Working in herpetology?

[Lacibeth]

Things outside of school are important as well. Is there a vet's office, or nature center, or maybe zoo where you can volunteer to help care for these animals?

[SkeletalFrog]

Things outside of school are important as well. Is there a vet's office, or nature center, or maybe zoo where you can volunteer to help care for these animals?

I'd like to second this, strongly.

The knowledge I've gained via the herp community has actually been tremendously useful to me in academia - knowing how to keep assorted critters, parasites/diseases, where to find various species for sale, and just general biodiversity. More than just helping me, I've become a sort of herp-resource for the other biology folks here, helping them find species for their experiments or making sure there's not some obscure species somewhere that disproves some general statement they're making.


I'd also like to add that, while it's great to focus on herps, don't exclude everything else - even in my relatively short career, I've worked with snakes, lizards, frogs, turkeys, lungfish, rats, and brittle-stars.