Dental Care: Small Pet Health Quiz

Decide if these statements are True or False.

1. Small pets, similar to humans, use their teeth strictly for obtaining and eating food. _____
2. The dental anatomy of all small pets is tailored, in part, to maximize their diets. _____
3. Just like humans, all small pets have the same number of teeth. _____
4. A herbivore eats meat, an omnivore eats plants, and a carnivore eats everything. _____
5. Rabbits are constantly chewing their food because they are bored. _____
6. "Cheek teeth" are the large, grinding teeth in the back of some small pets' mouths. _____
7. A rabbit is a rodent; therefore, their teeth are identical to those of rats, mice, and hamsters. _____
8. The teeth of rabbits and herbivorous rodents continually grow throughout life. _____
9. Rabbits have two sets of incisors in their mouths; rodents have only one. _____
10. The simplest way to care for your small pet's teeth is to not care about them. _____

Fill in the blanks with the provided answers below.

1. In a rabbit's mouth, the ________________ are the second, smaller set of incisors.
2. A ______________ solely eats plants for dietary needs.
3. If a rabbit's or rodent's teeth are not continually worn, the teeth could experience __________.
4. Improperly aligned teeth is known as ______________.
5. The simplest way to care for your small pet's teeth is to offer her a _____________, rich in her natural foods.
6. Excessive salivation is sometimes called ______________.
7. The _____________ are the large, grinding teeth in the back of a rabbit's mouth.
8. If something becomes tightly wedged in your small pet's mouth, it is called an ____________.
9. A veterinarian may be able to __________ your small pet's teeth, if they become too long.
10. The one set of front teeth in a rodent are called ____________.

Answer Key
True or False

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