How to Care for Your Chinchilla by Roger Whear (Kingdom). 34 pages, colour photos. A complete guide to the chinchilla, with chapters on housing, feeding, breeding and health. £3.25

Ferrets: Health, Husbandry & Diseases by Maggie LLoyd (Blackwells), 198 pages, paperback with colour photos. A practical and concise guide to the care and management of the domestic ferret. R.R.P £31.50. Special reader offer £28.00.