Husbandry and Diseases of Reptiles presented by Dr. Anne Fowler

Why does our wildlife need your help?

Our wildlife populations are decreasing at rapid rates thanks to climate change, urban sprawl and the consequent loss of habitat, cars, dogs, cats, foxes, poisoning and many other human related issues. The educated assistance of wildlife carers and vet staff is key to their welfare.

Husbandry and Rehabilitation of Reptiles Course Outline

Presented by Dr. Anne Fowler

Please bring pen and paper to take your own notes. The manual Husbandry and Diseases of Injured Reptiles and Frogs will likely be available for sale on the day or via the FaunaOz Education website.

Objective: The attendee should have an improved understanding about the handling and examination, housing of injured reptiles. Greater detail on how to feed reptiles from arrival to  release will be covered.

Various conditions that reptiles suffer – from husbandry-related, nutritional, infectious and traumatic presentations are addressed. Preparation for release will be discussed at greater length.

The program is flexibly delivered – often a topic has a greater interest to an audience and thus a longer time may be spent. An effort is made to ensure that breaks are taken on time but may be reduced by 10 – 15 minutes if there are particular topics of interest to cover.

Time propose topic:

• 9:00 -9:30 Handling, examination, staging
• 9:30 – 10:30 Housing from arrival to release
• 10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea
• 11:00 – 12:30 Quiz on species and feeding different species
• 12:30 – 1:00 Nutritional conditions
• 1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
• 2:00 – 3:00 Traumatic and toxic conditions
• 3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon tea
• 3:30 – 4:00 Infectious diseases: viruses, bacteria, parasites
• 4:00 – 5:00 Preparation for release

Course will run from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

08:30am Registration.

PURCHASE TICKET NOW - LIMITED PLACES - 16 people max per course

Ticket sales end Sat 22nd Nov 2025, 12:00 pm ACDT

Cost $75

Adelaide Birds & Exotics Vet Centre, Frewville

We trust you will gain useful new knowledge to treat wildlife and will have the ability to discuss topics amongst your peers. We also look forward to listing your practice as 'Wildlife Friendly' with our 24/7 Wildlife Rescue Line when giving advice to the general public and our volunteers.

Parking at rear of venue.

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