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Oddballs - Sugar Gliders, Hedgehog, Praire Dog Flashcards

1
Q

Which species are volant?

What anatomical structure allows them to do this?

A
  • Sugar Gliders
  • Patagium
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What predisposes Sugar Gliders to blindness?

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  • their well developed Tapetum lucidum
  • avascular retina

(both give them superior night vision)

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3
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List the unique features of female sugar glider reproductive anatomy.

A
  • 2 uteri
  • 2 vaginas

(require OHE)

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4
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What are the husbandry guidelines for Sugar Gliders?

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  • House in groups
  • Provide areas to glide
  • Need hide boxes
  • Diet is seasonally in the wild → need diversity
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5
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What are the venipuncture sites available to use for sampling in Sugar Gliders?

A

Small sample:

  • Medial tibial a.
  • Lateral tail v.

Large sample

  • Jugular v.
  • Cranial vena cava
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6
Q

What is a nutritional dz. seen in Sugar Gliders?

C/S?

A
  • Nutritional Fibrous Osteodystrophy
  • Paresis of rear limbs
  • Incoordination
  • Pathologic FXs
  • Don’t glide
  • Diarrhea
  • Blindess
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7
Q

Why should you keep Sugar Gliders in pairs?

A
  • Stress related diseases
    • self mutilation
    • aberrant behavior
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8
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List the 3 neoplasias seen in Sugar Gliders.

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  • Cutaneous lymphosarcoma
  • Basal Cell Tumor → mammary gland
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma
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9
Q

What is the preferred temp for Hedgehogs?

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70-80°F

(desert species)

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10
Q

What are the special senses a hedgehog has?

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  • Smell → large vomeronasal organ
  • Anting, Self Anointing → defense against predators
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11
Q

Why should you not distrub a mommy hedgehog and her hoglets?

A

She will possibly cannibalize or desert her young if distrubed

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12
Q

You should not breed hedgehogs before what age?

A

6 months

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13
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Husbandry guidelines for Hedgehogs?

A
  • Keep at 70-80°F
  • Smooth sided cage w/ adequate bedding
  • PVC hide box
  • Some sort of means for exercise (hamster wheel)
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14
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Which species can you feed dry, reduced calorie cat food to?

A

Hedgehogs

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15
Q

Which injections should you try to avoid in Hedgehogs?

A
  • Dorsal SQ
  • IV
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16
Q

Etiology of quill loss in Hedgehogs?

A

Mites

  • Chorioptic
  • Sarcoptic
  • Carparinia tripillis
17
Q

Fungal integumentary dz’s in Hedgehogs?

A
  • Microsporum spp.
  • Trichophyton erinacei (non-pruritic)
18
Q

Why are hedgehogs prone to obesity?

A

have a lower basal metabolic rate b/c they are a desert species

19
Q

List 3 Neoplasms seen in Hedgehogs.

A
  • SCC
  • MCT
  • Lymphosarcoma
20
Q

Which species are obligate nasal breathers & have trigonal anal sac ducts?

A

Prairie Dogs

21
Q

What type of castration would you perform on a Prairie Dog?

Why?

A

Closed Castration

(have open inguinal rings)

22
Q

Diet of Prairie Dogs?

A

Strict herbivores

(NO PELLETS TO ADULTS)

23
Q

Husbandry guidelines for Prairie dogs?

A
  • like to dig
  • wire enclosure (will chew through wood)
  • 65-75°F
  • Nest box for sleeping
  • Provide deep bedding
24
Q

List sites for blood sampling in a Prairie Dog.

A

Small samples

  • Saphenous v.
  • Cephalic v.

Large samples

  • Jugular v.
  • Cranial vena cava
25
Q

What drugs are contraindicated in Prairie dogs (may cause Dysbiosis)?

A
  • Macrolides
  • Lincosamides
  • Penicillins → parenteral ONLY & w/ caution
26
Q

What is the #1 dz. seen in prairie dogs?

A

Obesity

27
Q

Why were Prairie Dogs once banned as pets?

A

Harbor Monkey Pox (zoonotic) for which there is no current TX

28
Q

Prairie dogs are a known reservior for what other zoonotic dz?

How do you DX?

A
  • Yersinia pestis (Bubonic Plaque)
  • Serologic testing
29
Q

What condition can lead to dyspnea in a Prairie dog?

A

Odontoma

  • enlargement of upper incisor tooth root
30
Q

Scientific name for Hedgehog?

A

Atelerix Albiventris

31
Q

Scientific name for Sugar Glider?

A

Petaurus breviceps

32
Q

Scientific name for Prairie dog?

A

Cynomys ludovicianus

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