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| Classified as a rodent this animal is closely related to the Guinea Pig and native to andes mountains of South America. |
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| What is the most common chinchilla in the pet trade? |
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| Chinchillas have dense fur that are considered hypoallergenic and resistant to ectoparasites you should not expose them to water bathes but does this instead. |
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Dust bath
Note: Several commercial dust baths are available, but can be made with cornstarch and talc powder mixed with sand. |
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Ferrets and chinchillas have no sweat glands predisposing them to hyperthermia. |
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| In chinchillas this is a distinctive feature for each individual no matter how closely related. |
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| Which animals has a stomach similar to a horse and the digestive tract that is very long with a large cecum. |
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| Testicles in the male chinchilla do not descend and have a small bone that supports the penis during copulation. In females the ___ is visible from the outside, and there are no labial folds present. |
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| What is the chinchilla gestation period? |
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| Chinchillas should be housed in a ___heat and humidity enviornment. |
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| Chinchillas are strictly ____. While a ferret is strictly a ______. |
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| Transmissible through contaminated hay what is this zoonotic disease that chinchilla's can pass to us? |
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| Chinchillas are corpuscular which means: |
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Most active at dusk and dawn
Note: Nocturnal |
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| Ferrets can be scruffed unlike chinchilas that should be restrained what way? |
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| Support chest and shoulders while holding the base of the tail and the hind legs |
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| What are the vitals for chinchillas? |
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Temperature: 97-102°F
Heart Rate: 200-350 bpm
Respiratory Rate: 40-80 rpm |
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| A chinchilla can live up to 15-20 years a ferret however has a life span of: |
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| Ferret groups in the wild are called business what are chinchilla wild groups called? |
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| In chinchilla and ferrets this venipuncture site holds the best yield. |
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| Ferrets fall under the family___. |
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Ferret females tend to be larger than males. |
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False
Note: This is true however for chinchillas. |
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| Anal glands are not technically the cause of the "musky" odor the _____is. |
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| Ferrets have a 41-42 gestation period like chinchillas their juveniles are called: |
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| What is a ferrets temperature and heart rate range? |
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Temperature: 100-104°F
Heart rate: 180-250 bpm |
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| What is the only zoonotic documented disease of ferrets? |
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| Also known as "green lime disease" this debilating disease effects both young and old ferrets. |
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| Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis |
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| Common ferret cancer of the pancreas, very challenging to manage. |
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| May be linked to pre-pubescent altering this is difficult to treat and can be benign or malignant. |
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| The distemper vaccination for ferrets is given at 8,11 and 14 weeks and then is given anually but immunity lasts for how long? |
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| Rabies is very rare in ferrets but is one of the required vaccines how often is this given. |
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