Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335107 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

Synopsis
Snakes are among the most beautiful and fascinating creatures of all the vertebrates. It is no wonder there are more than fifty species of snakes regularly bred in captivity and more than one hundred species available in pet stores. But how does the keeping of snakes become art? By developing a naturalistic vivarium system that puts a snake's welfare and quality of life above all. This will enhance your enjoyment in observing these fascinating creatures. Inside, you'll learn how to setup and maintain a vivaria. You'll learn which snakes are the best display snakes and how to handle, feed and care for them. Most importantly, you'll learn that the reason for keeping snakes is not just for captive breeding, but to derive enjoyment from watching a snake's behaviour in a naturalistic environment.

Customer Reviews

Good book for the display enthusiast
This book is primarily aimed at the display enthusiast. The techniques explained using live substrate and plants is fine if you only have one or two tanks, but people keeping more may find the methods very unpractical.

However, there are good in depth chapters on breeding, health and so on. There is also a very good guide at the back to popular display snakes. However, it does not rate the ability level for each snake. The Green Tree Python is recommended as a good display snake, but that is a species that should be left to the more experienced.

When all is said and done, if your looking to set up a couple of good display tanks, then this book is just about the best out there.