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Mice, rats, hamsters and gerbils
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Mice, rats, hamsters and gerbils
- Authors: Ian Sayers and Stephen Smith
- From: BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets
- Item: Chapter 1, pp 1 - 27
- DOI: 10.22233/9781905319909.1
- Copyright: © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: January 2010
Abstract
This chapter provides the need-to-know information on mice, rats, hamsters and gerbils:
- Biology
- Husbandry
- Handling and restraint
- Diagnostic approach
- Common conditions
- Supportive care
- Anaesthesia and analgesia
- Common surgical procedures
- Euthanasia
- Drug formulary.
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Dwarf varieties of hamster such as (a) Russian and (b) Roborowski are becoming more common. (Courtesy of C. Johnson-Delaney.) © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Dwarf varieties of hamster such as (a) Russian and (b) Roborowski are becoming more common. (Courtesy of C. Johnson-Delaney.)
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Lateral flank scent gland in a hamster. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Lateral flank scent gland in a hamster.
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Sexing by external genitalia. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Sexing by external genitalia.
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Exercise wheels for hamsters should be of solid construction. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Exercise wheels for hamsters should be of solid construction.
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Morbidly obese rat. There is a mammary tumour in the left axilla. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Morbidly obese rat. There is a mammary tumour in the left axilla.
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(a) Lifting by the base of the tail and front limbs supported once lifted. (b) Held in the palm of the hand. (c) Scruffing may occasionally be required. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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(a) Lifting by the base of the tail and front limbs supported once lifted. (b) Held in the palm of the hand. (c) Scruffing may occasionally be required.
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A rat can be grasped around the shoulders, with the other hand holding the hind feet. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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A rat can be grasped around the shoulders, with the other hand holding the hind feet.
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(a) A tame hamster can be held in cupped hands. (b,c) Holding the shoulders and pelvic girdle, with the head between the first and second fingers. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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(a) A tame hamster can be held in cupped hands. (b,c) Holding the shoulders and pelvic girdle, with the head between the first and second fingers.
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Gerbils can be lifted in a similar manner to hamsters. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Gerbils can be lifted in a similar manner to hamsters.
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‘Tail-slip’ in a gerbil. Note the exposed coccygeal vertebrae and desiccated soft tissues. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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‘Tail-slip’ in a gerbil. Note the exposed coccygeal vertebrae and desiccated soft tissues.
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Taking a blood sample from the tail vein of a rat. Note also the presence of a rectal temperature probe and ECG leads. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Taking a blood sample from the tail vein of a rat. Note also the presence of a rectal temperature probe and ECG leads.
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Ruptured globe subsequent to infection in a gerbil. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Ruptured globe subsequent to infection in a gerbil.
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Unilateral chromodacryorrhoea in a rat. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Unilateral chromodacryorrhoea in a rat.
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Right lateral thoracic radiograph of a rat, demonstrating lung lesions consistent with respiratory disease. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Right lateral thoracic radiograph of a rat, demonstrating lung lesions consistent with respiratory disease.
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Diarrhoea characteristic of ‘wet tail’. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Diarrhoea characteristic of ‘wet tail’.
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Ovariohysterectomy to treat pyometra in a rat. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Ovariohysterectomy to treat pyometra in a rat.
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Radfordia ensifera found on tape strip sampling of a rat. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Radfordia ensifera found on tape strip sampling of a rat.
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Cutaneous abscess associated with bacterial skin disease in a mouse. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Cutaneous abscess associated with bacterial skin disease in a mouse.
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Early facial dermatitis in a gerbil. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Early facial dermatitis in a gerbil.
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Epitheliotropic lymphoma in a hamster. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Epitheliotropic lymphoma in a hamster.
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Advanced ventral scent gland neoplasia in a gerbil. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Advanced ventral scent gland neoplasia in a gerbil.
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Large mammary fibroadenoma in a rat prior to surgery. This mass had been present for some time before the owner sought veterinary advice. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Large mammary fibroadenoma in a rat prior to surgery. This mass had been present for some time before the owner sought veterinary advice.
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Barbering in a mouse. Notice the bare nose and shortened whiskers. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Barbering in a mouse. Notice the bare nose and shortened whiskers.
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Hamster polyomavirus lesion on the lower lip of a young hamster. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Hamster polyomavirus lesion on the lower lip of a young hamster.
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Ligation of the tunic and enclosed vasculature during closed castration in a rat. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Ligation of the tunic and enclosed vasculature during closed castration in a rat.
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Radiograph showing oblique tibial fracture in a gerbil. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Radiograph showing oblique tibial fracture in a gerbil.
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Incisor malocclusion and overgrowth in a rat. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Incisor malocclusion and overgrowth in a rat.