Handling and restraint

Swans can cause most damage with their

• feet

• beaks

• wings

Birds of prey are most likely to attack with their

• wings

• beaks

• talons

In your own words describe how to restraint a chicken

In your own words describe how to hold a small bird

What diseases poses a zoonotic risk when handling reptiles and amphibians

• Escherichia Coli

• Staphylococcus

• Coronavirus

• Salmonella

The best way to handling a frog is....

• In the palm of the hand

• by grasping around the mid body and legs

• by grasping the hind legs and cupping a hand over their body

The best way to hold a calm tortoise is.....

• By grasping the hind limbs

• by placing one hand around the shoulders and one hand at the back of the shell

• by grasping the middle of the shell

How could you change your handling technique for an aggressive terrapin?

• Hold the back of the shell between the hind limbs

• Restrain the neck between thumb and index finger

• by grasping the hind limbs

How could you hold a calm snake

• Around the mid body and tail

• Around the mid body and neck

How would you hold a small lizard?

• By placing one hand around the shoulders and one around the pelvis and top of the hind limbs

• In the palm of your hand with the index finger beneath the throat and the thumb resting lightly on the head and neck