Good Snakekeeping: A Comprehensive Guide to All Things Serpentine

by Philip Purser

This comprehensive guide contains entries on more than 35 snake species, from those commonly availableto subspecies and related species, desirable rarer species, and even species to avoid altogether. Written by an expert snake keeper, the chapters detail the natural range, habitat, pet suitability, and specific care requirements of different snakes. The book also discusses creating habitats for pet snakes, including cage types, substrates, heating, lighting, humidity, and terrarium fixtures, and provides instructions for setting up the enclosure for desert, forest, rainforest, and semi-aquatic species.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2010

About the author

Philip Purser saw army service in the final days of WWII and in occupied Germany before toying with the idea of becoming an engineer. Journalism claimed him instead, first in Scotland and then Fleet Street. He is perhaps best known as the long-serving television critic for the Sunday Telegraph, but apart from novels he has also written television dramas, radio plays and biographies. His thriller Lights in the Sky, published in 2005, was a "rather belated" follow-up to Night of Glass. His thrillers are all marked by skilful, unfussy story-telling and a blend of suspense and farce similar to early Hitchcock, where un-heroic characters are forced by circumstances to perform very heroic deeds. He is married to crime writer Ann Purser.

Reviews

[Ronna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny but I loved this book. We found ourselves the owners of a Kingsnake... found myself loving this book. Purser is an absolute advocate of snakes, a bit shocked that I am as well. Snakes have a bad reputation, our little Kinsnake is sweet-- yep, sweet!