Exotics - Feeding and Disease

Why should you be cautious about feeding your exotic live food such as crickets?

• They might scare your exotic animal

• They might become friends with your exotic animal

• They may bite the exotic animal

• It is illegal to feed live crickets to exotic animals

Why is gut loading insects with nutritious food before feeding to the exotic animals important?

• To make sure the insects enjoy their last few days alive!

• Because these nutrients will then end up in the exotic animal after they have eaten the cricket

• It is a legal requirement

• Crickets are fussy eaters and only eat the most nutritious foods

What is not used a way to encourage a snake to feed?

• Warming up the food to body temperature

• Masking the smell with something they might like

• Feeding freshly killed prey

• Providing the food frozen

Which of these is an ecto-parasite that affects exotic species?

• Reptile mites

• Round worm

• Pneumonia

• Gape worm

Which of these is an endo-parasite that affects exotic animals?

• Feather louse

• Aspergillus

• Reptile mites

• Gape worm

What is a condition that affects the skin of an amphibian, causing it to become thicker?

• Aspergillus

• Chytrid fungus

• Pneumonia

• Round worm

Which of the five needs is fulfilled by providing climbing and hiding opportunities in the enclosure?

• The need to be housed with or apart from other animals

• The need for a suitable diet

• The need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury or disease

• The need to be able to exhibit normal behavior patterns

What is this exotic animal suffering from?

• Round worm

• Reptile mites

• Pneumonia

• Chytrid fungus

What kind of reptile would this enclosure be suitable for?

• An arboreal (tree living) species native to tropical jungle

• A desert species adapted to very hot climates

• A species native to the UK

• A burrowing species that likes to hide underground

What kind of exotic animal would you keep in this enclosure?

• A tropical jungle living species that require high humidity

• A species native to colder climates

• A species that has adapted to hot desert conditions

• A species that likes to dig and burrow underground