The Ball Python Manual (CompanionHouse Books) Selection, Heating, Lighting, Housing, Feeding, Maintenance, Diseases, Disorders, Breeding, and More, Written by Herpetologists - Softcover

Philippe De Vosjoli; Roger Klingenberg; Tracy Barker; David Barker; Alan Bosch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882770722 ISBN 13: 9781882770724

Publisher: CompanionHouse Books, 2004

Synopsis

Written by a team of internationally respected herpetologists led by Philippe de Vosjoli, The Ball Python Manual is an authoritative introduction to this popular snake. The ball python is admired around the world for its distinctly African appearance and its relative medium size and tameability. This colorful manual offers up-to-date and reliable information on selection, acclimating, handling, housing and maintaining ball pythons, all of which will be extremely valuable to newcomers to this remarkable python. Dr. Roger Klingenberg’s chapter on health care is indispensable for all snake keepers with excellent advice for troubleshooting health issues for each of the snake’s anatomical regions. The breeding chapter by David and Tracy Barker discusses sexing, sexual maturity, and all aspects of captive reproduction and hatching. he volume concludes with resources and a complete index.

About this title

About the Author:

Philippe de Vosjoli is an expert on reptile husbandry who revolutionized herpetoculture with the Advanced Vivarium Systems series of books. He has written more than twenty books and one hundred articles on the care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians.

About this edition

• Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1882770722
• ISBN 13: 9781882770724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88