Reptile Nutrition and Feeding
Insects, whole prey, plants and supplements: feeding reptiles properly.
- Level
- Beginner
- Study time
- TBC
- Modules
- 0
- Lessons
- 0
- Assessment
- Module quizzes · graded certificate
- Version
- v1.0
What you'll learn
- ✓Match diets to insectivores, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
- ✓Keep and gut-load feeder insects
- ✓Use calcium and vitamin supplements correctly
- ✓Plan feeding frequency and portions
- ✓Recognise and prevent diet-related health problems
About this course
Diet is behind many of the health problems seen in captive reptiles. This course explains what different reptiles eat in the wild and how to replicate it: feeder insects and gut-loading, whole prey, herbivore diets, calcium and vitamin supplements, feeding frequency and portion size, and how to recognise and prevent metabolic bone disease and obesity.
Cover photo: A water dragon being hand-fed a mealworm in a pet shop. Photo: Fazyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Course content
0 modules · 0 lessons · study time TBC
Who this course is for
- All reptile keepers
- Shop staff who sell food and supplements
- Animal care students
Assessment & certificate
Each module ends with a quiz that is marked automatically: multiple-choice questions plus a written section where you explain what you've learned in your own words. You can take each quiz once and cannot retake it, and you'll see the correct answer to any question you got wrong.
When you've completed every module, you receive a certificate of completion with a unique verification code, graded on your average score across all the module quizzes:
- PassUp to 69%
- Merit70–79%
- Distinction80–100%
Everyone who completes every module receives a certificate.
This certificate confirms completion of an online, theory-based course and a passed online assessment. It is not an accredited qualification and does not certify practical competence.