Exotics Made Easy : Demystifying Rabbits and Small Mammals

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.