ANSC 210 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Previous Lecture I II III IV V VI VII VIII Pick the Dog and Owner Examples Dog Showing Judging Dog Shows Dog Show Lingo Performance Dog Shows Cats Cat Fanciers Association Most Popular Purebred Cats Outline of Current Lecture I II III IV Most Popular Cat Breeds Cat Showing Pocket Pets a Hamsters b Rats c Mice d Gerbils e Guinea Pigs f Chinchillas Rodent Reproduction Current Lecture I Most Popular Pedigreed Cat Breeds a Abyssinian i Ticked coat ii Most common colors are ruddy sorrel blue fawn silver turtle red and cream iii Egyptian cat iv Temperament extrovert stubborn intelligent active v Size 6 10 lbs vi Thought to be from Egypt b Birman These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II i Blue eyes ii Long hair iii White feet iv Seal point and blue point are shown on the slide v Large and stocky 8 12 lbs vi From Burma vii Gentle and quiet c American Shorthair i Very thick coat ii Huge round eyes iii 80 coat colors iv Silver tabby color is common v Temperament affectionate good with other pets and kids vi Size 9 18 lbs vii No medical concerns viii Long lived ix Was not changed much from the domestic short hair x Fairly recent breed xi Genes are pretty diverse still xii Chubby rounder cat d Oriental i Like a Siamese but has 300 coat colors ii Shor and longhair varieties iii Long legs and ears small head iv Temperament active and vocal v Size 6 12 lbs e Sphinx i From Canada in 1960s ii Hairless breed iii Pigmented skin sometimes iv Wrinkled skin v Bred for people who like cats but not cat hair vi Bathe oily skin regularly and need to be kept indoors f Scottish fold i Genetic mutation that causes floppy ears ii Looks like DSH or American Shorthair iii Quiet and affectionate iv Can have skeletal abnormality v Common Cat Showing a Cat Fancier s Association i 600 clubs in USA Japan and Canada ii Abbreviated CFA b There are other associations as well III c Three C s i Color ii Coat iii Conformation d Pedigreed cats are judged based on the breed standards e Non pedigreed can compete in domestic or pet classes f Lots of titles are awarded to cats g Titles differ for various associations h CH champion i CFA now has cat agility Pocket pets a Increasing in popularity b Small and inexpensive c Easy to care for d Usually no restriction on these pets in apartments e Most of crepuscular mostly active in the morning and evening f Common Rodent Pets i Hamsters 1 Live 2 to 3 years 2 Used in biomedical research 3 Pick up by the body 4 From Syria a Common Hamster is the Golden Hamster b Live in rocky burrows c Solitary d Nocturnal 5 From Russia a Dwarf Hamsters b Reduced light can cause them to turn white in winter and then dark again in the summer c Different species than the Syrian Hamster d Not as calm as the Syrian Hamster 6 Hamsters are escape artists 7 Also considered reproductive champions ii Rats 1 Live 2 to 3 years 2 Used in biomedical research 3 Laboratory strains are docile 4 Pick up by the body 5 Don t know their origins 6 Eat everything 7 Omnivores 8 Reproductive Champions 9 Breed at 2 months of age iii iv v vi 10 Cycle every 4 months 11 21 day gestation period 12 Can have 4 12 pups per litter Mice 1 Live 2 to 3 years 2 Used in biomedical research 3 Laboratory strains are docile 4 Pick up by the tail 5 Don t know their origins 6 Eat everything 7 Omnivores 8 Reproductive Champions 9 Breed at 2 months of age 10 Cycle every 4 months 11 21 day gestation period 12 Can have 4 12 pups per litter Gerbils 1 Like seed and grain 2 From Mongolia 3 Have 3 7 pups per litter Guinea Pigs 1 Can squeak 2 Not always asleep during the day 3 Originated in South America still a meat source there 4 Can grow to 2 lbs 5 Related to chinchilla and porcupine 6 Must supplement Calcium 7 Reproduce at 3 months a 16 day estrous cycle b Bears 2 5 babies after 68 days c Sows must be bred by 6 months or pelvis will fuse 8 Have cecum 9 Herbivores 10 Can be noisy and messy Chinchilla 1 Raised for fur 2 Originally from the Andes 3 Coat is dense 4 Kept clean by daily dust baths 5 Clean and odorless 6 Weigh about 1 lb 7 Live more than 10 years 8 Reproduce at 8 months 9 41 day estrous IV 10 Have 1 5 kits in 111 day gestation 11 CAN GET RABIES 12 Very active Rodent Reproduction a Small rodents are born alricial with no hair and closed eyes b Guinea pigs and chinchillas are born preccial with hair and eyes open