Proteus

[emmipez1989]

Has any1 taken their corrispondence course?

[Sarah-Jayne]

I dont think they do it anymore? I know someone that did one of their courses and they said it was a waste of time...

[Zak]

I wouldnt bother (if you even can), guy who organised course has left and may still advertise it but thats simply because they havent updated website.

[Wisey]

Proteus course is definitly still running and is ran by someone else now.

[sparkle]

i heard the compass course was better organised and proteas had a lot of problems...

i was thinking of doing the compass one

[SWsarah]

I went to proteus and never again
please dont quote me on other animals and this was a few years back

They kept there tortoises in the wort conditions i have EVER seed

Housed them all togther mixed species

A elongated was mating a spur thigh and causing her shell damage

They brought a sulcata to show me with the worst RNS i have never seen and they just said its just what they do AHHHGGG

[daz30347]

Originally Posted by SWsarah

I went to proteus and never again
please dont quote me on other animals and this was a few years back

They kept there tortoises in the wort conditions i have EVER seed

Housed them all togther mixed species

A elongated was mating a spur thigh and causing her shell damage

They brought a sulcata to show me with the worst RNS i have never seen and they just said its just what they do AHHHGGG

Agree with everything Sarah said here,Proteus are one to keep away from in my opinion

[9Red]

Unfortunately I have to agree with the above - we took a trip to Proteus as part of our animal science degree programme. Fortunately the lecturers on my course know I have a solid background in reptile husbandry and management, so I was asked to take a lecture the following week clarifying what Proteus were doing right and what aspects of their husbandry were wrong. It was an interesting evaluation exercise for the rest of the students.

[Zak]

Originally Posted by 9Red

Unfortunately I have to agree with the above - we took a trip to Proteus as part of our animal science degree programme. Fortunately the lecturers on my course know I have a solid background in reptile husbandry and management, so I was asked to take a lecture the following week clarifying what Proteus were doing right and what aspects of their husbandry were wrong. It was an interesting evaluation exercise for the rest of the students.

I agree with everything said above. Considering they also doing boarding for reptiles i would never let them have any of my reps. Vivs were filthy, no locks on vivs, staff seemed too busy playing with iggy on the lawn.

[Mason]

waste of time and money.Sami did it, and actually made them refund her it was so bad.thye aren't officiually recognised, so no qualification or even a certificate. the people marking the assesments knew less than we did. great example, sami lost marks on an assignment on the care of burmese pythons in captivity........for not specifying what cloour wood she'd make the viv out of!waste of time, money and effort. You just have to do a couple of very specific, simple assignments, thats it.