Pet Care 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 8 lessons:

1. Introduction to Animal Care
   • Laws and licenses
   • Animal Charities and Societies (eg. RSPCA, WSPA, Blue Cross)
   • Pet Care Needs (Feeding, Watering, Shelter, Containment, Fencing, Caging, Protection)
   • Maintaining Health
   • Hygiene
2. Cats
   • Breeds (Long Haired, Semi Long Haired, Short Haired, Oriental etc)
   • Selection
   • Allergies
   • Containment
   • Sexing
   • Desexing
   • Breeding
   • Newborn Kittens
   • Exercise
   • Behaviour
   • Hygiene
   • Feed and nutrition
   • Amount of food, Watering
   • Grooming
   • Traveling
   • Care for a sick cat (Signs of illness, Temperature, Common ailments, Skin disorders, Ticks)
   • Cats and wildlife
3. Dogs
   • Selection
   • Breeds (Pure and mixed)
   • Varying size and temperament
   • Grooming
   • Skin care
   • Inherited traits (aggression, deafness)
   • Containment
   • Breeding
   • Desexing
   • Exercise
   • Behaviour
   • Feeding
   • Canine Nutrition
   • Bones
   • Watering
   • Training
   • Travelling
   • Identifying sickness
4. Birds
   • Selection, Breeds (eg. Canaries, Finches, Budgerigars, Small Parrots etc)
   • Sexing
   • Desexing
   • Containment (Aviaries, selection, design, size, management)
   • Feed
   • Feeding
   • Watering
   • Grooming (Wing trim, Beak Trim, Nail Trim)
   • Hygiene
   • Catching and Restraining
   • Travelling
   • Caring for the Sick Bird
   • Signs of illness
   • Temperature
   • Supportive therapy
   • Common Ailments (eg. Abscesses, Alopecia, Apoplexy, Aspergillosis, Breathlessness, Constipation, Parasites)
   • Safety in the Home
5. Fish
   • Selection
   • Inside or Outside
   • Warm or Cold water
   • Number of fish
   • Types of fish (Tropical, Marine, Cold Water)
   • Costs, Size, Equipment
   • Tanks, Ponds, Pumps, Aquariums, Night lights
   • Water quality
   • Changing Water
   • Feed (Pelleted, Live feed, Daphnia, Brine Shrimp)
   • Illnesses (Fungal, Bacterial, Parasites, Environmental)
6. Rabbits
   • Breeds (Large, Small and Dwarf)
   • Selection
   • Legality (Illegal in some areas)
   • Containment (Hutch or Cage)
   • Environment (temperature etc)
   • Feeding and Nutrition
   • Watering
   • Feed quantities and routine
   • Grooming and Handling
   • Moulting
   • Transporting
   • Sexing
   • Breeding
   • Identifying illness
   • Care of sick rabbits
7. Reptiles and Amphibians
   • Types (eg. Salamander, Frogs, Venomous snakes, Non-venomous snakes, Shingle-backed lizard, Tortoises, Terrapins, Axolotls, etc)
   • Selection
   • Legal Issues
   • Housing
   • Environmental requirements (Moisture, Humidity, Warmth, etc)
   • Terrariums
   • Problems (eg. Dehydration, Stress, External and internal parasites, Blisters, Scale Rot, Mouth Rot or Canker, Colds/pneumonia, Constipation and diarrhea, Cannibalism,Incomplete sloughing of the skin -shedding of the skin)
   • Feed and feeding
   • General Care
8. Rodents, Guinea Pigs, Hamsters, Mice
   • Varieties
   • Selection
   • Containment
   • Sexing
   • Breeding
   • Grooming
   • Feeding
   • Watering
   • Illness (eg. Skin Problems, Abscesses, Mites, Ringworm, Fleas, Respiratory Infection, Vitamin C Deficiency, Otitis, Salmonella, Stripping etc)