Keeping and Breeding Snakes
“Keeping and Breeding Snakes” by Chris Mattison is a comprehensive guide published by Blandford Press in 1998. This fully revised second edition spans 224 pages and is presented in English. The book offers essential information on snake care, including the latest equipment, feeding facts, and detailed species accounts, all supported by 70 full-color photographs and updated diagrams.
Readers will find practical advice on creating optimal environments for snakes, including temperature, humidity, and lighting requirements. The guide also addresses health maintenance through disease prevention strategies and provides insights into breeding practices, including incubation and selective breeding. With full species accounts covering a variety of snakes, this handbook serves as a valuable resource for both novice and experienced snake-keepers.
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A fully revised edition of the classic book on snake care! Featuring the most up-to-date equipment, expanded facts on feeding, and newly written species accounts, along with 70 full-color photographs and updated diagrams, this guide provides all the essentials that every snake-keeper should know. * Set the correct degree of temperature, humidity, and light for your snake to thrive–it not only wants to be warm, it needs to be. * Fix up a cage in ways that make snakes feel comfortable and secure. * Keep your snake healthy with valuable advice on disease prevention, covering overhandling; the introduction of wild species into a cage; bacterial, viral, and parasite infections; and other miscellaneous problems. * Mate and breed snakes–even incubate eggs. Plus–special information on selective breeding. * Full species accounts include boas, pythons, colubrid, venomous, and small snakes. You’ll turn to this handbook again and again! 224 pages, 95 color illus., 6 x 9.
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