Exotic Questions - Rabbits Flashcards
What percentage body weight does the rabbit skeleton weigh?
7-8%
What is the rabbit prone to when they kick out their hind legs?
Damage to their back such as fractured vertebrae and hindlegs
Is the mandible or maxilla narrower on the rabbit?
The mandible
How does a rabbits jaw move?
they have a tempero-madibular joint which has a wide surface area, allowing lateral movement of the mandible in relation to the maxilla
What is narrow and positioned vertically in the rabbit?
the Pelvis
What is the extra accessory bone called in the pelvis?
Is acetabuli
The scapula is a triangle shape and has a hooked process which projects caudally. What is this process?
Suprahamate process
Which bones fuse together in the rabbits forelimb?
The radius and the ulna
How many toes does the guinea pig have in the forelimb and the hindlimb
4 in the forelimb
3 in the hindlimb
The teeth in the rabbit grow all the time. What are the teeth classed as?
Open
Rabbits have two small incisors behind the normal incisors. What are they called?
Peg Teeth
Rodents have a gap where the canine teeth are in a dog or a cat. What are these called?
A diastema
The premolars and molars also have another name. What is this?
Cheek teeth
In the digestive tract, what is it impossible for a rabbit to do?
Vomit
The small intestine has 3 sections. Name them in order
Duodenum, jejunum & ilium
What shape is the caecum?
Spiral shape
What lives in the caecum to help break down the cellulose in plants?
Microorganisms
What doe coprophagia mean?
The act of reingesting faeces. Ingested food is passed through the digestive system twice in 24 hours,
This is so the rabbit gains all required nutrients from its food
The caecotroph contains plant material and is the first pellet passed from the anus. What colour is the pellet?
Green
What percentage body weight is the digestive tract of a rabbit?
10-20%
What is the term used to describe how rabbits breath?
Nose breathing
If a rabbit is ill how do they breath?
Mouth breath
What is the most common rabbit respiratory disease?
Pasturellosis
If a rabbit is stressed or warm what happens to their breathing rate?
It increases
Is rabbit urine acidic or alkaline? What crystals does it contain?
Alkaline like most herbivores
Crystals of calcium carbonate
What are pigments in rabbit urine called?
Porphyrins
At what age do the male rabbits testicles descend?
at 12 weeks of age
What do male rabbits not have in the reproductive tract compares with a dog and cat?
nipples
The female rabbit has a bicornurate uterus. What does this mean?
It means there are two uterine horns, each with its own cervix
How long is the average lifespan of a rabbit?
3 years in the wild,
7-10 years in captivity
What is the normal range for the rabbits temperature?
38.5 - 40
What is the fold of skin called under the female rabbits chin?
Dewlap
