Exam/Restraint
What unit scale should be used when weighing snakes?
What 2 common venipuncture sites are used on snakes?
What is caudal tail vein (coccygeal) and the heart?
What does dysecdysis mean?
What is difficulty shedding?
What is the minimum size that a snake tank should be?
What is no less than half the length of the snake?
How many chambers does a snake heart have?
What is 3 chambers?
When holding a snake the rule of thumb is 1 person per ______________ of snake.
What is 3 feet?
What 2 views are typically taken when radiographing snakes?
What is DV or VD and lateral?
What does it mean that snakes are ectothermic?
What is they cannot generate their own body heat so they use their environment?
What does a snake's diet consist of?
What are whole prey items? (mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits)
What is unique about snake lungs?
What is they only use the right lung and the left is nonfunctional?
When removing an aggressive snake from a carrier, what 2 restraint tools are recommended to use?
What is leather gloves and a towel?
Snake radiographs are typically taken in sections and the x-rays are labeled using what?
What are lead markers?
What does arboreal versus terrestrial mean when referring to snakes?
What is lives in trees (arboreal) and lives on the ground (terrestrial)?
What are 2 examples of substrate that is recommended to use for snakes?
What is Aspen shavings, Astroturf, sand (with caution), cypress mulch, newspaper and potting soil (with caution)?
Snakes have "eye caps" which is another name for what on their eyes?
What is spectacles?
A snakes weight will vary for different reasons, what are 2 of the reasons?
What is age, nutritional status, species and sometimes gender?
What are the 2 reasons that cardiocentesis is preferred for blood draws?
What is the quickest method and yields the largest amount?
What order of reptilian class do snakes fall into?
What is Squamata?
Why are cedar/pine shavings NOT recommended to use as substrate?
What is they have oils and natural aromas that can be toxic to snakes?
Snakes achieve movement by individual contractions of what?
What is muscle chains?
When determining gender on a snake, what is the number of scales measured on the probe for a MALE versus a FEMALE?
What is >7 (male) and <5 (female)?
What 3 methods of examination are used to check for internal parasites in snakes?
What is direct fecal examination, fecal floatation and cloacal wash?
What are 3 examples of the most common snakes kept as pets in North America?
What are boas, pythons, king snakes, rat snakes, corn snakes and gopher snakes?
What are 3 results that could occur if a snake is not getting appropriate heating/lighting supplementation?
What is respiratory disorders, food regurgitation, anorexia and possibly death?
What sensory organ does a snake use to detect odors of prey on the forked tongue?
What is vomeronasal sense?