Popular Tortoises (Advanced Vivarium Systems)
Language: English
Published by Advanced Vivarium Systems March 2003, 2003
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- Used
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- Title
- Popular Tortoises (Advanced Vivarium Systems)
- Author
- Phillippe De Vosjoli
- Publisher
- Advanced Vivarium Systems March 2003
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1882770668
- ISBN 13
- 9781882770663
- Series
- Book 7 of 19: Advanced Vivarium Systems
- Seller catalogs
- Pets
Tortoises are simply vegetable-eating turtles, and because of their easycare requirements they are among the most popular of all herps kept as pets. This colorful and informative guide proves the perfect introduction to these attractive reptiles. Author Philippe de Vosjoli provides guidelines for selecting and keeping the most popular tortoises, highlighting the leopard tortoise, African spurred tortoise, red-footed tortoise, Russian tortoise, and pancake tortoise. For each he provides insight into size, sexing, housing, temperature requirement, feeding, hibernation, breeding, and more. This Advanced Vivarium Systems title includes information about selecting a healthy example, quarantine and acclimation considerations, housing needs, water and feeding, as well as solid advice about keeping tortoises healthy. A separate chapter on diseases and disorders provides a complete primer on the health needs and veterinary care of these rewarding reptiles.
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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.
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