What do Guina pigs need daily? 

Vitamin C 

What age should you breed guinea pigs and Why? 

Before 7 mos.

 Pubic symphasis may have fused after that

Distocia 

Diffuculty giving birth 

Pregnancy Toxemia

(Guinea Pig) 

 -Stretch abdomen as in pain

- 7-10 days before birth

- no specific cause

- Tx- fluids change diet 

Antibiotics in Guinea Pigs 

-Need a broad spectrum antibiotic

-cannot use penicillin- wipes out gram negative intestinal flora 

Hypovitamintosis 

 -lack of vitamin C

- "scurvy"

- Open wounded look, anorexia 

How long can you keep Guinea pig food after the milling date? 

3 months 

Mastitis in the Guinea pig 

- inflamation of the mammary gland

- Causes- Step and Staph

- Cannot use antibiotics 

Bumble foot 

- inflamation of foot pad

- Staph infection enters a cut

- Tx- soak in iodine or topical medication 

What class are rabbits in? 

Lagomorpha

NOT RODENTS 

Large breed rabbits 

- up to 20 lb

- ex. Flemish Giant 

Medium Rabbit breeds 

-up to 10 lb

- New Zealand whites 

Small rabbit breeds 

- up to 7 lb

- Dutch belted  

What are rabbit ears used for? 

-heat regulation

- hearing 

Rabbit vision 

- no 3D vision

- Short sighted

-photophobia 

Kindling 

- Giving birth

- female pulls out hair to make nest 

What do rabbit babies look like? 

Hairless and completely dependant on the nest 

Rabbit estrus 

- no true estrus

- receptive period 

Reasons for hair pulling 

-Kindling

- Low fiber diet 

Acariasis

(CN, Etio, CS) 

-mites (8 legs)

- etiology= Cheyletiella

 - Crusts raw skin toricollis

Coccidiosis

 (etio)

 Eimeria Stiedai

Diahrehha and sudden death 

Mastitis in Rabbits 

- Inflammation of the mammary glads 

-  causes= Strep, Staph, Ecoli, and kledsiella

Moist dermatitis

(CN, Etio) 

 - Blue fur

- trauma, break in skin, maloclussion 

Pasturella 

(CN CS) 

- Snuffles

- Watery exudate from nose and paws 

Hairballs  in rabbits

Rabbits can't vomit 

Tularemia 

-skinners disease

- bug bites and skinning rabbits

-  

Hamster's cheek pouches 

- Tendency to become impacted

Lymphocytic Chori-meningitis 

- LCM

- Zoonotic 

 Malocclusion

-mal alignment of teeth

-excess slobbering

- anorexia 

 Proliferative Ileitis

- Wet tail

- Diarrhea

- Fecal/oral

- Watery diarrhea, death in 48 hours

- antibiotics 

Guinea Pigs

( lifespan, litter size, Weaning age, Gestation, Estrous cycle) 

- 4-6  years

- 2-4 babies

- weaning 18-24 days

-gestation 60-65 days

- esterous cycle - 16- 18 days

-duration of estruos 6-11 hours 

Rabbit

( lifespan, litter size, Weaning age, Gestation, Estrous cycle)

- 5-8 years

- 4-10 babies

- weaning 4-6 weeks

- gestation 29-35 days

- estrous- induced

- duration of estrous -continuous

Hamster

( lifespan, litter size, Weaning age, Gestation, Estrous cycle)

- 1.5-2 years

- 5-10 babies

- weaning 21 days

- gestation- 16-16 days

-estrous-4 days

-duration of estrous-20 hours