lab quiz 3

Question 1

guinea pig anatomy

Answer 1

• huge cecum
• long GI
• seminal vesicles tubelike and break easily
• 3 hind toes
• 2 mammary glands

Question 2

how to restrain a guinea pig

Answer 2

• grasp around thorax and lift
• support hind end
• thumb or fingers under jaw to keep head from bending
• do not scruff

Question 3

symptoms of a sick bird, what to look for on a physical exam

Answer 3

• behavior and posture
• ruffled feathers
• beak overgrowth
• discharge on head or cere
• pasted vent
• palpate crop
• palpate keel

Question 4

guinea pig dietary needs

Answer 4

• pelleted hay-based diet with added vit C
• vit C can be supplemented in water but not reliable
• Timothy hay good for teeth and digestions

Question 5

how to medicate a guinea pig

Answer 5

• put syringe to side of incisors
• can mix with vegetable baby food or juice

Question 6

bird anatomy

Answer 6

crop
keel
no bladder

Question 7

how to restrain bird

Answer 7

hold wings to body like football

Question 8

how to medicate bird

Answer 8

• can give in water
• hide in food
• give PO placing gavage into crop or corner of beak
• nebulization
• topicals
• parenteral (pectoral muscles IM)
• IV jugular
• IO distal ulna