Past Questions Flashcards
Which of the following species belongs to medium sized parrots?
Nanday
Which of the following species has a true winter sleep?
Hedgehog
At what temperature cannot hedgehogs be kept in captivity?
8-16°C (phase of lethargy)
What is the minimum weight a hedgehog can be accommodated?
70-100g
How many times a day do you feed hedgehogs in captivity?
Once a day
What is true for hand reared birds
Bond closer to people
Animal which prefers sunflower seeds?
Large and medium parrots
Animal which prefers millet seeds?
Budgerigar
What is French moult?
Loss of flight feathers (reasons: genetic, nutritional, hormonal, viral)
Which adult reptile is omnivorous?
red eared slider (young is carnivore, adult is omnivore)
What vitamin deficiency is common in tortoise?
Vit A deficiency
Which of the following are causes of MBD?
Metabolikus bone disease (MBD) –Most important disease of reptiles in captivity, –Not a single disease, but a collection of symptoms, –Growing animals!, –Whole vertebrate prey (Ca+vitaminD)!
- Aetilology:
- primary: Primary hyperparathiroidism
- Secondary: – MBD of nutritonal origin • Ca and/or vitamin D deficiency, • Excess P, inadequate Ca:P in the diet, • Food with high oxalate content,
– MBD of renal origin • Lack of drinking water, inadequate air humidity (tropical species), • Excess amount of dietary protein (herbivores), • Medicine damaging the kidney (e.g.: gentamycin),
CITES, tortoise what annex does it belong to
Appendix 1
In the slide it’s written:
“CITES • 1973, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora •
Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. •
Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction. Trade in specimens of these species is permitted only in exceptional circumstances. Egyptian tortoise.(Testudo kleimanni),see turtles. •
Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but in which trade must be controlled in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival. (Testudinidae spp.).”
Soft food mix, to whom do you add it?
It’s supplement for parrots (1 boiled egg+biscuits+chopped veggies+curd+premix)
- Animal fed mainly rapeseed?
Canary
At what age are female ostriches sexually mature?
In the slides “Breeding maturity: female: 18-24months male:20-24months”
Something about feeding lizards?
Feeding of herbovore species
• Garden weeds, dicotyledonous plants 70-80%, (dandelion, chickweed, plantain),
• No plants with high oxalate content (e.g.: spinach),
• Vegetables:15-20%, cucumber, zucchini
• Fruits: < 5%, low in sugar,
• Do not feed frozen vegetables (thiamin),
• Daily feeding,
Carnivorous and Insectivorous species
– Black/house/banana cricket,
– Larvae: mealworm, super worm, wax worm,
– Cockroaches (argentine, hissing), locust
– Carnivores: rodents, day-old chick
How many times are adult lizards fed?
2-4 times a week
How many times are adult corn snakes fed
Every 10-14 days
Which species eat 10% honey and pollen, ripe fruits?
Day geckos (small species)
Which species can be microchipped?
Hermann tortoise
Spp. Names were given…I think tortoises can be microchipped acc. To CITES
Animals that reproduce in April?
Hedgehog and squirrel
How much does an ostrich weigh at slaughter?
130-150kg
What is the Utrecht Method?
Gradual introduction of new seed mix (3 steps)
- Tortoise species that needs 10% animal-origin feed?
Red-footed tortoise (Geochelone Carbonaria)
Which of the following is not an omnivore?
Blue-tongued skink, Bearded dragon, Leopard gecko, Tegu
Which of the following is in the turtle’s diet?
Fish shrimp veg OR meat fish OR …
from the slides “turtle diet: weeds, veggies, fruits, whole fish, snail
DO NOT FEED : dried fish, shrimps, meat, fish file, cheese cold curds.”
