Pocket Pets Flashcards
1
Q
What is the safest antibiotic to use in guinea pigs?
A
Enrofloxacin - Guinea pigs are extremely sensitive to many antibiotics (all the mycins & cillins) and bacitracin.
2
Q
Which antibiotic is directly toxic and can cause death in guinea pigs?
A
Streptomycin - never use this drug in this species
3
Q
What does adrenal disease look like in ferrets?
A
CS - bilaterally symmetric alopecia, pruritus, vulvar enlargement in females, and prostatitis/cystitis in males. Can see stranguira.
