Future paths into this field - animal psychology

I'm a 1st year psych student, and the main reason I chose to study this is because of my interest in animal psychology. In the future, I know I want to pursue some sort of career in animal research or animal psychology as it's always been something I've been very interested in. but I worry that, because of my previous poor level choices, if that's a realistic goal. During my a levels and school in general, I was never very career motivated, and I didn't make good choices when it came to my future, and because of this, I didn't pick a levels that would help, like a biology a level. I also didn't take the time to think of a more suitable degree to achieve my goal. I've been looking into doing a master's in animal behaviour (I know I have a couple of years, but it's never too early, lmao), and the only two places I can find with courses that will accept a psych degree are Exeter and Manchester Met. Does anyone know if there is anything else I could do to try and help what I want to do, or any other places that might to it, or should I just give up and do something else?