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06-Apr-04, 11:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Up the Ral Ral Creek. S.A. | | | | Think my spelling is up da sh.. |
07-Apr-04, 12:03 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Up the Ral Ral Creek. S.A. | | | | Volunteering??? |
07-Apr-04, 12:06 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Up the Ral Ral Creek. S.A. | | | | My hubby, Dave wants to do some volunteering (no that isn't right, Im sure, spelling wise I mean?) down at SA Venom, Tanunda, and can't get a leg in hey? Lotsa Venomous Snakes dere tho.???? |
07-Apr-04, 01:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Darwin Age: 18 | | | hey bariji, can u ask about the age thing, we emailed someone, but they told us that u have to be over 16... 
put a good word in for me 
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07-Apr-04, 01:25 PM
| | | | yea sure... no worries mate..i will let you know when i find out |
07-Apr-04, 06:26 PM
| | | | Great to hear you are all having a great time working in all these animal parks. Nothing beats the hands on experience with a variety of animals. Just a question - did any of these parks raise any concerns over volounteers and the parks public liability if god forbid something happened to you. I know of one park up here in FNQ that is not that eager to take on volounteers for that very reason.
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07-Apr-04, 07:20 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | Third Day:
Fed the giant tortises
Fed the boa constrictor, and its babys
Fed the BHP
Fed the Bredli's (drew a huge crowd)
Fed the chamelon
Just a whole lot of feeding really.. |
07-Apr-04, 09:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | sounds absolutely awesome, i hope to do some volunteer work soon.
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07-Apr-04, 09:54 PM
| | | Rina: I had to sign something about that when I first started. For a while you dont do much husbandry stuff at all, a lot of standing back and watching, but as the keepers see you are eager and keen, and know the ropes you start to do all the cool stuff, I am never allowed to enter a room unsupervised with a venemous snake, or any dangerous species (such as a 5m Oenpelli or 2m Mertens Water Monitor). So it is pretty safe, but if you fall and break a leg or something, I ASSUME (not sure) that you have the same rights as a member of the public. I will find out for sure next time I go there. I for one, no matter what happens will sue the park or any of its staff because they have done so much for me, and I have medicare  |
07-Apr-04, 09:57 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Darwin Age: 18 | | | | id their oenpelli 5m? it looked smaller
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07-Apr-04, 09:58 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | | whats the best thing you handled there?
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09-Apr-04, 09:56 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | I got to handle some nice diamonds, carpet python, shinglebacks, baby boa constrictors and their mum. They were all really great snakes, great temperament! |
09-Apr-04, 10:07 AM
|  | primitively archaic Moderator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Gender:  | | | | Yep, nothing like exploiting young kids who will do it for free rather than employing someone.
Sorry for being cynical but I know a few people that have done uni courses and really love reptiles but can not find a job in the industry for exactly this reason.
Not having a go at Ether doing work experience at TWP, that's a completely different thing.
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09-Apr-04, 06:14 PM
| | Seller | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Western Sydney | | | | I didnt think there was any oenpellis in captivity due to them being found on Aboriginal land which doesnt allow collection. Are they bred in captivity up there? Available to keepers? |
21-Apr-04, 12:40 AM
| | | | AT TWP greebo kids arent being exploited, they have several offers for volunteers per week and I am currently the only volunteer. There are 3 employee's at reptiles working on a rotating basis, between reptiles and noc house. One person is enough to maintain all the reptiles, yet they still have 3 employee's. Until you get any experience you dont do anything really except stand back and watch (you may feed the occasional animal), this is all I did for 3months, so I cant see how it is exploitation. However I think it might be a different story at larger institutions, where they need more keepers.
Tommo: They are a very slender snake so look no where near as long as they actually are.
There are currently 3 Oenpellis at TWP and they are all females, a permit for a male is currently being organised I believe. They will never be available to private keepers from TWP, some lucky bugger might eventually get a permit for them though, but that is only half the battle, would take about a month to find a pair. Just because they are on aboriginal land doesnt mean they are un-collectable, just give them enough money and you can do anything you want. I dont think this is what happened when the park organised a collection permit for the male though.
The current 3 were being held illegally by a private keeper, and were siezed during a raid.
Sorry for the late reply
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