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Leptotyphlopidae or thread snakes
Smallest snakes
TERM 2
Boas and Anachondas
DEFINITION 2
Which snakes give birth to live young?
TERM 3
Adrenal disease
DEFINITION 3
What disease causes ferrets to lose their fur?
TERM 4
Parvovirus
DEFINITION 4
Aleutian disease in ferrets. Not the same as in dogs and cats.
Fools the ferrets immune system into overproducing
antibodies and can effect the internal organs.
TERM 5
Interaction with guinea pigs
DEFINITION 5
It is important to handle the babies soon and often, to
socialize them to humans. Like other animals that are born
precocial , guinea pigs form their social bonds shortly after
birth, sometime within a matter of hours, so human contact
is critical during this time to ensure that they establish
strong bonds to people.
Rossets
Found on Abyssinian Guinea Pigs
TERM 7
Forked tongue
DEFINITION 7
Found in snakes and is used to push scents towards the nose
so they can "smell" their environment.
TERM 8
Female guinea pigs
DEFINITION 8
Females are sexually mature between 4 and 6 weeks old, but
shouldn't be bred until they are a at least 3 months old. Females
need to be bred around 4 5 months of age. Any female older than 9
months that has not been bred,should not be bred. Between 9 and
12 months of age, the pelvic bones will fuse if she has not given
birth at an earlier age. She will require a caesarean section for
delivery of the young if bred after 9 months of age.
TERM 9
Large group of garter snakes
DEFINITION 9
Will be found in caves or other such places to stay warm in
the winter.
TERM 10
Repro in ferrets
DEFINITION 10
Ferrets reach puberty around 9 months (+/-) of age and are
long day breeders (March August). Females are seasonally
polyestrus and may have 2 litters per year. The female is an
induced ovulator and will ovulate 30 to 40 hours after
copulation and then the gestation is 41 42 days.
anatomical structure of a rabbit
Heart is small, intestines and cecum are large.
TERM 17
Draize Eye
Test
DEFINITION 17
done on rabbits because they dont have tear ducts. Used to
test cosmetics. Many have stopped using this method.
TERM 18
Aleutian Disease
DEFINITION 18
Found in ferrets, symptoms are widely variable and may
include weight loss, hind quarter weakness, lethargy, blood
in the stool, twitching or seizures, anemia, renal disease and
enlargement of the liver or spleen. Form of parvo.
TERM 19
all domestic rabbit breeds
DEFINITION 19
Have been developed form the European Wild Rabbit
TERM 20
ferret vaccinations
DEFINITION 20
feline and canine distemper, plus rabies.
induced ovulators
rabbits, ferrets
TERM 22
practice coprophagy
DEFINITION 22
rabbits, guinea pigs
TERM 23
which animal is susceptible to lots of health
problems
DEFINITION 23
ferrets
TERM 24
doe rabbit gets loose in your yard
DEFINITION 24
can mate again within a few hours of kindling.
TERM 25
night
feces
DEFINITION 25
the kind of poop they eat right from their butt in coprophagy
when do does nurse their young?
at night or before dawn to keep it hidden from predators.
TERM 32
repro cycle in rabbits
DEFINITION 32
No regular repro cycle. becomes sexually active as day
length increases.
TERM 33
blind snake
DEFINITION 33
Has no eyes. Small snakes that live underground.
TERM 34
Fiber in rabbit's diet
DEFINITION 34
should be around 15-17%. Necessary for intestinal motility
and to reduce hairball formation.
TERM 35
pikolotherms
DEFINITION 35
cold blooded
x-ray of your pet snake
will have remnants of back legs and pelvic limb bones.
TERM 37
Makes human clothing
DEFINITION 37
Rabbit fur
TERM 38
Heat
tolerance
DEFINITION 38
Rabbits do not tolerate heat well but are good in very cold
temperatures as long as they are out of the wind. Guinea
pigs are not heat tolerant and very succeptable to heat
stroke.
TERM 39
Kindling
DEFINITION 39
Name given to rabbits giving birth
TERM 40
breed your rabbit
DEFINITION 40
put her in his cage. If you put him in her cage he will either
get distracted and forget to breed or she will attack him.
