Pet Rats

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1. What is a group of rats called? a mischief a band a tribe a sneak

2. Rats have some colour vision. True False

3. When your rat is grinding his or her teeth (a behaviour called bruxing), how is your rat feeling? content distressed frustrated any of the these

4. Which of the following does a rat have? five toes on hind feet thumbs gall bladder tonsils

5. The reddish discharge sometimes seen on a rat's eyes or nose is called: porphyrin blood erythrocin pigmentocin

6. Which of the following is an inherited genetic disease of pet rats? megacolon hematoma mycoplasmosis premature arthritis

7. When were rats domesticated? about 200 years ago about 50 years ago about 100 years ago about 25 years ago

8. Softwood chips, like pine and cedar, commonly available in pet stores are toxic to small animals because they contain: preservatives lignin phenols tanins

9. The part(s) of the body that rats use to regulate their body temperature is the: nose tail tongue face

10. As they grow, baby rats should be separatred into groups of their own sex. True False

11. What should you never feed your rats? raw sweet potato tomatos raw carrots cucumbers

12. Holiday plants that are poisonous to rats include: poinsettia mistletoe none of these Christmas cactus

13. The most common respiratory ailment of pet rats is caused by a bacteria called: Mycoplasma pulmonis Staphlococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae Pulmonary enterococcus

14. Rats cannot: jump backwards judge heights blink vomit

15. True or false? Rats are best kept as single individuals. Answer: (One Word)