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that is healthful for every species of animals kept in <br />the shop. <br />4. All cages and enclosures are to be of a nonporous <br />material for easy cleaning and disinfecting. Each cage <br />must be of sufficient size that the animal will have <br />room to stand, turn, lie down, and stretch out to its <br />full length without touching the sides, or tops of the <br />enclosure, and floors of sufficient strength and design <br />to ensure the animal's limbs or paws cannot pass <br />through the floor material. <br />5. All animals under three (3) months of age are to be fed <br />at least two (2) times per twenty-four (24) hours. <br />Food for all animals shall be free from contamination, <br />wholesome, palatable and of sufficient quantity and <br />nutritive value to meet the normal daily requirements <br />for the condition and size of the animal. Food for all <br />animals shall be served in a clean dish so mounted that <br />the animal cannot readily tip it over and be of the <br />removable type. <br />6. Each bird must have a perch and sufficient room to sit <br />on a perch. Perches shall be placed horizontal to each <br />other in the same cage. Cages and perches must be <br />cleaned every day and cages must be disinfected when <br />birds are sold or as otherwise transferred. Parrots <br />and other large birds shall have separate cages from <br />smaller birds. <br />7. There shall be sufficient clean, dry bedding to meet <br />the needs of each individual animal. Provision shall <br />be made for the removal and disposal of animal and food <br />waste, bedding and debris, to assure the enclosure is <br />maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. <br />8. All animals must be fed, watered, and all cages cleaned <br />every day, including Sundays and holidays. <br />3:\Cledcs\Records\Ordinances\Mnn al Ordman ces\ANIMORD.D OCLast panted 7/23/20092:42:00 PM 20 <br />