Asian Small-Clawed Otter Husbandry Manual (1998)

-Is a pregnant females environment manipulated in any way?temperature • humidity • photo period • additional nest boxes • where nestboxes are placed • type of bedding • other____________________________-If yes to any of these, please specify and explain:__________________________________________________________________________________________-Did the females show a nest box preference?________ If yes please describe box and where itwas placed.______________________________________________________-Do you change a breeding/pregnant/lactating females diet?_____ If yes how for each condition?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-Please supply us with any birth weight statistics you have. Give sex and age of pup:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-Please supply us with any pup weights/growth statistics or development bench marks you havecollected (i.e. Xgrams @ 14 days; body length @ 14 days; eyes open at X days; first observedcrawling @ X days):________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-At what age were the pups weaned?_________________________________________-Did you change the pups diet as they matured?_______ If yes, give age of diet changes and howit was changed.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-Did other group members show aggression towards the pups?_____ If yes, please give age andsex of the aggressing animal(s).______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-At what age did the pups begin to show sexual behavior?_________________________-At what age are pups separated from the group or each other?_____________________Asian Small-Clawed Otter Husbandry Manual/Survey Questions94