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Title: Corn Snakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide (The Herpetocultural Library)
ISBN: 1882770706
Author:
Kathy Love
Bill Love
Publicate Date: 2005-03
Publish: 2005-03
List Price: $16.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Best Bang for Your Buck
This book well serves the novice looking to acquire his or her first corn snake. If you follow the advice in this book your snake will do great. Are there other opinions out there? Sure. I recommend reading EVERYTHING you can find about corn snakes. A well read snake keeper is a smarter snake keeper. That said, Kathy Love has been breeding corns for a long time, and knows what she is doing. Bill and Kathy's book is written in a pretty casual style, without a lot of technical jargon and is easily understood by even a complete new-comer to the reptile keeping hobby.
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2: Lack-Luster At Best
To be perfectly honest, I expected more after reading the other online reviews of this book. Bill and Kathy Love are THE corn snake experts in America, but this book just seems to be a re-hash of their earlier articles and works. The pictures were excellent, but so far as all around quality goes, I think one of the "Philip" experts is the one to trust: Philippe de Vosjoli is a veteran of the field with AMAZING books, and Phil Purser is an authority on corn snakes who is actually a readable writer.
I think a veteran keeper could augment his/her library with this text, but the average hobbyist should probably look elsewhere. I was much happier with the **other** corn snake book I purchased.
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3: The Definitive Word on Corn Snakes
This book came highly recommended to me by snake breeders. The material is wonderful, easy to comprehend and THE absolute resource for the beginner or advanced owner. Definite bang for the buck and wisdom shared by folks who have made raising corns on of their life's work. From the hatching to elder years, this book has it all.
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4: Six Star Rating
I'd give it six stars if I could. It's very entertaining,very educational,complete, and packed with plenty of color photos. The writing style is informal, present-day North American English.
What more could you ask for in a book? An autographed copy, that's what.
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5: An absolute must
If you are planning on owning a corn snake, this one and The art of keeping snakes by Phillipe de Vosjoli should be the first books to buy. Read it before you purchase the animal!
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