Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator | 50 Questions and Answers
Thermorgulatory problems False
encountered in the restraint
of wildlife is less difficult to
prevent than those of
domestic species:
When trying to warm a heating pad- a comatose animal(or any animal that cannot
hypothermic comatose animal, move away from heat) can be burned by lying on a heating
which type of heat source is pad, even with a towel between the pas and the animal
not safe?
When cooling a False- Stop cooling the animal at a few degrees above
hyperthermic animal, you normal because the animal will continue to cool after
should actively cool the active cooling has stopped and will become dangerously
animal until the body hypothermic if cooling continues for too long, making the
temperature falls to the normal situation worse
range.
Which is the most important Loss of thermoregulation
reason a mammal that has
lost much of its haircoat due to
mange or injuries to the skin,
should not be released until
its fur has grown back?
Panting- This is particularly important to know when handling
Most mammals cool
wild mammals in hot weather. Covering their head or
themselves through
restricting their ability to pant can cause them to become
evaporative cooling by:
dangerously hyperthermic
The process where glucose is Glycolysis
split into a simpler
compound is known as:
Which statement is true when Cover the head with a towel to reduce visual stimuli as it has a calming
capturing an animal? effect
Anabolism is defined as: The sum of all chemical reactions involved in the synthesis of
molecules
One critical feature of Negative pressure
mammalian respiration is:
Avian respiration differs from Birds have no diaphragm
that of mammals in that:
, 10% of blood is made up of Fibrinogen and Albumin
dissolved substances and
plasma proteins. Which of the
following are plasma
proteins?
Cone cells that have lost their blood supply become necrotic,
When a fracture occurs:
collagen is secreted around each fractured end, and
inflammation occurs in the bone itself
Smooth muscle: Lines carious organs of the body
CO2 is excreted in urine: False: CO2 is expired during respiration
The filtration process occurs in: Kidneys
Herbivores: Digest cellulose through fermentation
When an animal arrives from Visually examine the animal before handling
treatment, you should:
Considerations when Suitable shelter and good food and water supply
assessing a suitable release
area include:
Time of year, migratory habits False
and proximity to the capture
location are not
considerations when
releasing an animal?
If migration has occurred while The bird should be released in the migration destination area
a bird is in captivity:
The first information to False: The first information to obtain is the name and address of the
obtain when receiving an rescuer
injured animals is what
happened to it?
A person called asking what Try no to disturb it
to do about a roadrunner that
is nesting is the yew bush at
her front door. It's winter
and the temperature is -30 F.
What do you advise?
The primary question is False: The primary question is it probable that this animals
wildlife rehabilitation triage is can be returned to the wild?
"Can this life be saved?"
The first action tot take in the Warm the animal
process of stabilization is to:
The absence of one hallux in a False: Not all predatory birds are raptors
predatory bird always a
Thermorgulatory problems False
encountered in the restraint
of wildlife is less difficult to
prevent than those of
domestic species:
When trying to warm a heating pad- a comatose animal(or any animal that cannot
hypothermic comatose animal, move away from heat) can be burned by lying on a heating
which type of heat source is pad, even with a towel between the pas and the animal
not safe?
When cooling a False- Stop cooling the animal at a few degrees above
hyperthermic animal, you normal because the animal will continue to cool after
should actively cool the active cooling has stopped and will become dangerously
animal until the body hypothermic if cooling continues for too long, making the
temperature falls to the normal situation worse
range.
Which is the most important Loss of thermoregulation
reason a mammal that has
lost much of its haircoat due to
mange or injuries to the skin,
should not be released until
its fur has grown back?
Panting- This is particularly important to know when handling
Most mammals cool
wild mammals in hot weather. Covering their head or
themselves through
restricting their ability to pant can cause them to become
evaporative cooling by:
dangerously hyperthermic
The process where glucose is Glycolysis
split into a simpler
compound is known as:
Which statement is true when Cover the head with a towel to reduce visual stimuli as it has a calming
capturing an animal? effect
Anabolism is defined as: The sum of all chemical reactions involved in the synthesis of
molecules
One critical feature of Negative pressure
mammalian respiration is:
Avian respiration differs from Birds have no diaphragm
that of mammals in that:
, 10% of blood is made up of Fibrinogen and Albumin
dissolved substances and
plasma proteins. Which of the
following are plasma
proteins?
Cone cells that have lost their blood supply become necrotic,
When a fracture occurs:
collagen is secreted around each fractured end, and
inflammation occurs in the bone itself
Smooth muscle: Lines carious organs of the body
CO2 is excreted in urine: False: CO2 is expired during respiration
The filtration process occurs in: Kidneys
Herbivores: Digest cellulose through fermentation
When an animal arrives from Visually examine the animal before handling
treatment, you should:
Considerations when Suitable shelter and good food and water supply
assessing a suitable release
area include:
Time of year, migratory habits False
and proximity to the capture
location are not
considerations when
releasing an animal?
If migration has occurred while The bird should be released in the migration destination area
a bird is in captivity:
The first information to False: The first information to obtain is the name and address of the
obtain when receiving an rescuer
injured animals is what
happened to it?
A person called asking what Try no to disturb it
to do about a roadrunner that
is nesting is the yew bush at
her front door. It's winter
and the temperature is -30 F.
What do you advise?
The primary question is False: The primary question is it probable that this animals
wildlife rehabilitation triage is can be returned to the wild?
"Can this life be saved?"
The first action tot take in the Warm the animal
process of stabilization is to:
The absence of one hallux in a False: Not all predatory birds are raptors
predatory bird always a
