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Reptiles Flashcards

1
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What is the taxonomy of reptiles?

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  1. Kingdom- Animalia
  2. Phylum- Chordata
  3. Order- Squamata
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What is the taxonomy of chelonia?

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  • Kingdom- Animalia
  • Phylum- Chordata
  • Order- Testudines
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What should you avoid in a reptile diet?

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Avoid feeding a diet with high oxalate- there is a risk of calcium oxalate uroliths

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4
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What supplements should you add in a reptile diet?

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Trace minerals

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5
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What is gut loading?

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ensuring that the insects have calcium, can be done via sprinkling calcium on top

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6
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Why do you need to add calcium?

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The insects purchased do not naturally contain that much calcium

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7
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What do you need to consider for enclosures?

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  • Consider if the animal needs vertical or horizontal space
  • Can be difficult to monitor juveniles in a large enclosure
  • May increase the size if sharing with more than one individual
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What do you need to consider in terms of humidity?

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  • Must always be monitored- can change with seasons
  • Too high can cause airway problems
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9
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What is a ‘humid high’

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A micro-humid area within the enclosure- important for shedding

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What do you need to consider with temperature?

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  • Measure with a thermostat
  • Dependemt on the species requirement
  • Establish a cool and hot period
  • Heat lamp without a light to avoid burns
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What do you need to consider with lighting?

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  • Uv allows vitamin D3 to be made in the body
  • Needs to be direct as UV cannot pass through glass enclosures
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What do you need to consider with Reptile Furniture?

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  • Create hiding, basking and eating areas
  • Quiet areas for brumation
  • Stones/ Branches for a rubbing surface
  • Soaking area
  • Consider reptiles that consume their prey in hiding
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13
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What do you need to consider with substrate?

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  • Cant be too dusty- respiratory problems
  • Will consume- loose substrates can lead to impaction
  • Provides comfort (not too soft or too hard)
  • Easy to clean up
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14
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What do you need to consider with enrichment?

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  • Provide a cognitive or physical challenge
  • Beware about causing frustration if too challenging
  • Feeding/ Sensory
  • Give them choice
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15
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What are the best ways to restrain/ handle a reptile?

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  • handle them from a young age to avoid agression
  • use a towel to keep them warm for long periods of time
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16
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What is the vasovagal restraint?

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  • Stimulates the PNS
  • decrease in HR, BP, RR
17
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Name four veins you can take blood samples from

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  1. Supcarapacial vein
  2. Jugular vein
  3. Dorsal coccygeal vein
  4. Ventral coccygeal vein
18
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Name three types of chelonia

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  1. Horsfield
  2. Hermanns
  3. Spur thighed
19
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What veg should you avoid in a reptile diet?

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  • green beans or peas (too high in protein)
  • Lettuce (too high in water)
20
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What is the best thing to use for constant light exposure?

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UV light tube

21
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What areas do you need to consider when creating a reptile environment?

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  • Hiding/ basking/ eating areas
  • consider reptiles that consume their prey in hiding
  • soaking area
  • stones/ branches to provide a rubbing area
  • quiet area during brumation
22
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What is brumation?

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a state or condition of sluggishness or inactivity

23
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Why is it important that the substrate is clean?

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to avoid introducing parasites

24
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What may loose substrates lead to?

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impaction

25
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What do you have to take into consideration when restraining/ handling

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  • Handling from a young age reduces aggression
  • Tails can ‘whip’
  • Gloves should be worn
  • Ensure hands/ clothes dont smell of prey
  • Need to provide warmth if they are out of their enclosure for an extended period of time
26
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What temperature should reptiles be when bruminating?

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5 degrees- this can be regulated in a fridge

27
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What is the maximum length of time reptiles should bruminate for?

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3 months

28
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How would you feed an animal that is bruminating?

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reduce food slowly over 2 weeks, then stop- but should continue to give water

29
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When should you avoid hibernating an animal?

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if they are unwell, they may not come out of hibernation

30
Q

What is the name of the restraint that can calm reptiles down?

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Vasovagal restraint

31
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What reptile should be elevated during examination?

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Chelonia

32
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Why should you avoid lettuce?

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Too high in water content

33
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VMS 2010 (13 decks)

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