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Animal Care

Animal Care. Intro to Proper Animal cleaning, handling, and Care. KEEP IN MIND. Misconduct with or around the animals is a Level II offense and will be written up. More hands make the work lighter Perform your assigned task completely. Tasks will be rotated weekly.

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Animal Care

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  1. Animal Care Intro to Proper Animal cleaning, handling, and Care

  2. KEEP IN MIND • Misconduct with or around the animals is a Level II offense and will be written up. • More hands make the work lighter • Perform your assigned task completely. • Tasks will be rotated weekly. • Your performance will be evaluated. • Poor performance will result in no animal privileges.

  3. Step 1: Receive you Animal • You be broken up into groups of 2-4 students. • The groups will be assigned a cage to clean. • Each group will be required to complete each step correctly and completely before being evaluated by the teacher.

  4. Removing your animal • 1 student will be responsible for watching the animal once removed from the cage. • The animal is either held in the lap or placed in a holding container • Acceptable holding containers include • Box, Ball (mice only), or Hide A Way house

  5. Safe Handling of your Animal • Mice • Rabbit

  6. Safe Handling of your Animal • ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR ANIMAL’S FULL WEIGHT!

  7. Safe Handling of your Animal • Chinchilla • Rat

  8. Safe Handling of your Animal Parakeets do not get removed from their cage Snakes cages are cleaned once a month only. • Hedgehog

  9. Cleaning your Cage: Small Animals • Step 1: Remove animal to a safe secure place. No Escaping! • Step 2: Empty your dirty bedding into the large trash can. • You can use a scope or CAREFULLY carry the cage and dump it • Step 3: WIPE OUT the cage with a wet paper towel and any available cleaner • Step 4: Add new bedding • 2 inches of chips (LOW OIL) • 1 hand full (about a cup) • Cedar (for smell) (NONE for hedgies) • Shredded news paper (add 2 hand fulls for mice and rats) None for Ferrets • Step 5: Replace animal in the cage, remove and throw out old food • Step 6: Sweep ALL bedding around your cage onto the floor. It will be swept up.

  10. Cleaning your cage: Birds • Step 1: Remove bottom tray • Step 2: Throw away old bedding • Step 3: Wipe the tray clean • Step 4: Replace bedding • Step 5: Replace tray • Step 6: Sweep around your cage

  11. Feeding your Animal • Rats and Mice • MORE PELLETS THAN SEEDS • Mixture of seeds and pellets. Fill the bowls on Wed , Top off bowls on Friday, Fill halfway on Mondays • Hedgies • Fill bowl with pellets. Cover the top with meal worms (Only on Wednesday • Rabbits • Top off gravity feed bins. Hand full of hay

  12. Feeding your Animal • Chinchilla • Fill bowl half full with pellets. Hand full of hay • Guinea Pigs • Line the bottom of bowl with feed. Hand full of hay • Birds • Fill bird seed container • Ferrets • Fill feed container

  13. Almost Done! • Finally water your animal! • Dump out the old water • Run HOT water in the water bottle • Dump out hot water • Refill water bottle with cold water • Place the water bottle properly in the cage

  14. Take a Moment • After the animal has been clean, fed, and watered: • Take a moment to observe your animal. • Is it acting strangely? • Does it appear to be in good health? • No signs of pain or injury? • Make sure ALL openings in the cage are secure. • Contact teacher immediately if there is a problem

  15. Finishing Touches • When animals are out, observe for health • Nails need to be cut? Lesions? Tender areas sensitive to pain? • Report to teacher for evaluation of cage once completed • Wait quietly until dismissed • You may “play” with your animal after you have been cleared by your teacher

  16. Conclusion • Having animals is a privilege!! • Lets take care of them!

  17. Animal Care Quiz! • Take the quiz! • Turn it in! • Will be graded! • Passing= allowed to sign the paper stating you are qualified to care for our critters!

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