Mouse Anatomy
Mouse Husbandry
Rat Anatomy
Rat Husbandry
Wild Card
100
Mice are capable of breeding at this age
What is four (4) weeks
100
Two items you would want to consider when choosing your mouse caging/housing
What is 1) Cost 2) Durability 3) Ease of cleaning 4) Number of animals to be housed 5) Escape-proof
100
Two examples of species-typical behavior for rats (and mice)
What is 1) Foraging 2) Digging 3) Climbing 4) Gnawing 5) Nesting
100
How you would treat a malocclusion
What is trimming their teeth
100
Providing this helps prevent malocclusion
What is providing chew enrichment
200
The average weight of an adult mouse
What is 20-25 grams
200
Four examples of mice colors
What is lilac, white, black, dove, tan, piebald, champagne, satin, blue, satin, fawn, chocolate
200
The length of a rat's gestational period
What is 21 days
200
Body weight range of an adult rat
What is 150-250 grams
200
This term describes the fact that mice and rats are active at night
nocturnal
300
Three characteristics of mouse senses
What are: 1) Cannot see well 2) Good hearing 3) Excellent sense of smell
300
When mouse pups are first born we may call the THIS based on their apperance
pinkies
300
An example of a rat strain
Dumbo, Siamese, rex, hooded, masked, beige, hairless, tailless, satin
300
The term we use to describe when a dominant rat (or mouse) chews the fur off of a subordinate rat (or mouse)
What is barbering
300
Behavior an animal would normally display in the wild
What is the definition of Species-Typical Behavior
400
Mouse is the Asian word this
What is "Thief"
400
A breed of a dog is similar to THIS in a mouse (or rat)
What is strain
400
According to the taxonomy, rats fall under this Class
What is mammalia
400
Four of the five categories of enrichment
What is 1) Cognitive 2) Nutritional 3) Physical 4) Social 5) Spatial
400
The act of giving birth to young.
What is parturition.
500
The scientific name (genus species) of the mouse
What is Mus musculus
500
The definition of ad libitum (in regards to mouse and rat husbandry)
To free feed - allowing the animals to regulate their own food intake
500
The scientific name (genus species) of a rat
What is Rattus norvigecus
500
The scientific term used to describe the fact that rats are social, outgoing, and playful animals who prefer to be group housed
What is Gregarious
500
Gender identification (also known as sexing) is determined by checking this
What is ano-genital distance
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