of poor-quality, overprocessed mercantile food; a polluted environment; the overuse of vaccinations, antibiotics, and steroids; and genetic mutations. The spiritual dimension to disease is also discussed. A chapter on euthanasia and dealing with the death of a pet concludes the book. Highly commended for public libraries.AFlorence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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192 of 196 people found the following review helpful.
 Pet owners, read this book!!
By B. Smawley
If you do not to read, hire an individual to read it for you!! Your pets will thank you.
I lost a cat to cancer two years ago. My sentiment that I was someways responsible for his demise at such a young age wasn’t altogether grief related. For instance, was there something defective with feeding an animal the same old stuff day and night for his/her entire life, often dried stuff at that? If so, what other choices were there? And how with regards to tap water? If we the humans are concerned when it comes to drinking it, what with regards to our pets? Inquiries when it comes to diet to everyone, vets included, closely always elicit the same response: do not feed table feed or “scraps.” Trouble is, most of us just do not have a scientific and/or medical background with which to argue the point. Dr. Goldstein discusses feed and tap water and how it affects health in this book.
All that is required for reading this book is an open, active mind and the capacity to strive for something better. People who have added a large total of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and, yes, even soy merchandise to their diets recognise that they feel better, look better, and are healthier. And so it would be with animals. My 3 remaining cats are doing much better after only two weeks on real MEAT, grains, and vegetables. I recognise my cats so you may trust me on this point. Some persons will want studies. Well, scientists have concocted chemicals for making the RENDERED BY-PRODUCTS in mercantile pet feed likeable to animals by way of smell and/or taste. But show me a study which says it’s GOOD for our animals. Isn’t it golden age advertizing and hasn’t it worked, peculiarly in this busy world!! Incidentally, various natural pet feed brands are cited in the book for non-cookers.
Finally, I’ve concentrated my remarks on diet (and perchance one or two too a good deal of on my own views  ) because health starts with feed and feed is one aspect we pet owners genuinely have control over. However, Dr. Goldstein covers a lot of other topics including vaccines, herbs, supplements, natural remedies, and devotes an entire chapter to cancer. Many of his people who are in need of medical care are very sick. He explains why he believes in helping an animal heal itself by treating the sickness rather than the symptoms. Feeding real feed is portion of the process. Dr. Goldstein writes from experience. He even admits he doesn’t understand how or why a lot of of the holistic methods work; he’s just seen it work year after year. His final chapters deal with the spiritual realm, including our kinship with our pets, and death of pets (choosing when to let go, euthanasia, grieving). There is an broad resource guide at the back.
I likewise commend FOOD PETS DIE FOR by Ann N. Martin. She expended 7 years investigating the ingredients in mercantile pet food. If you read that book first, you’ll surely want to read this one (or vice versa).
Whoa, did I get ever get carried away here. But I’ve waited a long time for this book. Thank you, Dr. Goldstein, for writing it.
87 of 87 people found the following review helpful.
Wonderful Introduction to Holistic Pet Care
By Sasha
While written for the intermediate pet owner who is not intimate with terms such as vaccinosis or nosodes, even those of us who have been into natural rearing for a long time may find galore utile info in this book. The section on heartworm, for instance, is excellent. Few vets are even conscious of the fact that substitute heartworm preventative action and treatment methods exist. Also excellent: the chapters on vaccinations and the nature of disease.
The chapter on nutrition points the reader in the right direction (i.e., away from processed pet foods and toward homeprepared fresh feed diets), but there’s not sufficient info to enable readers to fabricate a balanced homemade diet for their dogs or cats (Dr. Pitcairn’s book is better in that regard).
Dr. Goldstein is not a classical homeopath and numerous people may object to his use of homeopathic remedies. Nonetheless, his A-Z guide to canine/feline ailments and their possible cures is exhaustive and full of utile information. He uses dietary supplements, glandulars, Western and Chinese herbs, homeopathy, flower remedies, and most times even allopathic drugs. His motto seems to be “whatever works.” The chapter on cancer is good but would have been even better if Dr. Goldstein had addressed the crucial dietary guidelines for cancer people who are in need of medical care and survivors.
The book concludes with a wondrous chapter on the spiritual connection amid us and our animals and a outstanding chapter on coping with the death of a beloved pet.
43 of 44 humans found the following review helpful.
This will modify your views of the veterinary profession!
By A
I have been providing our dogs with substitute health treatments since 1995. I was fed up with established care–too a heap of pills that merely cloaked underlying impairment of normal physiological functions and no real treatment. Our dogs have glowing health and everyone remarks on their vigor & finelooking coats. Dr. Goldstein, because of his successes with cancer & chronic illnesses, has traditionalisti veterinarians quaking in their boots. So much of medicine is run by the earnings motive, completely denying the Hippocratic oath taken by doctors and vets. Think of the retail of pet foods and vaccinations in the office of the vet–two of the biggest money-makers in the industry. It is no wonder those boots are quaking. I implore you to read this book for the sake of your pets’ health.
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