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Bird Anatomy
Reptile Anatomy
Bird Nursing Care
Reptile Nursing Care
Fun Facts
100
Cloacal Kiss
What is the method used by most birds for exchange of sperm.
100
The glottis
What is the organ a snake can "stick out" when eating large prey.
100
PUT IT DOWN!
What do you do if the bird closes it eyes, goes limp, stops breathing, etc?
100
Retained eye caps
What is one sign of dysecdysis?
100
Rhinos and Hippos
What animals does Michelle work with at the zoo?
200
Coverts
What are the feathers that cover larger feathers?
200
Muscular ridges in the heart
What keeps oxygenated and deoxygenated blood separate in the reptile ventricle?
200
Grams
What is the unit used to measure the weight of birds?
200
Stomatitis
What infection is seen as cheesy yellow plaques in the soft gum tissue of snakes and lizards?
200
Nepal
What is the country Michelle has visited three for conservation work?
300
Uropygial gland
What is another name for the preen gland?
300
Single chambered, multi-chambered, transitional
What are types of reptile lungs?
300
Gram Negative Gut Flora
Why do we hospitalize birds separately from dogs, cats and reptiles?
300
hit by car
What is a common cause of shell fracture in turtles?
300
Pointed nose, protruding teeth, un-Predictable
How can you identify a crocodile?
400
Ilium, ishium, pubis
What are the three bones that fuse with the synsacrum to form the pelvic girdle?
400
Urinary, Digestive, Reproductive
What are the three systems that empty into the cloaca.
400
Step up
What is the first thing you try to get a bird to do before resorting to "grabbing it"?
400
Aural Abscess
What is a common abscess in turtles seen as a swelling on the side of the head?
400
The Sonoran Coral Snake
What is the snake that farts as a defense.
500
Operculum
What is the piece of cornified tissue inside a birds nare?
500
Nuchal, centrals, costals, supracauda, marginals
What are the parts of the carapace?
500
Sub Q, usually in the inguinal region
What is the best spot to give fluids to a correct mild dehydration in a bird?
500
Reptile respiratory pneumonia
What is caused by poor husbandry, diet, stress, or over-humidity?
500
Dandelion flowers
What is Caesar's favorite treat?