Emergency Presentations in Exotic Pets

A rabbit presents to you after 2 days of not eating or passing faeces. You examine it and find a fractured leg and suspect this source of pain has caused it to stop eating. What drug would you use for initial analgesia?

Butorphanol

Buprenorphine

Meloxicam

Carprofen

What is the maintenance fluid requirement of a rabbit in ml/kg/hr?

1.0-2.5 ml/kg/hr

2.5 -5ml/kg/hr

5 -7.5 ml/kg/hr

7.5 -10 ml/kg/hr

Which of these treatments is not recommended for small herbivores with gut stasis?

Fluids (SQ or IV)

Opiate analgesia

Metoclopramide

Maropitant

A budgie presents to you looking sad and fluffed up after being observed to regurgitate a few times. On exam it is quite thin, so you suspect a more chronic illness than the owner has been aware of. Which analgesic drug do you give it on arrival?

Butorphanol

Buprenorphine

Methadone

Meloxicam

An owner has witnessed their pet parrot eating avocado and they call to ask if this is a problem. Remembering this webinar, you think “Yes, it is definitely toxic to birds!”. Then your nurse asks, what are the toxic effects of avocado poisoning and what signs should we look for?

Acute collapse from hypotension

Seizures form neurotoxicity

Dyspnoea from cardiac failure

Vomiting from GI irritation

What is the preferred analgesic for use in a ferret presenting with an acutely fractured leg?

Butorphanol

Buprenorphine

Methadone

Fentanyl

A lizard presents to the clinic with scoliosis. You suspect it is in pain as it is reluctant to use its hind limbs. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate analgesic choice in a reptile?

Methadone

Morphine

Tramadol

Meloxicam

Why would you not place a dyspnoeic reptile into oxygen?

They don’t have a diaphragm

The wound of whooshing oxygen scares them

Their respiratory drive is depressed by oxygen

The risk of spontaneous combustion

A member of the public presents an injured turtle to you that has been attacked by their pet dog. You can see its internal organs through multiple shell fractures and recognise that urgent euthanasia is indicated. What is your first step in this process?

Place on heat mat or in vivarium

Give injectable sedation

Put in fridge to cool it down

Give intra-turtle pentobarbitone

What is the most important final step in the euthanasia process for a reptile?

Warmth

Sedation

Barbituate overdose

Pithing the brain/brainstem

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Emergency Presentations in Exotic Pets