Anybody know of any books out of print or still in print that deal specifically w/ the various types of Hognose snakes?
reako45
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Hognose Book?
reako45
Apr 25, 2006 07:32 PM
Replies (4)
SlitheringHerps
Apr 25, 2006 08:18 PM
Hognose Snakes by Adele Richardson (2003)
Colchicine
Apr 25, 2006 09:40 PM
Generally, I find books on the captive husbandry of most herps to be completely inadequate or downright wrong. Make sure you doublecheck what you read in that book with the people on this forum!
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Virginia Herping
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"The irrational fear of snakes is the only excuse a grown man has... to act like a complete sissy" - Colchicine
... nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what people needed protection from. Now nature - tamed, endangered, mortal - needs to be protected from people. When we are afraid, we shoot. But when we are nostalgic, we take pictures.
Susan Sontag
reako45
Apr 27, 2006 12:49 AM
The 3 books I've read on keeping kingsnakes & milksnakes have been pretty thorough and a good help prior to me obtaining my snakes. On the other hand I've run into a few books/articles on keeping certain herps that I've found have little merit and seem to have been compiled from already available general info rather than from personal experience over an extended period of time.
I value being able to "triangulate" information; what I read, what I learn from knowledgable & experienced others and my own personal experiences. Thank you for the info.
reako45
Colchicine
Apr 27, 2006 09:58 AM
It seems as though you are ahead of the curve when it comes to deciphering info, so you should be good. I like your use of the word triagulate, and I hope you don't mind me using it in the future!
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Virginia Herping
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VaHS
Virginia Herpetological Society
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS
"The irrational fear of snakes is the only excuse a grown man has... to act like a complete sissy" - Colchicine
... nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what people needed protection from. Now nature - tamed, endangered, mortal - needs to be protected from people. When we are afraid, we shoot. But when we are nostalgic, we take pictures.
Susan Sontag
