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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 15:21:47
I've just splashed out on a copy of Kevin McCurley's 'Complete Ball Python' - and what a superb book it is, despite the price.
Before it arrived I thought the high price was due to its being a specialist/niche market publication; handling it I'm amazed to find it's definitely a luxury item as far as printing and binding goes. Glossy paper throughout, weighs a ton ... well, it certainly won't fall apart in a million years, but it might reach a wider audience if less expensively produced and priced. But that's a minor niggle. It's a quality book in every sense. (Although in the UK we would not usually keep our hatchlings in transparent tanks - another niggle but never mind eh? - shurrup, Lil!)
Right, where was I?
It's this sentence in the chapter about the original habitat of royals, that sums up royal python keeping for me:
'In some cultures the occurrence of a ball python wandering into a person's home is regarded as a blessing.'
I couldn't put it better myself. |
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| Royalbob |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 20:00:07
Great book bats. Got mine from coldblooded. I'll keep the price quite. |
| blackskull |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 19:31:52
found it just by chance i was looking at the snakes and the gf was looking what books they had. she showed me it and asked if it was the one i was looking for, so i held on tight lol
think i payed 45 for it
the shops that i go too are not that great for things like that just the reps and basic stuff, which they are over priced for both. one garden centre had a pastel for 280. the bloke saw me looking at it came over to me and said its a good price lol |
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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 19:05:47
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Originally posted by blackskull
im not sure if its hard back or paper. i didn't buy my copy from there, i got mine at a garden centre so payed more than that. found this after i bought it lol
Ah, makes me feel better then!
(Wow, you mean you just walked into a shop and bought it? Nothing like that round here in the frozen north ...)
Yes, Kelfezond, it is, it is!
(I mean, like, would we be without them?) |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:54:29
Is it still a blessing when 4 walk into your home and drain all your money away? Lol |
| blackskull |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:51:57
im not sure if its hard back or paper. i didn't buy my copy from there, i got mine at a garden centre so payed more than that. found this after i bought it lol |
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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:48:54
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Originally posted by blackskull
sorry bats don't mean to rub your nose in it
http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/eco-the-complete-ball-python.html
Cheers mate!
And is that the hardback or a paperback?(though I'd have been happy with a paperback.)
Mine's the hardback, and I've always found Amazon secondhand very reasonable. Shopped around a bit too and couldn't find the damn thing anywhere else in the UK... oh well.
It's bloody good, I will say. Some of the housing advice doesn't always tie in with what we like to practise on the forum, but from what I've read, it really is a good reference manual. |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:33:09
have seen it before, looks really good, may consider buying it when i have the money lol |
| blackskull |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 18:19:28
sorry bats don't mean to rub your nose in it
http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/eco-the-complete-ball-python.html |
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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 16:28:54
Amazon (last time I looked) had 2 secondhand copies, from £56. (I bought mine, the cheapest of 3, for almost £48+ p&p) I assumed the secondhand price went up with the condition of the book, but mine is mint, good as new.
NERD in the states are offering it at $65 inc shipping and I understand it's cheaper to get it from the states than buy in the UK.
I'm certain I've read of it costing up to £100 new in the UK but Blackskull mentioned in a recent post that he'd picked up a new copy for £32.
I've tried pricing it through the conventional bookseller outlets - WH Smith and the like, but no joy.
I've never got my head round Ebay though, and you may probably find some bargains on there. |
| Oh How Original |
Posted - 17/02/2011 : 15:42:21
How much is it exactly? |
