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Body’s Cleansers
Endocrine
This is a system made up of glands that handle the body’s homeostasis, or the balance of an animal’s body functions and health. It is the body’s thermostat. The endocrine glands are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, and adrenal.
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The endocrine system regulates your animal’s hormones and sends them directly into the blood stream. Environment, animal stress levels, temperature changes, and even nutrition tell the endocrine system whether to increase or decrease hormone production.
Exocrine
This system regulates and secretes saliva, sweat, mammary gland fluid, and pad suppleness. This system includes the stomach, mouth, and esophagus. Do animals sweat? Rabbits don’t.
Urinary
This system excretes cellular waste. If this waste remains in an animal’s system, dis-ease can occur.
The color and amount of urine are important information your vet needs to know to determine whether the animal has healthy kidney functions. If you suspect animal illness, use a clean pie tin to collect a clean urine specimen for your vet (a fourth of a cup). This will expedite medical testing if needed.
IPTouch Reproduction
In this day and age, planned reproduction is unnecessary for most animals. There are MANY Dogs, Cats, and other animals available for adoption. “Papers” are for peeing on.
Spaying Dog is best before the female’s first heat and when the male is at least six months old. Spaying your male Dog as early as medically possible will give him a longer attention span (better cooperation goals) and will calm alpha tendencies within the household. He is also less likely to roam and be hit by a car, as statistics have proven.
IPTouch will help relax animals after surgery, help them recover from the anesthesia more quickly, and calm the general achiness of the procedure. It also helps you monitor incision sites that may have required suturing (with vet ‘s clearance)
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SA: IPTouch Crossword
Using both IPTouch Terminology, create a 20 DOWN and 20 ACROSS crossword puzzle. This is a GREAT way to learn new IPTouch terminology definitions.
