If you care for exotic pets—professionally or personally—this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to enhance their physical and mental wellbeing. You’ll explore essential enrichment and training strategies, with a focus on welfare-based outcomes and practical application. Designed for both newcomers and those with some experience, this short course strikes a balance between theory and real-world insight.
Throughout this course, you’ll be given the opportunity to develop transferable skills, including creative thinking, application of knowledge, analysis, and evaluation, in the context of animal welfare.
You’ll leave with the confidence to create tailored enrichment activities that support your animals’ natural behaviours and improve their quality of life.
What you'll learn
Largely theoretical in nature, this exotic pet course introduces essential concepts of enrichment and training, how enrichment and training can benefit caregivers, and how to evaluate their effectiveness once implemented.
This short Animal Enrichment and Training course provides an introduction to the various strategies and considerations required for the effective enrichment and training of exotic pets. Participants will successfully acquire the knowledge and skills to design and create training programmes and enrichment that will benefit the welfare of their animals through enhanced physical and cognitive wellbeing.
This course is suitable for beginners and intermediate learners.
How you'll learn and be assessed
Course Format:
- Duration: Two full days (one week apart), 9:00am – 4:30pm
- Delivery: Online via Microsoft Teams
- Guided Learning Hours: 12 hours total, delivered by a subject specialist
- Structure: Interactive lectures, discussions, and group activities
- Assessment: No formal assessment; participation-based
- Certification: Certificate of Participation and access to our Alumni community
Progression
Interested in going further? On completion, you may wish to progress to our advanced course.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
You will need access to a laptop/computer device with a reliable WIFI connection. This is an online course and can be accessed remotely via Microsoft Teams.
