:Avian Housing and Husbandry
Exposure to the changing daylight lengths is required for setting the diurnal and seasonal body clock of the bird. Another advantage of an outdoor enclosure is that it can be…
Reptile and Amphibian Housing, Husbandry and Rearing
For species which are more arboreal (tree climbing) in nature, for example, the green iguana and many snakes (e.g. the boa constrictor and Burmese python), the emphasis in cage design…
Small Mammal Nutrition
Figure 4.2 A chinchilla showing cheek tooth elongation leading to mouth ulcers and anoirexia. Figure 4.3 A guinea pig showing cheek tooth elongation and buccal spurs leading to ulceration of…
Small Mammal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
(1:1000 = 1 mg/mL) 0.2–1 mg/kg IV, intratracheally Dexamethasone 2 mg/kg IV (use with caution) Diazepam 1–3 mg/kg IV, IM Doxapram 2–5 mg/kg SC, IV, PO q 15 min Fluids…
