Understanding the signs of good and ill health in animals
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| What 3 checks can we use to decide whether an animal is healthy or ill? | show 🗑
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| Why is it important to observe an animal before handling it? | show 🗑
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| Why should we check the animal's daily record? | show 🗑
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| When is it best to observe rather than handle an animal? | show 🗑
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| Small changes in an animal's daily behaviour could be early signs of what? | show 🗑
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| Why is it important to observe an animal in a stress free state? | show 🗑
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| Why is it important to observe an animal when it is stressed? | show 🗑
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| show | It can tell us when an animal should not be handled for a physical check
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| show | The animal's temperament - whether it is playful, scared or aggressive for instance
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| What is NORMAL behaviour for a DOG/CAT? | show 🗑
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| show | looking around, responding to noise, observing surroundings and being curious
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| How does a dog or a cat behave when it is ill? | show 🗑
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| What are signs of AGGRESSION in dogs/cats? | show 🗑
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| What are signs that a dog /cat is stressed? | show 🗑
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| What is NORMAL behaviour for a RABBIT? | show 🗑
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| How does a RABBIT behave when it is ill? | show 🗑
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| show | Enlarged eyes, tense body posture, ears laid back (flat against the body), growling, rapid breathing and flinches when touched
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| What is NORMAL behaviour for a GOAT? | show 🗑
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| How does a GOAT behave when it is ill? | show 🗑
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| What are the signs that a GOAT is stressed? | show 🗑
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| show | Moving around, scratching at the ground, dust
bathing, feeding frequently, responsiveness to surroundings, inquisitiveness
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| How does a CHICKEN behave when it is ill? | show 🗑
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| What are the signs that a CHICKEN is stressed? | show 🗑
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| show | Responsive to movement, bask under heat
lamps, move about the enclosure or coil up in their hide
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| show | They move to a warmer area when cool and to a cooler area when too warm
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| How does a BEARDED DRAGON behave when it is ill? | show 🗑
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| show | Its mouth is wide open
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| What are the signs that a BEARDED DRAGON is stressed? | show 🗑
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| What visual signs tell us that an animal is in pain? | show 🗑
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| show | Light straw colour
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| show | Light staw colour with red/orange tinges
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| If there is blood or pus in the urine, what does this tell us? | show 🗑
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| What are URATES? | show 🗑
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| show | There is blood, worm segments or foreign objects in it. The animal may have difficulty in passing the faeces (poo).
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| show | Well formed and cigar shaped, dark brown in
colour
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| What does unhealthy DOG/CAT faeces (poo) look like? | show 🗑
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| show | 1. Individual well-formed pellets - round, dry in texture and dark brown 2. Caecotrophs - smaller, sticky, round, dark brown pellets often clumped together
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| Why should you NOT see caecotrophs (small, sticky, round pellets) in a healthy rabbit enclosure? | show 🗑
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| show | Small, sticky, round faecal (poo) pellets which are passed and immediately eaten by the rabbit
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| What does healthy GOAT faeces (poo) look like? | show 🗑
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| show | Loose and pale in colour
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| What does healthy BEARDED DRAGON and CHICKEN faeces look like? | show 🗑
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| show | Pale or very light brown or green with blood in it. A very liquid or light mousse texture.
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| How do we carry out food and water checks? | show 🗑
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| show | Discharge from eyes or nose, signs of excessive scratching and bald patches/damaged scales or skin
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| What does a body condition score of 1 mean? | show 🗑
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| show | Ribs, spine and pelvic bones visible, obvious waist, minimal
abdominal fat
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| What does a body condition score of 3 mean? | show 🗑
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| show | Ribs, spine and pelvic bones are hardly palpable, waist is absent,
heavy abdominal fat deposits
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| show | Massive fat deposits over chest, spine and abdomen,
lack of waist, distended abdomen.
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