Use this client education handout to explore common requirements of lizards in captivity. The vivarium that you create should meet the minimum species-specific needs of your lizard, including temperature and humidity, lighting, as well as cage size and materials that meet the animal’s need to climb, burrow, and/or swim.
Tegus are characterized by their large size, muscular limbs, spotted pattern, and long, forked tongue. Tegus can thrive in captivity when provided with a proper diet and an enclosure that is designed to recreate the conditions that they would encounter in the wild. This client education handout reviews species commonly kept in captivity, housing, diet, and behavior. In the wild, tegus are mostly ground-dwelling, burrowing lizards. Originating from the tropical rainforests of South America, their humidity requirements are high. Most tegus are omnivores. Most species are generalists that consume a wide variety of food items in the wild. Tegus are also curious, extremely intelligent lizards. Some individuals can be tamed and trained with regular handling, especially from an early age.
There are over 150 species of Old World or true chameleons, however the veiled chameleon, panther chameleon, and Jackson’s or three-horned chameleon are three of the most common species seen in captivity. This client education handout reviews natural history, physical description and caging parameters, including temperature, humidity, visual security, substrate, as well as diet, behavior, […]
View this RACE-approved webinar recording by John Chitty BVetMed CertZooMed MRCVS. This seminar explores unique features of this group of terrestrial Chelonia and how these adaptations to a unique biome affect husbandry and disease investigation. This presentation provides an overview on identification and sexing, captive husbandry, hibernation needs and management, reproduction and follicular stasis, clinical investigations, hospitalization needs, and disease prevention.
With the help of a handy infographic, this client education handout reviews the basics of a good rabbit diet as well as housing, including “bunny proofing”, and handling.
No single hospital environment can meet the needs of every exotic animal and caging systems must be tailored to meet the specific needs of each patient. Read about those caging requirements that remain constant among exotic animals as well as the species-specific needs of each taxa from birds and small mammals to fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
Small birds face an enormous task in maintaining their body temperature, especially in a cold environment, but fortunately plumage provides an effective barrier to heat loss. Down feathers trap air and allow little convective movement of heat to occur. Fluffing feathers increases insulation and…
