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Breeding and Keeping Snakes [Hardcover]

Dieter Schmidt (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)


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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Tfh Pubns Inc (January 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0793801265
  • ISBN-13: 978-0793801268
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,536,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of great photos, but lacking any real good information., December 8, 1998
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This review is from: Breeding and Keeping Snakes (Hardcover)
This book is full of really nice photography, but trys to include too many species and therefore doesn't give any complete accounts of any particular species. As we all know, all snakes are different and we cannot be too general in our husbandry. This book was not for anyone seriously interested in breeding.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Decent Book, July 21, 2011
This review is from: Breeding and Keeping Snakes (Hardcover)
I've had this book for many years and I often refer to it when I need to double check something.

As a young inexperienced herper, this book was extremely valuable. It gave me information that helped me rethink the way I kept reptiles, that had previously been based on seeing what other amateur reptile keepers did, and on unreliable online caresheets. It was great to be able to apprentice myself to this experienced keeper through this book and greatly increase my knowledge on keeping, without having to make the mistakes myself, at the cost of my animals lives.

It is a great book in that it gives a good overview of Snake keeping.

If you are only interested in one or two types of snakes (ie. only corns or ball pythons), rather go buy a book on them.
But if you are a big breeder or an excitable hobbyist, then this is a great book.
Don't think of it as a complete guide to keeping snakes, but more information and experience of a veteran keepers put to paper.

The book has a lot of interesting and practical information, like what to look for when buying a new snake, a very well explained section on general snake genetics, what sorts of things one should consider when preparing snakes for mating, some ideas on how to build your own incubator and rearing the young snakes after they hatch.

I would recommend it to any serious hobbyist, and especially to less experienced hobbyists.
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The terrarium as a living space for snakes is an ecological system whose influential factors are largely determined by the hobbyist and which are interrelated in many ways. Read the first page
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amphigonia retardata, livebearing snakes, pinkie mice, dry terraria, young anacondas, terrarium conditions, terrarium lighting, terrarium hobby, nestling mice, roomy terrarium, getula californiae, rainforest terrarium, young snakes, dry terrarium, anal spurs, terrarium animals, obsoleta quadrivittata, long hatched, livebearing species, terrarium temperatures, guttata guttata, reproductive periodicity, molurus bivittatus, ritual fights, first molt
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Corn Snake, Ringed Snake, Common Garter Snake, United States, Asian Rock-Python, Green Anaconda, Dice Snake, North American, Reticulated Python, Aesculapian Rat Snake, African Rock-Python, Yellow Rat Snake, Ball Python, Common Kingsnake, King Cobra, Western Rattlesnake, American Rat Snake, Viperine Water Snake, California Kingsnake, Green Tree-Python, Jim Merli, Northern Adder, Burmese Python, South America, Southeast Asia
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