我真的是一個不喜歡整理的人!!!
2008年3月18日 星期二
沙烏地阿拉伯的肌肉蟲
最近對中東的一些爬蟲很有興趣。
牠們不是非常的美麗或是鮮豔，不過透過特殊的生理構造和堅忍的意志安然的存活在沙漠當中，一直到人類和部分掠食者的獵食而成為食物鍊的一環。
Scincus屬是人們在爬蟲市場熟知的鯊魚蜥，其中一種Scincus mitranus就是這篇被截斷的論文的主角(免不了想要唸一下為什麼會被截斷@#$&^%#ˋ@......。)這篇是討論有關Sarcocystis mitrani 於Scincus mitranus的寄生狀況的研究，糞便檢查沒有檢查到 sporocysts ，建議的檢查方法多如骨骼肌的切片，透過光學顯微鏡或是TEM。
結果後來在查詢的過程中得到了完整的內文，我就把連結提供給有需要的人。
http://parasitology.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/login/n/h/j_436-88-2--506.html
記得飼養真稀奇獸的時候，也要注意自己生命之完全。
(不過免不了想要打岔一下王者蜥不是 Skink...........)
2008年3月4日 星期二
U.a.m. 截肢手術
Sat May 12 00:43:34 2007
今天終於在剛果開完刀回來了~大家都很平安的醒來~所以來這邊還願寫心得 XD
之前埃埃的左手一開始被醫師診斷是黴菌感染不過後來擦藥以後結痂掉了，露出一節骨頭。
醫生說就是因為這一點點骨頭外露所以細菌就從這邊跑進去，手臂才一直好不了，造成暨發性的細菌感染造成蜂窩性組織炎。後來討論的結果是截肢到肘關節以上的地方。
黴菌的部份只剩下一點點，但是並沒有全好，醫生是覺得黴菌用藥在爬蟲身上比較危險。建議我還從環境或多曬太陽下手。
手術之前先確認食慾精神，因為不是很好所以醫師在皮下注射了營養針。注射的地方會突起打完以後可能看起來黑黑的，不過沒關係。後來又在後腿注了鎮定劑。
因為爬蟲類對於藥物的反應都比較慢，等待的同時我就幫忙保定兔子剃毛。
(剛好我的兔子也是大姆指截肢)
後來兔子的手術先做，醫生說比較好做，時間大概過了40分鐘。
這段期間王者也應該慢慢失去的知覺等待被截肢的命運。
後來兔子出來以後醫生用了紅色的彈性繃帶，為了避免活動包匝掉落還特別繞了一圈彈蹦在右手。(跟兔子哥哥一樣都是紅色的彈蹦，此時兔子已經老早從麻醉中醒來在大吃特吃)
但是就跟等待一開始的藥物作用一樣，爬蟲退麻醉也需要花一點時間。大概要花48小時的觀察期，而且剛從手術房出來一分鐘才呼吸沒幾次，由於沒有橫隔膜的關係，呼吸完全靠肌肉推動，所以要幫牠動動手腳並且維持環境在28度左右，幫助身體代謝掉藥物和幫助甦醒。
埃埃剛出來的時候呼吸真的超級慢，有時候很像死掉一樣，要很仔細的看牠胸部那邊緩慢的收縮。(醫生還提醒這兩天牠雖然醒來，但是對於溫度的調節還不是很好，所以可能會在熱點下烤到睡著死掉= ="，因此建議環境維持常溫28度等待恢復正常，也不建議底部加溫，避免燙傷。)
後來呼吸漸漸有比較多次，而且眼睛對光的反應會變的更好，狀況再好一點就開始甩尾。= ="
不過大部分時間依然是很沒力氣的躺在我手上。(因為沒帶什麼暖暖包之類的東西，所以就用手溫讓他快點恢復)
後來我大概坐了一個小時左右邊吃魷魚絲邊等，雖然埃埃還是沒有完全醒，不過大致上甩尾咬人眼睛開合呼吸沒什麼問題我才離開。(還ㄠ到一杯加牛奶的咖啡喝XD)
回家以後還是跌跌撞撞的還會出現鱷魚的死亡翻滾= ="，不過有吃手餵的四季豆兩顆，但是通常食慾這時候不可能完全恢復，所以還是要觀察個兩三天。
因為他截肢的關係手腳不平衡，他似乎也很緊張的在適應，所以現在我都在缸子鋪了一層毯子，可以緩衝碰撞帶來的危險。
希望它可以快點恢復正常，然後慢慢適應腳變短的狀況。看牠轉圈圈的樣子真令人難過。
最後還是要謝謝小果醫師，花了一小時半幫我的動物開刀，小果真是神人也學到了不少術後照顧的事項可以順便分享給大家。
之後埃埃如果開始吃的話我也會上來報告的ㄎㄎ~~~~
ps 當然現在已經好啦 還是很帥的UAM(埃及亞種學名)
SEM pic of the crested gecko shavings
這幾天收拾東西
發現了大學時候拍的照片
當時興沖沖跑去修了電子顯微鏡的課
後來拍照的材料用了當時紅極一時的睫角守宮的脫皮
想想真是大學時代時作的最有意義的一件事情 哈哈
後來在高倍鏡頭的底下發現脫皮上其實有些我門無法辨識的細毛另一面也有排列整齊的圖騰花紋真是令人驚奇早知道就拿不同的皮來試試看了XD
2008年3月3日 星期一
松果蜥&藍舌蜥救護配方飼料
http://www.kanyanawildlife.org.au/learn/bobtailflu_page4.php這個幾個網頁其實是在介紹澳洲的松果蜥受到上呼吸道肆虐的情情報告關於救護的部分有支持處方對於藍舌和松果蜥蠻有用低因此貼出來與大家分享
Diet for re-hydrated sick bobtails(Food size appropriate for size of the lizard’s throat)
* Meatballs* sprinkled with reptile supplement,* Soft fruit – watermelon, grapes, banana, strawberries, peaches* Green vegetables – milk thistle, broccoli, watercress, endive, minimalspinach (they love native yellow flowers)* Occasional chopped hard-boiled egg or raw egg yolk. Hand feed raw eggyolk as bobtails will walk through a shallow dish and become coated in eggyolk.(建議用授精蛋黃)* Dropper Reptavite (TM) vitamin supplement onto skin (1 drop/50g bodyweight x 1 weekly for all sick bobtails* Dropper Reptacal (TM) calcium supplem\ent onto skin (1 drop/50g bodyweight x 2 weekly) for lizards not under UVA/UVB lighting
Diet for healthy bobtails
(Pre-release or long-term cases that are self-feeding)Add firm fruits and vegetables to the above diet to toughen gums and palate.eg. Sweet potato, apple, pear, green beans, grated carrot, rose petals*Meatball recipe
1 kg quality lean beef mince85 g Turkey or chick starter85 g Wambaroo Insectivore powder85 g Egg & Biscuit Tablespoon Calcium carbonate85 g SF40 Multivitamin powder
Jackson ratio
Jackson ratio 不是針對Testudo屬烏龜的統計而是Testudo graeca 和 Testudo hermanni野外統計下的結果所以如果手上是別種龜種就不能使用
包括像豹龜 蘇卡達 折背 等一些熱帶不需要冬眠的龜種，都不適用於這種圖表。
如Testudo horsfieldii Testudo marginata也不適用於Jackson ratio理由如下:
This graph MUST NOT be used with Testudo horsfieldii or Testudo marginata, asit will invariably produce incorrect results. The body shape of these speciesis such that T. horsfieldii, being 'short and square' will tend to read'overweight' even if it is actually underweight. T. marginata, being 'longand narrow' will, on the other hand, read 'underweight' even if it is of aperfectly average and safe weight for its size.
所以不是Testudo屬就可以用。如果誤判很容易造成烏龜身體健康的錯覺，或是評估錯誤造成不適當的狀態下讓烏龜冬眠而死於冬眠狀態下。通常在測量時，母龜體內有蛋，尿液糞便的囤積，過食，過胖都會造成不在標準範圍的情形。
如果要使用這個表:http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/jacksonratio.pdf我們姑且可以稱他為"歐洲陸龜和赫曼陸龜的生長體種比"
如果手上是別種烏龜的話就要找文獻了的參考數值了
至於測量背甲的長度沒錯但是要記得是頭到尾巴的垂直距離Straight Carapace Length (SCL)不是
包括背甲攏起的距離(CCL)
很多人都會誤用要稍微注意一下正確的量法如下:http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/measuring.htm
如果要找不同龜種的量表，可以找找國外網站有心機的飼主，他們應該都有copy的。
為什麼不賣薩氏巨蜥?<極血腥，不喜勿入>
薩氏為巨蜥市場上極為美麗且吸引人的物種，但卻並不適合私人或是未受過專業訓練下的玩家飼養。牠們有長嘴和長且尖的牙並具有比其他巨蜥還要高的智慧(筆者認為)當牠在籠內看人時，會有令你毛骨悚然的感覺。就像是在思考什麼。雖然這樣講太神話了牠們，但是他們卻常給你這種感覺!!!!
Why don't you sell Croc Monitors? We have in the past, but not for many years. No question Croc Monitors are one of the most intriguing and beautiful monitors, but they are also the most inappropriate for captive situations. Croc Monitors have Raptor like claws, and loooong sharp teeth. They seem to be more thoughtful and intelligent than other monitors, and they can give you the creeps when they stare at you from the cage, almost like they are thinking something devious. That is anthropomorphic, and wrong, but that is the FEELING they often give you : )
薩氏巨蜥是目前世界上最長的蜥蜴，雖然不是最大的力量為大巨蜥當中最弱的，但卻絕對足夠!!!!而不適合飼養也是因為牠們去有潛在的危險。而這樣的危險遠完全為不同程度的危險遠超過其他巨蜥所造成的。
Crocs are perhaps the LONGEST monitors in the world, with the super long tail. They are not the biggest monitors, body wise they are on the small end of the large monitors, but absolutely a handful. So why do they make for poor captives? POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE. The potential for significant damage with Croc Monitors is on an entirely different level than it is for any of the other large captive monitors.
我看過成體的水巨和黑喉的咬傷情況，瘀傷出血甚至是手指、手的地方的骨折，癒後都還算ok薩氏巨蜥除了流血外還有肌肉神經肌腱等方面的傷害，這樣的狀況發生在多位飼養薩氏的飼主身上厲害且有經驗的玩家也有措手不及的時候
I have seen bites from full size Waters or Blackthroats. No fun for sure. There can be bruising, blood, and even a broken bone if you get a finger or hand in there. But it heals ok. The Croc Monitor bites i have seen are bloody, but also include muscle, nerve and tendon damage. This has happened to multiple keepers. Good, experienced keepers, just caught off guard one day.
一位擁有個性平穩且"高度馴化"年幼隡氏的飼育家，有天只是想要從飼養槽拿水盆出來，就像每天所做的一樣，只是稍微被蜥蜴咬到然後放開，但卻造成了前臂撕裂傷。為了避免傷口感，醫生清理傷口後讓傷口變成開放性傷口，就是讓他的肌肉神經肌腱開放，只有用紗布覆蓋，這件事情只是因換水盆簡單的動作導致，潛在的危險真令人害怕
One keeper had a juvenile Croc Monitor in a stock tank. Very cool animal, not flighty or high strung. "Tame". Care was easy enough. Then one day just reaching in for the water bowl, like he does every day, he got a quick strike and release. Tore up his forearm. In fact, because of the damage and worry of infection, the doctor cleaned the wound, but left it splayed open, only covered with a bandage. For a week. He was left with muscle, nerve, and tendon damage. And all from changing the water bowl of a very "tame" animal. The potential is scary.
One keeper had a juvenile Croc Monitor in a stock tank. Very cool animal, not flighty or high strung. "Tame". Care was easy enough. Then one day just reaching in for the water bowl, like he does every day, he got a quick strike and release. Tore up his forearm. In fact, because of the damage and worry of infection, the doctor cleaned the wound, but left it splayed open, only covered with a bandage. For a week. He was left with muscle, nerve, and tendon damage. And all from changing the water bowl of a very "tame" animal. The potential is scary.
並造成另一位飼育者頭上12針的縫合，和拇指再也無法正常活動有須多成功飼育薩氏的人都面臨到一個問題: 誰可以讓我賣掉這些薩氏baby ?? 大部分的時候。答案是沒人。
像是PE(PRO EXOTIC),他們並不想碰到這樣的災難，而實際上並沒人繁殖人工的薩氏，因為他們大多來自野生環境進口，但卻讓狀況更為危險。他們真的是很美的動物，建議去動物園看牠們了解牠們，但不要自己惹禍上身。
Other keepers get dozens of stitches in their head, or have a thumb that doesn't work well anymore... There are breeders that have had captive success with the Croc Monitors, but then they are faced with the question- "Who can i responsibly sell these babies too?". For the most part, the answer is no one. Like PE, they just don't want that potential catastrophe hanging over their heads. And so you see virtually no domestic breeders producing captive Croc Monitors. There are plenty of wild caught and imported Croc Monitors available, but that only makes the situation worse. Croc Monitors are an unbelievable display animal. Go to a great zoo and check them out, but don't dabble in the danger yourself.
We don't. "tame" Croc Monitor head damage
"tame" Croc Monitor hand damage http://www.proexotics.com/faq_images/croc_hand_wound.jpg
another pic submission of Croc Monitor damage. these pic visuals are something else!
....an excerpt from a Monitor forum post at kingsnake.com by Rob Carmichael of The Wildlife Discovery Center-
The Croc monitor poses, in my opinion, more cause for concern (when compared to other easily obtained monitors) due to their behavior. We experienced this first hand at my facility. Two years ago, one of my animal keepers was giving our croc monitor (a YOUNG male at only 7') it's daily warm shower. He took his eyes off the lizard for a split moment and the croc must have seen some fingers moving around on the spray nozzle. He came over and just nipped and let go in a millisecond. I heard a blood curdling scream and ran over only to see blood splattered on the glass, the floor, everywhere. This little nip just about severed off one of the fingers of my staff. He went through 4 hours of intensive surgery and has a very nice scar to this day and has never regained fully feeling and mobility in that finger. Just something to think about before making a mistake
The Croc monitor poses, in my opinion, more cause for concern (when compared to other easily obtained monitors) due to their behavior. We experienced this first hand at my facility. Two years ago, one of my animal keepers was giving our croc monitor (a YOUNG male at only 7') it's daily warm shower. He took his eyes off the lizard for a split moment and the croc must have seen some fingers moving around on the spray nozzle. He came over and just nipped and let go in a millisecond. I heard a blood curdling scream and ran over only to see blood splattered on the glass, the floor, everywhere. This little nip just about severed off one of the fingers of my staff. He went through 4 hours of intensive surgery and has a very nice scar to this day and has never regained fully feeling and mobility in that finger. Just something to think about before making a mistake
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盒子裡面都有內附使用指示表，建議遵照指示選擇燈具適當的放置高度(minimum safe basking distances)。
目前有少部分的案例因為使用這組燈款造成光角膜結膜炎(photo-kerato-conjunctivitis) ，或是使用高品質的鋁或其他金屬製的反射燈具or燈罩而導致UVB高單位集中於爬蟲的曝曬區( basking spot)--眼睛紅腫發炎，眼睛可能伴隨出血或無，眼瞼腫脹;而當移開這款燈具後，幾天之後症狀則有明顯的改善。
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ZooMed Reptisun 10.0 UVB "Desert" Compact Lamp .pdf file - 857KB http://www.uvguide.co.uk/reptisun10compact-instructions.pdf
這款燈具目前也會盡快公布測試結果～
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