The Snake (Your Happy Healthy Pet) (Hardcover)

by Lenny Flank (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
A fascinating pet that comes in a variety of sizes and colors.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 126 pages
• Publisher: Howell Books; 1 edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876054904
• ISBN-13: 978-0876054901
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,807,659 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book for beggining herpers!, November 8, 1998

By A Customer

if your just starting in the hobby of "herping" and you need info on selecting, housing, feeding, handling, snake bite, snakes of the world, natural history, and breeding you have found the perfact book! One quality i especially like about this book is the section on the 10 best snakes and the 10 worst ones. The photos are great!. I found this and exellant book to start my hobby in herping, and it can be used as an outline for even advanced "herpers" All and all it is a great book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I owe all of my knowledge about snakes to this very book., February 8, 2006

By	Squash 'N' Squeak "The Silencing Machine" (The Darkest Regions of Outer Space) - See all my reviews

if it wren't for this book, I wouldn't know a thing about snakes, and reptiles in general. Lenny is a good writer and I like his guide on the 10 best and the 10 worst snakes(I don't care if an annaconda for sale is the nicest snake alive, you don't sell annacondas!). I agree with him when he says that more breeding should be done on the rare eastern indigo snake and green tree python, and less on the burmese python and boa constrictor(Even though I own a boa constrictor). It's nice that he wrote a few examples fo his own snakes escaping as well as what to do if your snake escapes(Even though I haven't had a snake escape yet). If he hadn't listed why dead rats are better for your snake to eat than live rats, my snakes would probably be covered in stiches. I highly reccomed this book to anyone who is interested in becoming a herper. It has everything you'll ever need to know about snakes, and it can be found at any petstore.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Beginning Herpers, August 28, 2001

By	J. Justicz (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a grreat book if you are interested in getting a snake, but don't know how to start. It tells you the best beginner snakes, the worst ones, snake do's and don'ts, and all the infromation a new herper would need. Although not the best book for experienced herpers, it can still be used as a reference for most. This is the best book I've read for selecting your snake and getting started on the care and maintenance.