ANS 42 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cecum, Microsoft Powerpoint, Scurvy
13 Jan 2017
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Pocket Pet Nutrition (Check Power point on Smartsite)
1. Continuously growing molars are usually in the back
a. In herbivores
b. Omnivores have incisors
c. Can tell diet by looking at teeth
2. Rabbits have a second set of incisors
a. Peg teeth – continuously growing
b. Characteristic of a lagamorph
c. GI tract: hind gut fermenter
i. Extremely enlarged cecum
ii. Fermentation
iii. Extract the nutrients from the food
iv. Fiber from the food will either go to the large intestine or the cecum
1. Fermented in the cecum
2. Produces vitamins
3. Hamsters
a. Have a pre-digestive stomach in the front to allow for fermentation
4. Quantities on the nutrition does not necessarily say the quality of the nutrients
5. Ferrets
a. Need high quality protein and good fat
6. Mini-Pig
a. Don’t use conventional pig diets
i. Only goal is to get the pig fat, not good for the pig
7. Pygmy Hedgehogs
a. Need a variety of foods
i. Not just insects, even though they are insectivores
ii. Give them a choice
8. Guinea pigs
a. Vitamin C is an essential nutrients
i. Cannot make it by themselves
b. Need softer pellet for diet
i. Do not have strong teeth as rabbits
c. Can add cabbage or kale with high vitamin C content
d. Can get scurvy
i. Swollen joints
ii. Do not move
iii. Can be resolved within one week with more vitamin C
iv. Make sure they don’t lose their teeth
9. Rabbits
a. Harder pellets
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