Bearded Dragon (eBook)

Your Happy Healthy Pet

Steve Grenard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008 | 2. Auflage
128 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-470-20901-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly!Bearded dragons are increasingly popular; they may soon overtake the green iguana as the most popular reptile in the U.S. With their unique appearance, docile nature, and minimal care requirements, beardies make a great introduction to reptile keeping. With colorful photos, charts, and tables, this guide covers the basics, including:The beardie's background and the various breeds of bearded dragonsChoosing your bearded dragonSetting up and maintaining your beardie's home, complete with a basking area and lightingFeeding and caring for your bearded dragon

Autor

Steve Grenard is an avid herpetologist with more than forty years of experience with amphibians and reptiles; he published a paper on the reproduction of the Marsupial Frog in 1958. In the summer of 2000, he published a controversial and widely debated review in Natural History Magazine on the possibility of American rattlesnake venoms evolving new properties. He is the author of several Howell Book House titles, including: Your Happy Healthy Pet: Frogs and Toads, An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet: Lizard and Amphibians: Their Care and Keeping. He is also the author of a number of scholarly medical and herpetological books, including Medical Herpetology and Handbook of Alligators and Crocodiles, and is the author of Introduction to Respiratory Care, a best-selling text review of respiratory therapy. Steve is a board-certified respiratory therapist and polysomnographer and is the clinical coordinator of the Institute of Sleep Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, New York.

Inhalt

Part I: The Wonderful Lizard of Oz.Chapter 1: What Is the Lizard of Oz?The Types of Bearded Dragons.Chapter 2: The Wild Life of the Bearded Dragon.Temperature Regulation.Predator and Prey.Beardie Social Interactions.Bearded Dragons as Pets.Courtship and Mating.Chapter 3: Beardies in and out of Oz.Australian Wildlife Crises.How the Bearded Dragon Left Oz.An Australian Perspective.Part II: Your Pet Bearded Dragon.Chapter 4: The Biology of Beardies.Beardie Anatomy.Beardie Physiology.Beardie Senses.Chapter 5: Choosing a Pet Bearded Dragon.Bring Home a Healthy Beardie.Color Variations and Designer Beardies.Where to Get Your Bearded Dragon.Chapter 6: Setting Up Your Beardie’s Home.Indoor Housing.Lighting the Lizard of Oz.Providing Heat.Cage Cleaning and Maintenance.Outdoor Housing.Part III: Caring for Your Bearded Dragon.Chapter 7: Feeding Your Bearded Dragon.Fruits and Veggies.Commercial Lizard Foods.Insects.Feeding Babies—Newborn to 4 Months Old.Feeding Adults—4 Months to Adulthood.Water for Your Beardies.Chapter 8: Keeping Your Beardie Healthy.Choosing a Veterinarian.Hereditary Diseases.Nutritional Disorders.Traumatic Injuries.Infectious Diseases.Parasitic Infections.Handling Do’s and Don’ts.Dystocia.Neurological Disorders.Environmental Toxins.Brumation.Chapter 9: Breeding Bearded Dragons.Sexing.Conditioning and Nutrition.Getting to Know You.Egg Laying.Incubating Bearded Dragon Eggs.Hatching Eggs.Baby Dragons.Appendix: Learning More About Your Bearded Dragon.Some Good Books.Magazines.Internet Resources.Reptile Veterinarians.Shows, Expos, and Swap Meets.Shopping on the Internet.Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.2.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Your Happy Healthy Pet
• Reihe/Serie: Your Happy Healthy Pet
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Advice for Keeping and Caring • Bearded Dragon • Bearded dragon care • bearded dragon health • care and keeping • care for pet • feeding a bearded dragon • Lizard • PET • pet care • pet guide • pet owner manual • Reptile • reptile care • Snake • taking care of a reptile • why to get a bearded dragon • Your Happy Healthy Pet
• ISBN-10: 0-470-20901-1 / 0470209011
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-20901-1 / 9780470209011