Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals
2020
Concepts, applications, uses and evaluation of environmental enrichment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: barriers to enrichment, food-based bias, keeper opinions, taxonomic bias, workshop
2020
Hypoxia by Altitude and Welfare of Captive Beaded Lizards (Heloderma Horridum) in Mexico: Hematological Approaches
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: altitude, blood traits, captivity welfare, Heloderma horridum
2020
Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse
The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress
2019
Evaluation of Enrichment for Reptiles in Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, reptiles, zoos
2019
Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle
2019
Nutrition and husbandry conditions of Palearctic tortoises (Testudo spp.) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: chelonian, diet, European tortoises, keeping, pyramidal growth syndrome
2019
A Review of Welfare Assessment Methods in Reptiles, and Preliminary Application of the Welfare Quality registered trademark Protocol to the Pygmy Blue-Tongue Skink, Tiliqua adelaidensis, Using Animal-Based Measures
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: assessment tool, play, pygmy skink, reptiles, welfare
2019
Spatial considerations for captive snakes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: captive, enclosure, husbandry, snake, space, stress
2019