vivariums

Provides a practical guide to creating and maintaining a terrarium or vivarium for reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates; covering equipment, controlling the environment, furnishings, plants, food and feeding, breeding, health, and more.

Discusses keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets and presents instructions for constructing desert, woodland, and semi-acquatic vivariums.

Provides all the basics of animal care from maintaining a small terrarium to creating a backyard that attracts wildlife.

Suggestions for collecting and keeping as pets such small animals as snails, toads, worms, ants, butterflies, and starfish.

Color photos fill this overview of terrariums, which explains what they are and describes closed terrariums, terrarium care, and vivariums, and presents instructions for an experiment in recycling water and a listing of related books and Web sites.

Suggestions for collecting and keeping as pets such small animals as snails, toads, worms, ants, butterflies, and starfish.