Reptile Education.. What can i do????

[RepifilmzTV]

Hi everyone. Is there any tafe courses or university courses which would qualify/ teach me about python morphs, genes, breeding and all stuff along that line. E.I Herpetology courses etc...?? (In Queensland) I really want to breed pythons after school but i want to more on like co-dominant, resesive etc all that stuff so i have more of a understanding on how to produce new morphs, colours & patterns.

Thanks

[mo-deville]

this is the coarse, APS.

[RepifilmzTV]

this is the coarse, APS.

Not quite sure what you mean sorry?

[Umbral]

Omg they came out with reptile aps for my phone?

[Pilchy]

APS : Australian pythons & snakes
he means the course of educating "teach me about python morphs, genes, breeding " is all throughout this website
with the effort of a few searches

cheers daniel

[abnrmal91]

Buy some books. Get the Complete Carpet Python by Nick Mutton & Justin Julander, it's a great book on pythons, breeding & morphs.

[MrSpike]

Do biology in high school, will teach you most of what you'd want to know about heritable traits. The rest can be found by using that website thingy called google that gives you info.

There's one 3 week course on python management that Richmond TAFE offers but it wont tell you everything about everything. Most info that keepers have locked up in their heads are through trial and error, and picking up books and speaking to other keepers once you get to the stage where things start to make more sense to you.

Stop worrying about making money from reptiles, and enjoy your snakes before the novelty wares off and you sell them.

[ZsaZsaGaboa]

Books, websites, etc.

I would suggest that this is not an overnight learning process. Keep for a few year then start out with basic breeding. During this time you should be able to gain a decent understanding of genetics and be able to provide the best care for your reps.

Trial and error is usually the best way to learn, however when it comes to living things errors have the possibility of being fatal. It's best to know as much as you can so as to avoid as many mistakes as possible.

[RepifilmzTV]

Do biology in high school, will teach you most of what you'd want to know about heritable traits. The rest can be found by using that website thingy called google that gives you info.

There's one 3 week course on python management that Richmond TAFE offers but it wont tell you everything about everything. Most info that keepers have locked up in their heads are through trial and error, and picking up books and speaking to other keepers once you get to the stage where things start to make more sense to you.

Stop worrying about making money from reptiles, and enjoy your snakes before the novelty wares off and you sell them.

Thanks for the advise However I am not what so ever in it for the money. I would just love to have more of an understanding of this amazing species. They reason i want to breed is because i would just simply love to produce more of the species, and would either keep them as pets or give them to other breeders looking on getting some hatchies. Thanks Aussie

[caleb96]

The book breeding and keeping Australian pythons is a really good book check it out i got it for about $50 teachers you alot you need to know

[thomasssss]

dont mean to have a pick at you but you say that your not worried about the money and yet in your first post of your thread "breeding snakes as a job" you ask if their is money in it , if your not worried about it then as others have said just enjoy your snakes and do more research then when the time comes have a crack at breeding and don't worry about making money from it cant help you on the tafe coarse bit but google snake genetics and see what comes up might be surprised

[Boidae]

However I am not what so ever in it for the money

I beg to differ..

[MrSpike]

Thanks for the advise However I am not what so ever in it for the money. I would just love to have more of an understanding of this amazing species. They reason i want to breed is because i would just simply love to produce more of the species, and would either keep them as pets or give them to other breeders looking on getting some hatchies. Thanks Aussie

What species? Pythons... the family?

Don't waste your time, seriously for the animals sake. The market is already flooded with 'standard' animals at dirt cheap prices that are beyond a joke. And in reality, most "breeders/collectors" (not a hobbyist like yourself) most likely wouldn't be interested in what you have to offer... unless you produce something out of the ordinary that would be the next game changer (albino, jag, zebra, axanthix etc) not saying your snakes are crap or anything. But the sad truth is that there are people out there who will produce clutches and clutches in a season, and throw most of the eggs (bar a few they want for themselves or a mate or for whatever reason) away or even not even bother pairing snakes because there are too many snakes out there for the number of keepers. It's kind of like how it is with dogs and pounds... "don't buy, adopt" blah blah blah... except most people are too stupid to realise whats going on and just worry about lining their pocket and making $1,500 from a clutch of carpets to realise that if they where looking after the adults properly they would almost be spending that much on costs anyway... if not more.

Unless your going to be selling of license and giving away to the local kid for a pet? But you wouldn't be doing that would you...? We all know how squeeky clean and law abiding our fellow APS brothers and sisters are

[RepifilmzTV]

What species? Pythons... the family?

Don't waste your time, seriously for the animals sake. The market is already flooded with 'standard' animals at dirt cheap prices that are beyond a joke. And in reality, most "breeders/collectors" (not a hobbyist like yourself) most likely wouldn't be interested in what you have to offer... unless you produce something out of the ordinary that would be the next game changer (albino, jag, zebra, axanthix etc) not saying your snakes are crap or anything. But the sad truth is that there are people out there who will produce clutches and clutches in a season, and throw most of the eggs (bar a few they want for themselves or a mate or for whatever reason) away or even not even bother pairing snakes because there are too many snakes out there for the number of keepers. It's kind of like how it is with dogs and pounds... "don't buy, adopt" blah blah blah... except most people are too stupid to realise whats going on and just worry about lining their pocket and making $1,500 from a clutch of carpets to realise that if they where looking after the adults properly they would almost be spending that much on costs anyway... if not more.

Unless your going to be selling of license and giving away to the local kid for a pet? But you wouldn't be doing that would you...? We all know how squeeky clean and law abiding our fellow APS brothers and sisters are

Thanks for the advice again . That is why i am asking about wanting to know more about gentics etc so i could possible produce more out of the ordinary python morphs etc. Sorry if it has come off that im just in it for the money. I have a amazing passion for these animals and dont want to make money off them. I am happy enough just having a large collection of different species to learn about them. Thanks Aussie

[yeahbutno]

You have one 6 month old coastal and that is the only snake youve owned?
sorry but, goodluck in breeding the next big thing.
You probably have more chance of winning lotto than breeding the next big thing. Projects that are close are worth $10,000s of dollars