First Prosimian Husbandry Workshop 2009 - Cleveland Metroparks ...

Question (Grace Fulelr): Has anyone gotten a saliva or urine sample from a loris?
Answer (Julie Taylor): Buccal swabs and banked urine.
Answer (Helena Fitch Snyder): Put them in a transport crate to get urine (floor not good).
Answer (Karen Weisenseel): Put them in a kennel with a false bottom.
Question (Tad Schoffner): How many people have lemurs that vomit on a regular basis and what
species?
Answer (Julie Taylor): Albifrons and fulvus---random and vomit different items.
Answer (Briana Evarts): Black and white ruffeds, it is different food items.
Comment (Tad Schoffner): Our red ruffeds vomit leafeater (Marion),
Comment (Lynne Villers) Selenium in chow and lemurs were though the roof
Comment (Tad Schoffner): We didn’t have selenium.
Comment (Dawn Stone): They are on laxatone, might scope them.
Comment (Tad Schoffner): We tried a food dye, but had issues.
Comment (Lynne Villers): Giardia was associated with vomiting in ringtails
Comment (Tad Schoffner): Hair balls may be an associated issue. We are now introducing papaya
juice.
Comment (Laura Suski): Try switching the chow---we had animals sensitive to DentaGuard chow.
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