I'm in my junior year at UIUC. We have a great Animal Science program, but NO herpetologists. The main focus here is livestock, with a fair program in companion animals. Reptiles are seen as an offshoot of companion animals, and really only get mentioned in one or two courses. The teachers responsible for these courses have assured me that they do such a brief introduction to reptile keeping that I wouldn't be able to learn anything new from these courses... unless I really want to know way too much about cats. Ha!

So, that's part of why I have gone with my major in Food Animal Science - I don't really find the companion animal program very intriguing here, and I get to analyze genetic merit on the livestock animals.

Take care,

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)
1.2 Ball Pythons



0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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