Past Questions

Question 1

Which of the following species belongs to medium sized parrots?

Answer 1

Nanday

Question 2

Which of the following species has a true winter sleep?

Answer 2

Hedgehog

Question 3

At what temperature cannot hedgehogs be kept in captivity?

Answer 3

8-16°C (phase of lethargy)

Question 4

What is the minimum weight a hedgehog can be accommodated?

Answer 4

70-100g

Question 5

How many times a day do you feed hedgehogs in captivity?

Answer 5

Once a day

Question 6

What is true for hand reared birds

Answer 6

Bond closer to people

Question 7

Animal which prefers sunflower seeds?

Answer 7

Large and medium parrots

Question 8

Animal which prefers millet seeds?

Answer 8

Budgerigar

Question 9

What is French moult?

Answer 9

Loss of flight feathers (reasons: genetic, nutritional, hormonal, viral)

Question 10

Which adult reptile is omnivorous?

Answer 10

red eared slider (young is carnivore, adult is omnivore)

Question 11

What vitamin deficiency is common in tortoise?

Answer 11

Vit A deficiency

Question 12

Which of the following are causes of MBD?

Answer 12

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),

Question 13

CITES, tortoise what annex does it belong to

Answer 13

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.).”

Question 14

Soft food mix, to whom do you add it?

Answer 14

It’s supplement for parrots (1 boiled egg+biscuits+chopped veggies+curd+premix)

Question 15

15. Animal fed mainly rapeseed?

Answer 15

Canary

Question 16

At what age are female ostriches sexually mature?

Answer 16

In the slides “Breeding maturity: female: 18-24months male:20-24months”

Question 17

Something about feeding lizards?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

How many times are adult lizards fed?

Answer 18

2-4 times a week

Question 19

How many times are adult corn snakes fed

Answer 19

Every 10-14 days

Question 20

Which species eat 10% honey and pollen, ripe fruits?

Answer 20

Day geckos (small species)

Question 21

Which species can be microchipped?

Answer 21

Hermann tortoise

Spp. Names were given…I think tortoises can be microchipped acc. To CITES

Question 22

Animals that reproduce in April?

Answer 22

Hedgehog and squirrel

Question 23

How much does an ostrich weigh at slaughter?

Answer 23

130-150kg

Question 24

What is the Utrecht Method?

Answer 24

Gradual introduction of new seed mix (3 steps)

Question 25

25. Tortoise species that needs 10% animal-origin feed?

Answer 25

Red-footed tortoise (Geochelone Carbonaria)

Question 26

Which of the following is not an omnivore?

Answer 26

Blue-tongued skink, Bearded dragon, Leopard gecko, Tegu

Question 27

Which of the following is in the turtle’s diet?

Answer 27

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.”