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1
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what temperature should mandarin rat snake ( elaphe mandarina) have?

A

below 24 degrees
if higher the snake stops to eat

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what is important when it comes to gekko tails?

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never touch it! it is very fragile and can fall off

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3
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what substrate should day gekko not have?

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sand substrate, it will ruin keratin horns needed for climbing windows

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4
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how should european terrestial turtle be kept

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on garden soil, not sand or other stuff

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5
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what is the terristitial hybrination temp for european terrestial turtle?

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4,5- 5,5 degrees

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6
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what is special when it comes to the reptile skin?

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it does NOT contain glands

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7
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which species eat the keratin layer after shedding?

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camelon and leopard gekko

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8
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what is jacobsen organ?

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a sensory organ, they use to smell the prey

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9
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  1. fat body
  2. gall blatter
  3. spleen
  4. pancreas
    5.intestine
  5. ventral vein
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10
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  1. oral cavity
  2. muscle part of tounge
  3. central cartilage of tounge
  4. oriface of oesophagus
  5. oriface of trachea
  6. nasal cavity
  7. orbital
  8. brain
  9. spinal cord
  10. muscle of top of head
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  2. orbit
  3. nasal cavity
  4. mandibula
  5. spinal cord
  6. ?
  7. fingers
  8. ribs
  9. ?
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12
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Lifespan for rabbit?

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9-12 years ( record is 18)

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13
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What is typical rabbit teeths

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Elodont( constant growth)
Hypsodont ( long crown )

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14
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Life span guinea pig

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5-7 years

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15
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Typical guinea pig teeth

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30 angle occlusal line
Elodont ( condtantly growing)

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16
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Chinchilla lifespan

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10-15 years up to 22 years

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17
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Chinchilla teeth

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Yellow incisiors

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18
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Degu lifespan

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5-8 years

19
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Degu teeth

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Orange incisor

20
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Hamster lifespan

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18- 36 months

21
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Hamster teeth

A

Only incisor elodont

22
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Gerbil lifespan

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36- 48 months

23
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Mouse lifespan

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12-36 months

24
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Rat lifespan

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26- 40 months

25
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Hedgehog lifespan

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4-6 years ( up to 8)

26
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Special with rat

A

No gallblatter

27
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how can ivermectin be distributed?

A

can give 200 MICROgram to snakes
NEVER give to tortoise- TOXIC

28
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atropin as anaesthesia

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some rabbits have atropinase enszymes –> does not work in rabbits

slow motility of intestine in rabbits and rodents

29
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what is preferred as anaesthesia for rabbits

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midazolam

30
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medetomidine, dexmedetomidine, xylazin

A

not to be given to old animlas with heart disease

xylazin - should not be used at all in rabbits, can but bad effect

31
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glucopyrrolate as anaesthesia

A

slow motility of intestine in rabbits and rodents

32
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alfaxalone

A

used in reptiles, works good
can be given im

33
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ketamine

A

liquor and eye pressure go up

  • dont give when cardiav disease or renal disease
34
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where to put pulse oximeter
rabbit
guniea pig
ferret
birds

A

rabbit - tounge, medial side of the ear, above artery
guniea pig - foot
ferret- tounge
birds - cloaca

35
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which animals can vommit?

A

ferret and hedgehodge

36
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which animals can NOT vommit

A

rabbits and rodents

37
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which animals is easy to intubate?

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ferret, snake, birds

38
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which animals is NOT easy to intubate

A

rabbits & rodents

39
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where do you inject a lizzard?
iv, im , sc, io

A

iv: tail vein
im: front leg
sc: side of animal
io: tibia

40
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where do you inject turtle?
iv, im, sc

A

iv: tail vein, jugular vein
im: front leg
sc: infront of legs

41
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can you hold an amphibian in your hand?

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you can, but as a vet you should wear powderfree gloves, in case you have medication/ soap on your hands. they absorbes it trough their skin

42
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Toxic in rabbits:

A

fipronil spary

43
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What should yo not give to hedgehogs?

A

Milk

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