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Nutrition
What reptiles eat, how they digest, and how diet shapes growth, reproduction, immunity, behavior, and longevity — as a biological system, not a routine.
The discipline
Nutrition focuses on understanding what reptiles eat, how they digest, and how diet affects growth, reproduction, immune strength, behavior, and longevity. This discipline includes prey selection, feeding schedules, supplementation, hydration, gut loading, fasting cycles, obesity prevention, neonate feeding, difficult feeders, seasonal appetite changes, and species-specific dietary planning. The goal is to teach nutrition as a biological system, not just a feeding routine.
What you'll learn
- 01Prey selection and species-specific diet planning
- 02Feeding schedules and fasting cycles
- 03Supplementation and gut loading
- 04Hydration as part of the diet
- 05Neonate feeding and difficult feeders
- 06Obesity prevention and body condition
- 07Seasonal appetite change
Where it leads
Every discipline feeds the certification path — formal, earned credentials produced with the faculty and always bought separately, never bundled into a membership. Certification courses begin releasing in Q4 2026.