Full Description
A textbook for vets demystifying the body systems and requirements of exotic pets. Exotics Made Easy guides practitioners through history taking, the clinical exam and identifying common conditions, and discusses the human-animal bond, the cascade system and informed consent.
Rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, Mongolian gerbils, chinchilla, degu, African pygmy hedgehogs and ferrets are each covered in a dedicated chapter providing species-specific anatomy, current husbandry advice, transport advice, sexing, diagnosis and treatment of common conditions, blood sampling (where, how much and results), hospitalisation requirements, intubation and common surgeries.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgement
Abbreviations
All creatures great and small
Rabbits
Guinea pigs
Rats
Hamsters
Mongolian gerbils
Chinchilla
Degu
African pygmy hedgehog
Ferrets
Appendix: History forms
Index
