Leopard Geckos For Dummies - Softcover

Palika, Liz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470121602 ISBN 13: 9780470121603

Publisher: For Dummies, 2007

Synopsis

Get your one-stop guide for understanding and raising this popular pet lizard.

Reptiles are now kept in one out of every seven pet homes, so it's no surprise that millions have gone gaga for geckos. This fun, easy-to-follow guide provides the scoop on caring for these colorful, gentle creatures, with savvy tips on everything from diet and exercise to housing and veterinary care. The book covers how to properly handle a gecko, what to do if a gecko drops his tail, how to keep the right cage temperatures, ways to protect geckos from other pets, and where to find the best supplies.

Liz Palika (Oceanside, CA) is an award-winning pet writer with more than 45 books to her credit, including Turtles & Tortoises For Dummies.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Understand your gecko's behavior

Choose the right gecko and enjoy raising this popular pet lizard

Are you gaga for geckos? This fun, easy-to-follow guide gives you the scoop on caring for these colorful, gentle creatures, with savvy tips on everything from diet and exercise to housing and veterinary care. You'll see what to do if your gecko drops his tail, how to keep the right cage temperatures, and where to find the best supplies

Discover how to:

• Properly handle a gecko
• Furnish your gecko's home
• Keep your gecko healthy and happy
• Protect your gecko from other pets
• Decide whether or not to breed

About the Author:

Liz Palika is an award-winning writer of 45 books on pets. She has written articles for Newsweek and all the major pet publications, including Reptiles magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0470121602
• ISBN 13: 9780470121603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96