Exotics Flashcards
Rabbits
Prey species
evolved to be lightweight and fast
Burrowing herbivores
What are the communities rabbits live in
Warrens
Rabbit eyes
wide field of view due to lateral orientation
Blindspot below the mouth
Third eyelid
Rabbit ears
Highly vascular-take blood
Auditory reception
Heat regulation
What are the ears that hang down referred to
Lops
Rabbit Fur
Females have dewlop and perform nesting
Rabbit feet
Fur covers the toes and feet
Do not have foodpads
Rabbit teeth
Second pair of upper incisors are referred to as peg teeth or wolf teeth
Hyposodontic
Teeth are continuously growing
Cecotrophs
Night feces or soft feces
Contain nitrogen, electrolytes, vitamins
Rabbit digestive system
Appendix
Cecum
Sacculus
Breeds of Rabbit
Dutch Belted, Lionhead, Angora, Flemish Giant, Holland Lop
What do you not give a rabbit to eat
Fruits, sweets, crackers, toast or other complex carbohydrates
Reptiles-Shell
Evolved from ribs
Carapace shell
Dorsal shell
Plastron
Ventral shell
Scutes
Keratin that covers the outer periosteum of the shell
Turtle Heart
Three-chambered
two atria and one ventricle
Reptile lungs
Ventral to the carapace
Do turtles have a diaphragm
No. They ventilate from the movement of skeletal muscles and flexion and extension of limbs
Male turtles and tortoises
Tortoises have a concave plastron
Water turtles have elongated nails
Box turtles have brilliant red eys
Tortoise
Herbivore
Strictly terrestrial
Large hard scale
Thick domed shells
Hermann’s tortoise
Sulcata
Leopard tortoise
Tortoise breeds
Turtle
Omnivores Semiaquatic Flattened shells Smooth skin webbed feet Except Box Turtles
Red-eared slider
Painted turtle
Box turtles
Turtle breeds
Cere
Structure located at the cranial dorsal aspect of a bird’s beak
Choana
Opening at the roof of a bird’s mouth that communicates between the oral cavity and the respiratory system
Air sacs
Help with flight
Can pop
Ventriculus
AKA the Gizzard
Muscular stomach
May ingest grit to help grind food in the gizzard
Uropygial Gland
Helps coat their feathers
Preening gland
Secretes an oily substance used in grooming, water-repelling quality
Vent
Opening at the end of the cloaca
Similar to the anus
Where everything comes out
Crop
Sac where food is stored and softened
Pneumatic bones
Hollow bones that contain pockets full or air
Essential for flight
Feathers
Do not cut blood feathers
cut 1st 10 primary to prevent flying
Piloerection
Fluffed appearance
Lethargy, anorexia, resting at the bottom of the cage, sneezing, regurgitation, change in droppings, piloerection, decreased vocalization, tail-bob are all signs of what
Illness
What does proper restraint allow the bird to do?
Expand the chest
Common species of birds
Parakeet, Cockatiel, Lovebird, Cockatoo, Macaws, Aferican Grey
Songbirds
Canary
Honeycreeper
Finches
Bird diet
Seeds are not enough Pellet diets Table food Millet spray Potato chips
What foods should you avoid feeding your bird
Avacado, grapes, onions
Frog
Aquatic or terrestrial
Toad
Dry skin
generally terrestrial
Bufos
