Terrarium and Cage Construction and Care

by Richard Bartlett and Patricia P. Bartlett

Book Overview

If you want to add a new dimension to owning a reptile or amphibian, you may want to try to design and build your own terrarium. With more than 100 full-color photos, this book provides basic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764106732
• ISBN13: 9780764106736
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

TERRARIUM AND CAGE

I found this book very useful and informative. I have buildt terrariums since I was a child, collecting all kinds of scaly pets and the number one rule my mom made me follow was making them escape proof. These did not always work out well with missing snakes turning up in the laundry and a toothy alligator taking a bite of my hand when I first started out collecting such wonderful creatures. Boy do I wish that I had this book when I was a kid. This is a great book for both beginner and someone like me who's always looking for goood ideas on the subject.

Not what I expected

I got this book in hopes of finding detailed information about the actual construction and maintenace techniques for terrariums/vivariums. While this book does address those issues for a few pages, the bulk of the content deals with the various types of reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, and insects that may be kept. If your are looking for a book that addresses the potential denizens of the terrarium specifically, this would make a very good reference - especially if you are still trying to decide what you want. However, I had to give it four stars because I found the title misleading.

All you need to know

This book discuses every thing you need to know about buildingand maintaining a habitat for lizards and amphibians. This book showsyou five different styles of terrariums for your pets including desert, wood land, and half land-half water. It also tells you every thing you need to know about the kinds of animals you might want to live in it. Also it includes instructions for several other types of habitats such as greenhouses and ponds. This book is very helpful if you wish to keep lizards and amphibians.