Exotic Flashcards
Rabbit
Most common
Most expensive]
White
Chinchilla
Which gender more dominant?
Monogamist females
Polygamist males
Females
Chin Feed omnivores Grass seeds insects; special needs- over eats Disease issues- pneumonia Cost? Demo - Native to Andes; sold all over long tail & short tail Short tail almost extinct
$80 -$350
Ostrich black and white - Emu dark brown Native to Africa ? Native to Australia ? Two toes 65 miles/hr? Three toes 50?
chichs three months or younger. The Right feed is critical.
Adults - whole oats, barely, flax - 3 pounds 1/10 cost to feed a cow
Disease- Newcastle, hemorrhage enteritis
Anything taller freaks them out
Ostrich
Emu
Ostrich
Emu
Siri Llamas Argentine Llamas Silky Llamas Cost $150 -$2000 most $220,000 Use Wool for string 4H for kids Disease Neurological disorder, gastrointestinal, Renee Diet? Weight?
Mostly grass, mostly lichen, free foliage, shrubs
Bison
‘Buffalo” in Alberta
Bulls leave Herds of female at 2-3 years of age
T/F Mature bulls typically travel alone?
Main risk- ingesting parasites-> brucellosis also known as ?
mainly bison - meat, hide, wool; heifer calf $3500-$4500, yrlings 5000, 2yr-7-9000
stock herds?
Compared to beef?
False Rarely; young ills a lot alone
Undulant fever
$10,000
less fat more protein
Peacocks
10-13 pounds
20 year life span
Females less colorful
G
Alpaca South African ruminants 121 -143pounds; 3 chambered stomach Feed? Only 1.5% BW Special needs- shearing once a year, hooves trimmed, high heat sucks Offspring disease - choanal atresia Easy to see sickness?
Vegetation
No hard to spot