Product Description: Think cats and dogs are for the birds? It's time for something more exotic . . . Whether you're already an exotic pet owner or you're thinking about becoming one, here is your one-stop guide to owning such unusual household pets as lizards, snakes, frogs, newts, spiders, and insects...read more

This title offers guidance and practical advice to parents and children when choosing a more unusual family pet. It offers the reader unusual facts, cautionary warnings and practical information about the most popular and often collected amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates.

Profiles various types of snakes, such as garter snakes and pythons, and provides information on care, handling, and feeding. (view table of contents)

Profiles various types of lizards, such as veiled chameleons and leopard geckos, and provides information on care, handling, and feeding.

Describes the environment, food, and equipment required by unusual pets, and discusses lizards, tortoises, snakes, and insects