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Title: Iguanas for Dummies by Melissa Kaplan, William K. Hayes ISBN: 0-7645-5260-0 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Melissa Kaplan is the best source around for iguana info!
Comment: I am so glad that Melissa Kaplan has written this book. Both the life of my iguana and myself have improved thanks to her book and information. With pet stores ignorant of iguana care, whether by accident or the desire to sell one more heat rock, so often people never get the knowledge they so desperately need to take care of their new green friends. Before I found this book I did a lot of searching through pet stores for books and found erroneous information on iguanas and had given up. Internet searches led me to a fabulous website run by none other than Melissa Kaplan, and it was there that I was able to learn how to take care of my iguana. Now her book can help thousands or millions more as I have no doubt it will.
Rating: 5
Summary: No Longer A Dummy!
Comment: After reading Melissa Kaplan's book (which could be alternately titled Everything You Wanted to Know About Iguanas But Were Afraid to Ask,) I can proudly say that I am no longer a dummy! When my husband and I purchased Kiawahine (named after the Hawaiian Lizard Goddess), we uncharacteristically did not research owning an iguana for a pet. Once we brought her home and surfed the web for a little more information, we were overwhelmed and dismayed to find that we did not know the first thing about taking care of a reptile. In fact, we discovered that there was a lot to learn about the care of this fragile lizard. We found Melissa Kaplan's internet pages very helpful and purchased her book soon after perusing her website. The book covers everything from the basic but vital first question, "Is an iguana the pet for you?" as well as choosing your iguana and bringing her home, owning multiple iguanas, information on the species, the iguana's environment and what you need to create a comfortable home for your new pet, cleaning and feeding your lizard, socialization, potential health risks and problems including human health risks from handling an iguana, breeding and reproduction, lighting requirements and still myriad other details. The appendices even include a list of toxic and edible plants, associations and veterinary resources, publications and supply sources. I would recommend that any person even contemplating getting an iguana should buy or borrow a copy of this book before taking an iguana into your home as a pet.
Rating: 5
Summary: Quality & Value
Comment: Living in the Florida Keys we have dealt extensively with discarded Iguanas - perhaps 15 or more. People buy them, and get rid of them constantly - and down here, in the semi-tropics, they can survive (with difficulty)in the wild.
With all the iguana problems we have encountered good information is a necessity, & we have purchased many iguana books including Hatfield's "Green Iguana, the Ultimate Owners Guide" (a great book, but we still prefer Kaplan's "Iguanas for Dummies").
If you still want addtional technical data you can add "What's Wrong with My Iguana" by John Rossi M.A., D.V.M. and "Understanding Reptile Parasites" by Roger Klingenberg D.V.M.
Kaplan's book is based on research & a lot of personal experience. It is thorough, and her experience shows through - there are tidbits of information that have been useful to us that we have not found elsewhere. She has long maintained a caring website to help iguana owners and potential iguana buyers - not just to sell books. And the price of this book is reasonable.
By all means get a good book like Hatfield's or Kaplan's - preferably before you get an iguana. Even if the book talks you out of getting an ig for a pet it will be well worth the price. Proper care for an iguana involves a devoting a lot of time and spending a lot of money. The cost of the animal is nothing in comparison, and they are far more complex to care for than a dog, cat, or hamster. Judging from the number of abandoned iguanas in the Florida Keys a huge number of people do not bother to inform themselves and the animals suffer. It may not be entirely their fault. Many pet stores do not seem to offer the best books or accurate information - often they just want to sell a hapless reptile, and make a few bucks on inadequate (sometimes dangerous) supplies and food. They frequently give bad advice.
Whatever book you get you will still need to get a good experienced herp vet., and they are hard to find. Things go wrong with iguanas that are not covered with specificity in any of these books. We have been unfortunate enough to encounter some of them.
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Title: Green Iguana: The Ultimate Owner's Manual by James W., III Hatfield ISBN: 1883463483 Publisher: Dunthorpe Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: What's Wrong with My Iguana? by John Rossi, D.V.M. John Rossi M.A. ISBN: 1882770528 Publisher: Advanced Vivarium Systems Pub. Date: 10 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Terrarium and Cage Construction and Care by Richard D. Bartlett, Fredric L. Frye, Frederic L. Frye, Patricia Pope Bartlett ISBN: 0764106732 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Iguana : An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Karen Rosenthal ISBN: 0876054785 Publisher: Howell Book House Pub. Date: 23 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Iguana Handbook (Barron's Pet Handbooks) by Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Pope Bartlett ISBN: 0764112341 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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