kennal care taking

Question 1

what’s a mammal

Answer 1

humans and animals that are warmblooded,

with backbones and feed there babies with milk

Question 2

what’s a crepuscular

Answer 2

is an animal that is active during twilight

Question 3

what is warm blooded

Answer 3

able to keep up a relatively high and constant body temperature

animals that can generate their own body temperature and do not need to depend on the environment to regulate body temperature

Question 4

what’s cere

Answer 4

a waxy fleshy at the base of a birds beak

Question 5

what’s Coprophagic-

Answer 5

eating feces

Question 6

what’s cavy

Answer 6

short tailed and rough hair south american rodents

Question 7

what are sore hocks

Answer 7

ulcerated condition of rabbits feet

Question 8

what are 3 things you should do before working in the kennal

Question 9

When holding any animal, what do you always need to keep in mind?

Answer 9

Front end, hind end and close to the body. Was it sleeping before or does it look scared? It may bite or scratch you.

Question 10

What do you need to do if asked to go to the farm to get hay or bedding?

Answer 10

Get a walkie talkie and take a partner and tell tecaher

Question 11

If you were assigned the task of countertops/sinks, what would your job entail?

Answer 11

You need to clean and disinfect countertops with sponge and
256 Making sure there’s a spray bottle for 256 for use as well wash any dishes water bottles bowls that are in the sinks or on the counters from other animal pens and make sure at the end of class that all counters are completely clear and they should be put away in their proper location also remove debris from sink drains and tubs disinfect sinks and tubs at the end as well

Question 12

What is the difference between chinchilla feed, rabbit feed, and guinea pig feed?

Answer 12

there all hay -based diets but For rabbits pellets are high concentrated in nutrients and the food should be high in fiber and nutritionally balanced Also they need 1/4 to a cup of rabbit pellets per rabbit per day. For guinea pigs they are unable to produce a vitamin C so they have to have the vitamin C supplied through their pellets they are highly concentrated in nutritions they should be high in fiber and nutritionally balanced the difference between rabbit pellets and guinea pig pellets or that they have a different nutritional mix that it’s needed by guinea pigs and they should have ¼ to half a cup of guinea pig pellets per guinea pig per day. - Chinchillas are herbivores and their pellets should be lemonade to 1 to 2 tsp per day

Question 13

Describe the steps needed to clean and set up a: rabbit cage

Answer 13

Two layers of newspaper on the bottom after cleaning defecting tray which Should not be color
Paper they need one and a half of straw on the bottom of the floor and they need the water bottles and water bottle
Cleaned

Question 14

Describe the steps needed to clean and set up a: guinea pig cage

Answer 14

They need two layers of newspaper on the bottom of clean the disinfected tray they need one and a half care fresh bedding Underneath their house And outside of their house there should be fleece and their water bowls and water bottle has to be cleaned out

Question 15

Describe the steps needed to clean and set up a: ferret cage

Answer 15

They need two layers of newspaper on the bottom after cleaning and disinfecting tray they need plenty of police hammocks on upper level there needs to be a litter box on the bottom level Food and pellets should be on the second level and two sources of water which should be cleaned

Question 16

When using glass water bottles, what do you need to remember?

Answer 16

to put them on, you had to put them through the grooves on the side To be careful with them and to make sure they’re cleaned out and have no soap in them after cleaning them Also make sure there is always water in it because they always need two sources of water

Question 17

When diluting Fresh Scent 256, what two safety rules that you need to follow?

Answer 17

water then chemical wear gloves and goggles

Question 18

Perching birds, most songs birds (finches, sparrows) have three forward facing toes and one rear- facing toe are called?

Answer 18

Passeriformes

Question 19

Carnivore family that also includes weasels, mink, otter etc is called?

Answer 19

Mustelidae

Question 20

A muscular organ that crushes the food up with the digestive juices and contains pieces of grit that the bird has eaten to assist the crushing is called?

Answer 20

gizzard

Question 21

Gnawing herbivorous mammals having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw one behind the other (rabbits, hares, and pikas.) are called?

Answer 21

Lagomorphs

Question 22

Any of several short-tailed South American rodents are called what family?

Answer 22

cavy

Question 23

Plant eaters are also called?

Answer 23

herbivores

Question 24

The band just above a bird’s beak where their nostrils are found and determines the sex of parakeets is called?

Answer 24

cere

Question 25

Nocturnal feces that is looser than normal and contains vitamins and nutrients that certain animals consume are called?

Answer 25

cecotropes

Question 26

Storage facility in birds, does not digest the food is called?

Answer 26

crop

Question 27

Group of parrot-like birds that includes parrots, budgerigars, cockatiels (among others) that have a strong curved beak and tow forward -facing toes and two rear-facing toes are called?

Answer 27

parakeet

Question 28

Meat eaters are also known as?

Answer 28

carnivores

Question 29

Becoming active at twilight or before sunrise is called?

Answer 29

Crepuscular

Question 30

Both plant and meat eaters are called?

Answer 30

Omnivores

Question 31

When are patches of fur are lost from a chinchilla’s coat to avoid predators in nature is called?

Answer 31

fur slip

Question 32

Name given to the eating of feces.

Answer 32

Coprophagy

Question 33

Animals that feed on seeds, nuts and grain are called?

Answer 33

Granivorous

Question 34

Name three (3) things you should remember when loading the washing machine.

Answer 34

1. Washing machine should be set on hot and large
   SIZe
2. 1/2 cup of laundry detergent
3. remove all feces shavings and straw from towels before putting them in

Question 35

Name five (5) things that you can do in the kennel
AFTER you finish your assigned task.

Answer 35

1. Laundry is done
2. Trash is put outside the classroom
3. The floors are clean
4. Making sure there is hay and straw out Before use if not you can go out with a partner and a walkie-talkie to get some more

Question 36

Where are the trash bags located and describe how to replace them when needed?

Answer 36

double bag them when putting it outside the classroom Trash bags are located in the lower cabinets near the washer and dryer and you can replace it by taking old bag out and tying it and putting the new bag in and putting the old bag outside of classroom in hall

Question 37

What are the two (2) types of hair found on an animal’s body? Which type is the
hair that sheds?

Answer 37

Hair follicles which is the primary hair also called guard hairs and secondary hair which is undercoat. Undercoats are the hair that sheds.

Question 38

Using the diagram below, please describe how you would make these nails shorter without making the animal bleed. Be specific. You may draw your own diagram to help you explain.

Answer 38

Make sure you have Quick Stop, restrain the animal, cut the tip of nails at a 45° angle fast quick and don’t pull trimmer away fast look to see if you can see the door in the center which is the quick if you can’t take little more off little by little

Question 39

The blood supply to the nail is called the

Answer 39

quick

Question 40

What could occur if animal nails are allowed to get too long?

Answer 40

They can break, can cause an infection, can cause irregular gait

Question 41

What are some medical issues that you may encounter while cleaning an animal’s ears that you should report to the teacher?

Answer 41

1. Ear discharge
2. Bad order
3. Redness
4. Swelling
5. Crusty skin
6. Hairloss

Question 42

Name four (4) tips that you should remember when bathing any animal.

Answer 42

1. Brush and comb first
2. Use appropriate shampoo not human and needs to
   be tearless shampoo on head and face
3. Work from head to tail gently massaging because if they have fleas
4. Make sure to get all shampoo out so it doesn’t
   cause irritation