I ordered "Chameleons: Everything About Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, & Behavior" and "Jackson's Chameleons and Veiled Chameleons Richard D. Bartlett,Patricia Pope Bartlett". Are those good choices for books on chameleons?
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Are these chameleon books good?
lilroach56
Mar 20, 2004 05:10 PM
Replies (6)
epollak
Mar 20, 2004 08:11 PM
I don't care for the Bartlett et al book. A lot of the infoi is dated. Who's the author of the other one?
lilroach56
Mar 21, 2004 06:34 AM
i am pretty sure both are bartlett books.
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 normal ball python (felix)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)
epollak
Mar 21, 2004 09:19 AM
A critical detail is the date. Cham husbandry knowledge has grown exponentially over the past 15-20 years so anything older than 1999 should be suspect.
Ed
lele
Mar 21, 2004 10:10 AM
I got those as well and a couple others. The only one I usually reference (though I get most of my cham education online b/c it is more current) is Linda Davison's book Chameleons: Their Care and Breeding.
She and her husband are the creator's of Miner-all www.miner-all.net/
It was written in 1997 but is pretty comprehensive. Ed's comment about outdated info is a good one so if it is regrading health issues you should always cross reference to current info.
lele
Chameleons: Their Care and Breeding
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lilroach56
Mar 21, 2004 11:10 AM
the general chameleon one is 1995 and the jackson and veiled one is 2001. Is that ok?
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 normal ball python (felix)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)
epollak
Mar 21, 2004 07:45 PM
I don't much care for the '95 Bartlett book. I've not seen the newer one. Linda Davison's is OK but there are things in it I'm not crazy about, especially the parts where they tell you how to play veterinarian. Depending on what kind of cham you have there are some excellent web sites out there (and some really bad ones. For jax, David Pickering & Steve O'meara both have great sites. And, of course, there are more general sites such as www.adcham.com and www.chameleonjournals.com.
Ed
