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Ball Python Manual (The Herpetocultural Library. Series 300)

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Ball pythons are increasingly popular as pets, but the uninformed owner may have problems with feeding, shedding, etc. This book, by widely respected authorities, provides concise and practical information to make ball python ownership rewarding for snake and keeper. On internet mailing lists and newsgroups, when new ball python keepers ask for information, often they are referred to this book. The Ball Python Manual describes pattern variations, guidelines for selecting a healthy snake, housing, feeding, handling, and quite a bit more including disorders in ball pythons.

I may be the only person ever to read this book that doesn't think it's a landmark in herpetocultural literature. Oh well. For the record, I found the information sound, and I was pleased by the book's wealth of information about snake ailments. However, this is not a book for anyone who does not already know how to care for his or her Python regius. The discussion of basic care information is, I thought, inadequate, and De Vosjoli in particular seems to regard these snakes as incredibly delicate, look-but-don't-touch animals. If you are interested in ball pythons, buy this book, but don't buy *only* this book.

I found a lot of valuable information in this book. I have been raising Ball Pythons for years and let me tell you I wish had found this book a long time ago. The information in this book is vital especially because of the "bad advice" and "old wives tales" that have been circulating about this breed the last decade. A must for all serious ball python owners and enthusiasts.

This is what it says it is a manual. I see people trying to buy this book expecting it to be everything they ever need to know about pythons and then they are dissapointed. This is not a pet guide but a manual. This is a remarkable tool to owning a python. It lists many diseases a python might have,How to check the python for the diseases and how to treat them. Its a must for an owner because if you plan to have the snake for 20-30 years the chances are it will get sick more then once. This book has some great facts for begginers on selecting and housing a snake. Don't buy this book thinking this is all what you need. Its a trouble shooting manual and not a book on how to become one with ur pet, but if you are serious about owning a python or already have one this book is a MUST have. Other then that the next edition should have a better trouble shooting index and more photos on treatment and afflictions in color. There are only a few books that are easy to find on the Ball python and this is one of the best out there.

This book is very informative.If you want a ball python I suggest getting this book first.It tells you all about feeding setting up your cage and how to handle your snake.The best part of this book was the feeding chapter.It gives you all different kinds of ways of how to feed a stubburn ball python.This book has made it a lot easier for me to take care of my ball python.

I found that the book is very informative about ball python breeding and husbandry. It also gives information about diseases and how to treat and how to prevent them. I recently bought my first ball python and it helped me a lot. I named her MEDUSA. My mother and father are helping me, but I am doing most of the work. I am 11 years old and I love reptiles. My mother is the one that has the membership here so it is under her name. My name is Mitchel Yorks.

I purchased this book sortly after getting my first ball python. Let me tell you, I would be lost without this book. It has everything you need to know and everything you want to know about being a great ball python owner.

If you have your mind set on buying no other snake except the ball python, then this is your target. Philippe De Vosjoli goes over everything you need to know: origins, appropriate lighting and tanks, what you can do if you can no longer keep your ball python, pictures of different ball pythons (this includes regular, albino, etc), and most important of all, diseases of ball pythons. He even writes about the famous ball python that was known to live 47 years and some days (and even then, they still don't know how old the python is). Philippe also confirms that, yes, even large snakes can fit in surprisingly small tanks. I've had my ball python for 3 years and he still lives comfortably in a 20 gallon tank. But don't let my boring cliche review make you buy this book, just look through some pages at a store and decide for yourself. But regardless of that, I strongly recommend this book. Later.

I've recently purchased a 2ft Ball Python and have been buying as much lit. on the Ball Pyhon as I can. This book so far gives the most usefull information out there. It also has a lot of information that is dated. I say this because the book appears to be written when captive breed snakes were not readilly available. Witht that said there is a LOT of information that is specifically for a snake caught in the wild and shipped over. Even still it's probably the most valuable book on the Ball Python I own so far.

This is the book that anyone wanting to keep Ball Pythons should have in their library. Information is useful to the pet owner & breeder alike.