Wellness and environmental enrichment. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Agnes E. Rupley.
• Editors: Rupley, Agnes E
• Contents: Front Cover; Wellness andEnvironmental Enrichment; Copyright; Contributors; Contents; Veterinary Clinics OfNorth America: ExoticAnimal Practice; Preface; Keeping the Exotic Pet Mentally Healthy; Key points; Introduction; Domesticated versus wild?; Stress and mental health; Opportunities to thrive; Opportunity for a Well-Balanced Diet; Opportunity to Self-Maintain; Opportunity for Optimal Health; Opportunities to Express Species-Specific Behavior; Opportunities for Choice and Control; Summary; References; Psittacine Wellness Management and Environmental Enrichment; Key points; Husbandry. NutritionWeight Management; Water; Housing; Cage Substrate; Lighting; Environmental enrichment; What Is Environmental Enrichment?; Why Is Environmental Enrichment Important?; How Is Environmental Enrichment Provided?; Foraging; Exercise; Healthy owner and bird interaction; Summary; References; Juvenile Psittacine Environmental Enrichment; Key points; Introduction; Social enrichment; Social Enrichment for Healthy Interaction with Conspecifics; Social Enrichment for Healthy Interaction with Owners; Social Enrichment for Healthy Interaction with Nonpreferred or Nonowner Humans. Social Enrichment for Healthy Interaction with Veterinary ProfessionalsOccupational enrichment; Exercise; Wing-Clipping: Enrichment or Enrichment Reduction?; Physical enrichment; Cage; Dishes; Perches; Toys; Carrier and Cars; Sleep Environment; External Home Environment; Sensory enrichment; Visual Enrichment; Auditory Enrichment; Tactile Enrichment; Other Enrichment; Nutritional enrichment; Food Recognition; Foraging; Autonomy and puberty; References; Ferret Wellness Management and Environmental Enrichment; Key points; Introduction; Legal aspects specific to ferret ownership; Basic husbandry. HousingDietary; Medical wellness management/disease prevention; Surgical Sterilization; Infectious Disease Prevention; Parasitism; Enteric parasites; Ectoparasites; Heartworm disease; Viral diseases; Rabies; Canine distemper virus; Vaccine reactions; Influenza; Ferret enteric coronavirus; Ferret systemic coronavirus; Helicobacter gastritis; Noninfectious Disease Prevention; Gastrointestinal foreign bodies; Gastrointestinal ulceration; Insulinoma; Adrenal gland disease; Lymphoma; Urolithiasis; Geriatrics; Psychological health management; Environmental Enrichment; Training; Summary; References. Small Exotic Companion Mammal Wellness Management and Environmental EnrichmentKey points; Introduction; Veterinary wellness visits; Species-specific veterinary recommendations; Environmental enrichment; General concepts; The Cage; Supervised Time-out; Company; Exercise Wheels; Cardboard Boxes; Hiding and Nesting Places; Tubes; Toys; Dust Baths; Hiding Food; Hammocks; Species-specific ideas; Ferrets; Rabbits; Guinea Pigs; Chinchillas; Rodents (Rats, Mice, Gerbils, Hamsters); Sugar Gliders; Prairie Dogs; Summary; Web sites of interest; Further readings; Camelid Wellness; Key points.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, pages 187-350), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 636.089; Veterinary medicine; Exotic animals; Pets -- Health; Pets -- Behavior; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry; MEDICAL -- Veterinary Medicine -- General; Exotic animals; Pets -- Behavior; Pets -- Health; Veterinary medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323342056; 0323342051
• Related ISBNs: 9780323341875
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.