(VNCON 2024) Scales in Slumber: The Art and Science of Reptile Anaesthesia (On Demand Webinar)

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A defensive/aggressive snake will display the following posture

Correct answer:(a)

a) Tense muscles with an S bend in its cranial third

b) Its muscles will be long and loose

c) It will be moving about its environment slowly

d) It will be curious about its environment

POTZ stands for

Correct answer:(c)

a) It is latin for reptile

b) Period of time zone

c) Preferred optimal temperature zone

d) Preferred optimal time zone

True or False- reptiles will breath spontaneously when in a surgical plane of anaesthesia

Correct answer:(b)

a) True

b) False

True or false? All lizards will have the same heart position

Correct answer:(b)

a) True

b) False

Reptiles should be recovered

Correct answer:(c)

a) Slowly

b) Fast

c) On room air only, not O2

d) in their enclosure, left alone