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    That book is for vets, written in very professional language and information is also very specific. 200$ is ok price for that type of literature. Usually they are in 100-200-300$ range.
    Save one animal and it doesn't change the world, but it surely changes the world for that one animal!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lija View Post
    That book is for vets, written in very professional language and information is also very specific. 200$ is ok price for that type of literature. Usually they are in 100-200-300$ range.
    Exactly!! Its a text book.


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    Lame....
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    I think I paid 135.00 for my copy, soon after release. Books never die, but frogs do. Would you ever spend 200.00 on a frog?
    You do not have to purchase it, just borrow from a library.

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    and photocopy it....good call!!! lol

    one of you smarty pants (making up for my own lack of knowledge by being condescending...lol) should seriously write up a basic care and medicine book geared toward the hobby and not the science and get it published. All of your responses from the price, to the revelation that this is a textbook fall into my gripe that good info is not readily available in book form for Ceratophrys/Pyxicephalus/amphibians etc. on a whole.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeeDub View Post
    and photocopy it....good call!!! lol

    one of you smarty pants (making up for my own lack of knowledge by being condescending...lol) should seriously write up a basic care and medicine book geared toward the hobby and not the science and get it published. All of your responses from the price, to the revelation that this is a textbook fall into my gripe that good info is not readily available in book form for Ceratophrys/Pyxicephalus/amphibians etc. on a whole.
    A new book should be writen focusing on husbandry and care with the added breeding techniques, but that's a lot of info and a lot of time piling it together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    A new book should br writen focusing on husbandry and care with the added breeding techniques, but that's a lot of info and a lot of time piling it together.
    One thing I wonder about is what all you could put in a book like that. The temps and humidity and basic housing info is one thing, but I'm not sure how far you can go with recommending treatments for medical conditions like impaction, or MBD. Like... at what point does care info start to be 'veterinary advice' because I'd wonder when you'd need a vet writing it for legal reasons. It would be a bummer to buy a book on pacman care without a guide on how to deal with impaction and other very common medical problems. I mean, impaction is easily the most common issue I see people posting about on here.

    I don't know anything about what a non-vet can/can't legally publish with regards to vet care, just wondering

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    NO photocopying. (unlawfull), borrow and read.
    While I am in agreement that pertinate information is currently in-adequate for some, ( as it will always be ) , others gain from what is actually avialable.
    Hank

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