The Iguana: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet [Hardcover]

Karen L. Rosenthal (Author)

Book Description

Series: Happy Healthy Pet | Publication Date: August 6, 1996

At last, a book about this special lizard that emphasizes total care and companionship! You'll not only learn about specific traits of your iguana, like its needs for light and heat, you'll learn what the world's like from your pet's perspective. Best of all, the book is filled with color photos, info-packed sidebars and fun facts to make caring for your pet easy and enjoyable.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

For those animal lovers less inclined to adopt a furry friend, finding up-to-date reptile information and ownership instruction can be a challenge. Karen Rosenthal's The Iguana: An Owner's Guide to a Happy, Healthy Pet is both a perfect start for any new or potential owner and a quality-of-care check for seasoned owners. The Iguana covers everything from selecting an ectotherm and understanding its environmental needs to discussions on behavior and a glossary of relevant terminology. While the book is solid in content, it is always a good idea to investigate other resources for further discussion on controversial issues such as protein intake levels and keeping iguanas as free-roaming house pets. Rosenthal's book helps with this as well, and the bibliography is a great springboard to continued exploration.

From the Back Cover

Featuring the

• Best Information
• Best Resources
• Best Photos
• The Best Advice to Select and Care For Your Iguana

With The Iguana: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet you will discover easy ways to provide the very best in care for your iguana.

A reptile expert and an author offer straightforward advice so that you can create a thriving environment for your new family member.

The Iguana offers:

• Completely up-to-date resources, including top Web sites of interest to iguana owners
• Information on how to choose the right iguana for you
• Ways to make lizard-keeping an enjoyable, educational experience for you and your family
• An exploration of appropriate iguana housing, diets, and healthcare
• Full-color photographs of iguanas from hatchling to adult

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 125 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (August 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876054785
• ISBN-13: 978-0876054789
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,574,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it, February 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Iguana: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

I agree completely with Harmony's review of this book. I recently purchased it at a pet store and returned it within an hour of buying it. The information is outdated and inaccurate. James Hatfield'd "Green Iguana-The Ultimate Owner's Manual" is superior by far, purchase this instead.

5 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I liked it., July 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Iguana: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet (Hardcover)

You should read this, book. I checked it out from the liebrary first, and then like a month later I bought the book cuase I thought it was great. It showed me how to take care of an iguana. And a little of what to exspicke. I learend some pounter`s. And it`s dieate. I liked the book. I highly recomend it. To some one that want`s to get an iguana. It should be the were first book you buy, for your iguana book collection. It`s my very first book for my iguana book collection. and it should be your`s too. Buy it.