Product Details
ManufacturerAVS
The Green Iguana Manual
Includes:
- Choosing an Iguana
- Diet and Housing
- Breeding and Health
- Other Iguanas
Author: Philippe de Vosjoli
Category: Reptiles/Reference
Format: Soft cover, 8˝ x 5˝ inches, 71 pages
ISBN: 1-882770-18-8
This is the best-selling book that has been blamed for the current green iguana problem.... too many green iguanas in captivity surviving to adult size. This compact manual offers a thorough coverage of housing, feeding, medical problems behavior problems and captive breeding. Includes many color photos and illustrations. It remains one of the best-selling herp books of all time!
Easily adapted to captivity, green iguanas are rapidly becoming one of the most popular herps to keep as pets. This compact manual offer thorough coverage of proper green iguana housing and nutrition, as well as extensive tips for addressing medical and behavioral problems. Revised and updated with color photos and illustrations, it addresses iguana owners' most common concerns. Also included is information on creating a pet/owner bond with your green iguana and a section on other iguanas, such as those of the West Indies.
The highly acclaimed Advanced Vivarium Systems® series, founded and guided by herpetocultural pioneer Philippe de Vosjoli, are the #1 books on reptile care. From choosing a pet, to selecting a veterinarian, to feeding, housing, breeding, and more, these books deliver the most helpful and up-to-date information available on popular reptiles and amphibians kept as pets.
Philippe de Vosjoli is the herpetocultural pioneer who founded the first nationally distributed reptile and amphibian magazine, The Vivarium, and the best-selling Advanced Viriarium Systems line of reptile care books. His many articles and books have established many of the standards used in the field today, including popularizing terms such as 'herpetoculture" and "vivarium."
In 1995, de Vosjoli was awarded the Josef Laszlo Memorial Award for Excellence in Herpetoculture and for his contribution to the advancement of the field. He is currently working on developing a systems approach to keeping amphibians and reptiles that focus on the aesthetic and functional aspects of naturalistic vivaria.
