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Animal Care, Welfare and Husbandry Diploma

Animal Care, Welfare and Husbandry Diploma

Original price was: R11,170.00.Current price is: R9,494.50.

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This comprehensive diploma programme is designed for individuals seeking to deepen their knowledge of domestic pet care, whether for professional roles in pet stores and animal rescue centres or as a foundation for further studies in animal care. It also serves as an excellent stepping stone for those aspiring to become animal care assistants.

Course Structure

  • Modules 1 and 2 are compulsory
  • Students must complete four additional modules from the remaining six
  • Each module covers essential aspects of animal husbandry, including:
    • Health issues and disease prevention
    • Vaccination requirements
    • Reproduction and breeding considerations
    • Grooming, nail care, and dental hygiene
    • Suitable accommodation and dietary needs

This programme offers an unparalleled level of detail, equipping students with the essential knowledge to provide high-quality care and welfare for a variety of domestic pet species.

Why choose us?

✅ Comprehensive & Detailed – Unmatched in-home study quality! ✅ No Work Experience Required – Focus purely on theory and essential knowledge. ✅ Immediate access to course material! ✅

What You'll Learn:

  • Feline behaviour, individual preferences and low-stress care

  • Safe lifting, carriers and transport

  • Housing, litter-tray arrangements and resource access

  • Identification, microchips and collar safety

  • Hiding, climbing, scratching, play and enrichment

  • Feeding, life-stage nutrition and hydration

  • Grooming, coat care and routine physical observations

  • Health monitoring and recognition of emergencies

  • Vaccination, biosecurity and infectious-disease precautions

  • Fleas, worms, mites, ringworm and zoonotic risks

  • Urinary, dental and other common health concerns

  • Additional care for kittens and senior cats

  • Authorised medication, daily records and staff handovers

  • Species differences, natural behaviour and welfare needs

  • Responsible acquisition and prevention of unwanted breeding

  • Rabbit behaviour, companionship and suitable introductions

  • Rabbit housing, exercise, hiding and foraging opportunities

  • High-fibre feeding, tooth wear and caecotrophy

  • Rabbit health monitoring and disease prevention

  • Guinea-pig companionship, accommodation and enrichment

  • Hay, vitamin C and species-appropriate feeding

  • Hamster species, activity patterns and social arrangements

  • Hamster accommodation, burrowing, nesting and exercise

  • Gentle handling, secure transfer and escape prevention

  • Hygiene, daily observation and veterinary warning signs

  • Heat, weather, predators and other South African care risks

  • Species identification and responsible care

  • Domestic rodents and risks associated with wild-rodent contact

  • Rat and mouse behaviour, companionship and compatibility

  • Secure accommodation, ventilation, bedding and nesting

  • Species-appropriate feeding and foraging opportunities

  • Gentle handling and low-stress transfer

  • Gerbil and jird care differences

  • Deep bedding, tunnelling, chewing and sand-bathing provision

  • Monitoring social stability and responding to fighting

  • Ferret behaviour, companionship and activity requirements

  • Ferret housing, escape prevention and heat management

  • Carnivorous feeding and ingestion hazards

  • Health observation and veterinary referral

  • Welfare assessments, enclosure planning and respectful owner communicatio

  • Species identification and individual husbandry requirements

  • Responsible acquisition, legal considerations and environmental protection

  • Daily observation, husbandry records and professional boundaries

  • Biosecurity, quarantine, isolation and zoonotic risks

  • Amphibian biology, metamorphosis and neoteny

  • Amphibian accommodation, water quality and minimal handling

  • Reptile thermoregulation and thermal gradients

  • Lighting, humidity, ventilation, substrate and shelter

  • Reproduction, brumation and associated care limits

  • Tortoise and aquatic-turtle anatomy, housing and feeding

  • Snake accommodation, sensory biology and supported handling

  • Lizard diets and species-specific enclosure requirements

  • Arthropod biology, exoskeletons and moulting

  • Tarantula, scorpion, millipede and insect husbandry

  • Snail biology, feeding, calcium and enclosure management

  • Health warning signs, emergency planning and secure containment

  • Freshwater, marine and species-specific care requirements

  • Aquarium planning, adult size, compatibility and stocking

  • Equipment, furnishings, lighting and electrical safety

  • Mechanical, biological and chemical filtration

  • The nitrogen cycle and fishless cycling

  • Quarantine, acclimatisation and introducing new fish

  • Fish anatomy, fins, skin and protective mucus

  • Gills, oxygen, temperature and water–salt regulation

  • Buoyancy, the swim bladder and sensory systems

  • Reproduction, parental care, sleep and rest

  • Health observation, water testing and equipment checks

  • Environmental problems, parasites and infectious disease

  • Fish lice, flukes, white spot and other parasites

  • Bacterial disease, fin damage and water moulds

  • Treatment principles and professional boundaries

  • Partial water changes, substrate care and filter maintenance

  • Feeding requirements, food types and individual access

  • Power interruptions, hygiene and environmental protection

  • Planning a suitable freshwater tropical aquarium

  • Equine health checks
  • Pulse, respiration and temperature of the horse
  • Signs of poor health
  • First Aid
  • Infectious diseases
  • Viruses and Fungi disease
  • Bacterial diseases including Strangles, Tetanus, Botulism and Mud Fever
  • Fungal diseases
  • Viral diseases including Equine Herpes Virus, Equine Influenza
  • Nutritional disorders
  • Feeding the horse
  • Internal and external parasites
  • Caring for the grass kept horse
  • Caring for the stabled kept horse
  • Grooming and grooming kits

  • Commonly kept species: Budgerigar, Canaries, etc
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Reproduction
  • Housing and exercise
  • Feeding
  • Catching and handling
  • Signs of ill health
  • Moulting
  • Infectious diseases
  • Viruses and Fungi
  • Internal and external parasites

 

Course Details:

Study Level 3

The study Level relates to the how demanding the course is. 1 is beginner and 5 is HND / Foundation Degree level.

6 Module Course

Modules 1 and 2 are compulsory. Four from the remaining 6 must also be completed. Each module will contain details of the animal’s husbandry including health issues, vaccinations, reproduction, any grooming, nail care and dental care that might be needed along with suitable accommodation and diet. You may choose to do all modules and receive and Advanced Diploma.

Your future starts here!

📚 Education in Animal Welfare, Training & Behaviour

✅ Enroll Anytime – No strict start dates

🌍 Study from Anywhere in South Africa

📖 Choose from 30+ Courses

📝 Open to Everyone – Except Advanced Diplomas

⏳ Flexible Learning – Each module takes up to 4 months, or finish faster

🚫 No Exams ✅ Interactive Learning Approach Each module includes: 🔹 Research-Based Questions – Strengthen understanding through exploration 🔹 One or Two Projects – Apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios 🔹 Revision Questions – Reinforce key concepts for mastery

💳 Affordable Payment Options

🏅 Internationally Accredited Learning Institution by ICOES

📜Locally Recognised by SABCAP

🔹 Also Recognised by IAABC, CBTS, NCFE, IACE, ISAP

 

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