Sulcata and Leopard Tortoises are large turtles bred in great numbers by both commercial breeders and hobbyists.  Written by an experienced tortoise breeder, the book contains an in-depth discussion of outdoor housing and explains why it is the preferred habitat for these popular tortoises.

For both beginner and advanced hobbyists comes a brand new reptile and amphibian series. Each title in the Complete Herp Care series contains in-depth, current information on a wide variety of topics, including breeding, housing, nutrition, and health care. All authors are experienced writers and experts in their field. Every book is fully illustrated and contains multiple sidebars and tip boxes. Covering a wide range of topics, such as nutrition, helath care, breeding, and how to construc...

Tortoises is the most comprehensive guide to caring for and breeding your favorite land turtle. This title covers more than 15 species available in the reptile hobby, both common and rare, including Russian, yellow-foot, red-foot, sulcata, leopard, and star tortoises. It discusses topics vital to caring for your tortoise, such as housing, temperature and humidity control, lighting, feeding. This expertly written book includes details on constructing and maintaining outdoor enclosures. The aut...

Create fertile, productive soil for your garden no matter what gardening zone you live in.Improving your soil both increases your yield of vegetables and fruit and makes your garden easier to tend. With Improving Your Soil, you'll learn the best ways to improve the soil in your garden.From Stu Campbell, the author of the gardening classic Let It Rot!, a guide to home composting with over 340,zero copies in print; Mulch It!; and

Corn Snakes in Captivity by Don Soderberg Corn Snakes are the ultimate success story in the captive bred reptile industry. They have been bred in ever-increasing numbers since the late 1960s and are available to hobbyists in a myriad of colors and patterns. Every year, new and exciting morphs are produced and the possibilities appear to be endless. Corn Snakes not only provide keepers with exciting genetics projects, but they are the most gentle and easy to handle of all pet snakes. In Cor...

A beginner's complete guide to keeping bees in top bar hives, and why.What's the buzz about the growing popularity of backyard beekeeping? Providing habitat for bees, pollinating your garden, and producing honey for your family are some of the compelling reasons for taking up this exciting hobby. But conventional beekeeping requires a significant investment and has a steep learning curve. The alternative? Consider beekeeping outside the box.The Thinking B...

The captive breeding of the Uromastyx, also known as spiny-tailed lizards or mastigures, is becoming increasingly popular.  This guide discusses all the species available and features useful advice from an experienced keeper and breeder on essential topics like housing, nutrition, health care, and breeding.

This guide is a complete care manual for the interesting and colorful tree frogs, containing information on numerous species, including red-eyes, green, dumpy, and Cuban tree frogs, along with the monkey frogs, milk frogs, and more. Covering housing , diet, breeding, and health care, this book provides everything a tree-frog keeper needs to know. 

Captive Care and breeding information for the care of Red-footed and Yellowfooted tortoises

This fully revised edition of Kevin Handreck’s classic best-seller contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners. It will enable you to improve the worst of soils, choose the best fertiliser for particular plants and minimise water use. It also contains a comprehensive guide to managing potted plants. Here also are the basics of soil, composting, fertilisers and potting mixes, as well as simple tests and colour guides to nutrient deficiencies. Gardening Down-Under covers much pr...

Chameleons are fascinating creatures-they have eyes capable of moving independently of one another, a projectile tongue that allows them to capture insects from a distance, and a prehensile tail that helps keep them stable when climbing trees and shrubs. The Essential Care of Chameleons is packed with everything you need to know on selecting, acclimating, housing, and feeding a chameleon. You'll also find a special section on caring for the more popular species, including tips on how to ov...

Easy to care for, king and milk snakes make good pets for beginning hobbyists. This informative book covers all the species and subspecies of kingsnakes and milk snakes that are present in the reptile hobby, and also details the various color and pattern varieties as well as the genetics involved in breeding these animals. This is an ideal reference for the care, breeding, and natural history of these snakes.