Wildlife Flashcards
What is a sign of respiratory distress in avians?
Tail bobbing
What mentation & stance in avians is a sign of critical sickness?
Sleepy or laterally recumbent
What are common routes of medication administration in birds?
IM & SQ
How do you give medications into the renal-portal system?
Administered cranial to the kidneys
Where are IM injections give in birds?
Pectoral muscles
Where are indwelling catheters or IV injections given?
Medial metatarsal
Cutaneous ulnar
Jugular vein
How are oral medications administered in birds?
Feeding tube or syringe titration
How do raptors intake most of their water?
Eating prey
If a raptor is not eating how can you support them?
Inguinal or IV fluids
Force feeding chopped mice, rats, fish, chicks
Oxbow Carnivore Care Prey via feeding tube
What can be used for short-term feeding in injured songbirds?
Maintenance-soaked dog food
Nutritional formula should be used for long-term care
How does ingesting the entire carcass add nutrients when provided to snakes?
Calcium from the bone
Further supplementation is not needed when feeding the whole prey
What should you never feed snakes?
Chicken breast
Hot dogs
Raw beef
Why should prekilled or stunned food be offered to snakes?
To prevent harm by the prey item
What is best to feed herbivore lizards?
Dark leafy greens & vegetables
Kale, chard, turnip greens, escarole
What is best to feed reptiles that are insectivores?
Mealworms
Silkworms
Crickets
What is best to feed reptiles that are carnivores?
Whole prey
Mice, rats, guinea pigs, fish
What is best to feed reptiles that are Omnivores?
Dark leafy greens and insects
What are most aquatic turtles?
Omnivores
What do aquatic turtles eat?
Fish
Invertebrates
Algae
Leafy greens
What are tortoises classified as?
Herbivores
Eat a variety of leaves, grasses, flowers
What should captive tortoises eat?
Dark leafy greens, rose petals, hay, vegetables
What should you not feed captive tortoises?
Feed dog food
Tofu
Monkey biscuits
Diet with animal protein
What should you not feed captive tortoises?
Feed dog food
Tofu
Monkey biscuits
Diet with animal protein
How often should baby bird hatchlings be fed?
Every 10-20 minutes
How often should nestlings be fed?
Every 20-30 minutes
How often should fledglings be fed?
Every 45-60 minutes
How often should juveniles be fed?
Every 2 hours
What animal is it illegal to possess their body or body parts?
Bald or Golden eagles
How can you stabilize leg fractures in small song birds?
Tape splint
How do you stabilize wing fractures or injuries that cause wing drooping?
Figure-eight bandage
Stabilize a fracture of the radius/ulna since the bandage supports the elbow & wrists
How do you stabilize a bird with a fracture of the humerus?
Body wrap must be placed to stabilized the shoulder joint
What medications can be used as premedications in wildlife?
Ketamine Dexmedetomidine Xylazine Telazol Buprenorphine Butorphanol Midazolam
What postoperative pain medications are used in wildlife?
Butorphanol
Buprenorphine
NSAIDS
MU opioids
What is the overall goal of wildlife medication and rehabilitation?
Release the animal back to the wild
What are common disease of birds of prey seen in a wildlife rehabilitation center?
Gunshot wounds HBC Flying into a window Attacked by another animal Electrocution Bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic infections
What are common diseases or conditions seen in non-raptorial birds?
Flying into a window
Being attacked
Gunshot wounds
Ingestion toxicity
What are common diseases and conditions seen in reptiles in a wildlife rehabilitation?
HBC Attacked by another animal Fractures Open wounds Salmonellosis outbreaks