Product Details
ManufacturerAVS
The Art of Keeping Snakes
Author: Philippe de Vosjoli
Category: Reptiles/Reference
Format: Soft cover, 8˝ x 5˝ inches, 232 pages
ISBN: 1-882770-63-3
Includes:
- Creating Naturalistic Vivaria
- Landscaping
- Choosing a Snake
- Using Bioactive Substrates
Snakes are among the most beautiful and fascinating creatures of all the vertebrates. It is no wonder there are more than fifty species of snakes regularly bred in captivity and more than one hundred species available in pet stored. But how does the keeping of snakes become an art? By developing a naturalistic viviarium system that puts a snake's welfare and quality of life above all. This will enhance your enjoyment in observing these fascinating creatures.
Inside you'll learn how to setup and maintain a vivaria. You'll learn which snakes are the best display snakes and how to handle, feed and care for them. Most importantly, you'll learn that the reason for keeping snakes is not just for captive breeding, but to derive enjoyment from watching a snake's behavior in a naturalistic environment.
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.
