Small Mammals

Question 1

Reproductive features

Answer 1

reach maturity quickly 
short gestationn period 
larger litter size 
wuick development
avility to concieve soon after birth

Question 2

hamster characteristics

Answer 2

nocturnal 
solitary
aggressive 
territorial 
burrowers 
nest builders
hibernation

Question 3

biology of hamster

Answer 3

large cheeck pouches (invagination of lateral wall)

incisors are open rooted

Question 4

cheeck puch impaction

Answer 4

when the puches are innaprotpietly emptied they become impacted and they stop the ability to be emptied

• innapropiate feeding
• innapropiate breeding
• foreing material

Question 5

behavoural issue

Answer 5

bar biting (poor welfare)

Question 6

wet tail (diarrhea)

Answer 6

stress and poor hygene

Question 7

Guinea Pigs diet

Answer 7

Wild: grass and herbs (adapted molars)
high fibre necessary for wear down teeth
-alfalfa (obesity)
- VITAMIN C (cannot process their own) 10 mg (fresh raw fruits and veggies or supplements)
coprophagia: eating stools to digest twice

Question 8

guine pigs disease nutrition

Answer 8

scurvy (vitamin c dificiency)
picky eaters
bladder stones for high calcim
maloclussion (excessive growth of teeth)

Question 9

ectoparasite of guinea pigs

Answer 9

mange mites

• hair loss
• excessive scratching
• aggresice behaviour
• seizures

Question 10

Degu

Answer 10

6-7 years in captivity 
social (gorup living) 
diurnal
climbers 
prone to heat stress and vitamin A deficency

Question 11

Chinchilla

Answer 11

social (group living) 
burrowing
crepuscular 
heat stress
dust baths

Question 12

diet of chinchilla

Answer 12

wild: grasses, leaves, insects fruit, seeds
captive: high fibre, low on fat and protein

Question 13

chinchilla problems

Answer 13

stress

clumpy fur loss

Question 14

ferrets

Answer 14

dont exist in the wild

Question 15

european polecat

Answer 15

territorial shared (anal scent glands)
diet is small mammal (obligate carnivores)
high metabolic rate (need to eat frequently)