The bearded dragons of Australia are some of the most exciting lizards in the pet trade and are taking the country by storm. This updated, revised and more comprehensive version of "The General Care and Maintenance of Bearded Dragons" is the most up-to-date and complete guide available for these popular lizards. The authors provide the essential information for choosing, housing, feeding, interacting and providing proper veterinary care for bearded dragons. A chapter on the frilled dragon may encourage you to also consider this fascinating Australian lizard.
Authors
Phillipe de Vosjoli
Robert Mailloux
Susan Donoghue, V.M.D.
Roger Klingenberg, D.V.M.
Jerry Cole
Table of Contents
General Information
Selecting Your Dragon
Making a Home for Your Dragon
The Importance of Heating and Lighting
Diet and Feeding Management
The Bearded Dragon as a Pet
Bearded Dragon Behaviors
Breeding Bearded Dragons
The Bold and the Beautiful: Morphs
Diseases of Bearded Dragons and Their Treatments
Frilled Dragons: Their Care and Breeding
Bearded dragons are some of the most beautiful and exciting lizards ever established in captivity and they are taking the country by storm. Personality plus moderate size, alertness, docility and ease of care make them among the best choice for a pet. Everything from selecting, housing set-ups, handling and breeding to notes on popular species, diseases, incubating eggs and common causes of failure and death. It's ALL here in this book by the masters, de Vosjoli and Mailloux.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.