Pre-release and Adult Mammals

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Course curriculum

1. Pre-release and Adult Mammals
1. Rally with the Shift Leader
2. Identify patients you need to care for
3. Prioritize your tasks
4. Wellness Checks
5. Daily checklists
1. Medications and Treatments
1. Adult Mammal Diets
2. Portioning Diets
1. Cage Cleaning Process
2. Cage Set-up
1. Charting
1. Indoor Mammal Housing
2. Quarantine
3. Sarcoptic Mange
1. Outdoor Mammal Housing
2. Outdoor Cage Maintenance
1. Mammal Handling
2. Weighing Adult Mammals
3. Risk to Animals from Physical Restraint
1. Patient Health Concerns
2. Hazing Demonstration: Tame Squirrels
1. Working with Rabies Vector Species
2. Classification of an Exposure
3. In Case of Exposure
1. Low Risk Rabies Vector Species
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel – Sciurus carolinensis (GRSQ)
3. Fox Squirrel – Sciurus niger (FXSQ)
4. American Red Squirrel – Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (RDSQ)
5. Northern Flying Squirrel – Glaucomys sabrinus (NFSQ) and Southern Flying Squirrel – Glaucomys volans (SFSQ)
6. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels – Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (TLGR)
7. Eastern Chipmunks – Tamias striatus (EACH)
8. Virginia Opossum – Didelphis virginiana (VIOP)
9. Eastern Cottontails – Sylvilagus floridanus (EACO)
10. Shrews and Moles
1. Woodchucks – Marmota monax (WOCH)
2. Muskrat – Ondatra zibethicus (MSKT)
3. American Beaver – Castor canadensis (AMBE)
4. Fox and Coyote - Canidae Family
5. Bobcats - Lynx rufus (BOBC)
6. Other High Risk Species
1. Simple Trainer Checklist (Please use this as a training resource)
2. PDF Copy - Pre-release and Adult Mammal Course
1. 2025 Updates and Reminders
1. Pre-release and Adult Mammal Quiz

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Pre-release and Adult Mammals

Course curriculum

Beginning to Volunteer

Steps to a Successful Shift

Medications and Treatments

Adult Mammal Diets

Adult Mammals: Indoors

Charting

Indoor Mammal Housing

Outdoor Mammal Housing

Mammal Handling

Patient Health Concerns

Volunteer Safety: Working with Rabies Vector Species

Adult Mammal Species (Low Risk Rabies Vector Species)

Adult Mammal Species (High Risk Rabies Vector Species)

Simple Trainer Checklist

Refresher Section

Test your Knowledge

About this course

Discover your potential, starting today