Test 1
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allinhughes on September 11, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The larger the animal | the lower the pulse and heart rate |
| Normal temperature for a dog is | 99.5-102.2 |
| Normal Pulse for a dog is | 70-160 beats BPM |
| Normal respiration's for a dog is | 10-30 BPM |
| Gestation for dogs is | 63-65 days |
| Life span of dogs | small is 12-16 years, large is 6-10 years |
| Normal temperature for cats is | 100.4-102.2 |
| Normal Pulse for cats is | 150-210 |
| Normal respiration's for cat is | 24-42 |
| Gestation for cats | 63-65 days |
| Life span for cats | 12-16 years |
| BPM means | Beats Per Minute or Breaths Per Minute |
| Rabbits are also called | Lagamorph |
| Gestation for Lagamorphs | 28-34 days |
| Life span of Lagamorphs | 5-6 years |
| Housing | separate cages to eliminate fighting, adequate ventilation, wire mesh floors are preferred, need solid surface to get off wire mesh, chew toys for entertainment, ceramic or metal bowls, no plastic they will eat it |
| Lagamorphs need environmental temperature of | 40-85 Fahrenheit |
| Diet for lagamorphs | require increased fiber in diet, alfalfa pellets with timothy hay, occasional treats with minimal fresh greens (no iceberg lettuce) few apples and carrots and plenty of fresh water |
| Lagamorphs | coprographic, which means they eat their own feces, but only their night time poop because it is higher in protein and richer in vitamins |
| Lagamorphs urine is | very alkalitic with a PH of 8.2 it ranges form yellow to orange, may look bloody it is so orange |
| Lagamorphs normal temp is | 101.3-104 Fahrenheit |
| Rats gestation | 20-22 days |
| Rats life span | 2.5-3 years |
| Rats diet | pelleted rat diet, no seeds because they lead to obesity and nutritional deficiency, rats are nocturnal and eat at night |
| Rats housing | communal with boys or girls without overcrowding, deep bedding, wheels and chewing toys for environmental enrichment, either wire or mesh floor or plastic cage with solid floor, hit it and quit it |
| Rats environmental temperature | 65-79 Fahrenheit |
| Rats normal body temperature | 96.6-99.5 |
| Rats have | pigmented lacillal (where tears are produced)- which causes red tears and snot that may stain the face when ill or stresed |
| Mice gestation period | 19-21 days |
| Mice life span | 1-2 years |
| Mice housing | wire or plastic cage, separate males form each other or they will fight, females can be housed together, males are escape prone, bedding need to be wood aspen or paper, they like to burrow |
| Mice environmental temperature | 65-79 Fahrenheit |
| Mice diet | pelleted mouse food, don't like to eat with people present, |
| Naked mice are | immuno compromised |
| Mice may barber each other | barbering is when a dominant mouse rips the hair off the face of another mouse, when this happens you need to remove the mean mouse |
| Hamsters gestation period | 16 days |
| Hamsters life span | 2 years |
| Hamsters housing | deep wood shavings or shredded paper, they like wheels, tunnels and nesting boxes in their environment |
| Hamsters environmental temperature | 65-79 Fahrenheit |
| Hamsters diet | require 165 protein or higher or you may see alopecia (hair loss) you can feed them hard dog food to promote chewing to help wear their teeth down, they are nocturnal and eat at night |
| Hamster can get wet tail | it is called proliferativel and gives them diarrhea. hamsters will als bite if you startle them and they sleep soundly so you should tap them before picking them up |
| Hamsters body temperature | 98.6-100.4 |
| Guinea pigs gestation | 63 days |
| Guinea pigs life span | 2-4 years |
| Guinea pigs normal temperature | 99-103.1 Fahrenheit |
| Guinea pigs housing | Individually or in colony pens, with wood shavings or shredded paper, if not raised on wire floor do not change it, it can cause leg injuries if you do, they have messy cages |
| Guinea pigs environmental temperature | 65-79 Fahrenheit |
| Guinea pigs diet | pelleted food, require daily supplement of Vitamin C,, can use dark greens or citrus fruits, do not feed them rabbit food |
| Guinea pig facts | they are good swimmers, heard of them will stampede if you scare them, after 7 months pelvic fuses together and if pregnant after that then they have to have a c section, they only have 1 or 2 babies at a time |
| Gerbils gestation period | 24-26 days |
| Gerbils life span | 3 years |
| Gerbils housing | plastic or metal cages with deep bedding to burrow, they are active gnawers and will gnaw on anything |
| Gerbils environmental temperature | 65-85 Fahrenheit |
| Gerbil facts | they produce only a few drops of urine a day and poop pellets are small so the cage is almost odorless |
| Gerbil normal body temperature | 98.6-101.3 Fahrenheit |
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