I went to the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo to observe their annual reptile and bird exams. This was a special class for vet tech students only and the zoo was closed today. The exams were performed by an AWESOME husband and wife exotics vets that are very well known in the south bay area for birds and reptiles. Dr. Chris Sanders and Dr. Diana Welsh own Wildwood Veterinary Hospital (www.wildwoodvet.com). I've also shadowed Dr. Sanders before to San Jose State University for their annual reptile exams on campus. Definitely the go-to-vet for your herps! Enjoy!
Getting blood from sulcata. Coccygeal (tail) vein. Check out that scrub top!
He got it!
Drummeling beak
Palpating gopher snake
Checking eyes
Listening to heart
Drawing blood. Intracardiac stick
Ball python's turn!
Blood draw
Checking the mouth of boa. There's some type of infection/lump at the end of the cotton swab held on the vet's right hand.
Vet is removing the tissue for a biopsy.
Blood draw.
One handed blood draw from jugular vein. You can't see it but he has the syringe in his right hand.
Examining ears on red tail hawk.
Listening to heart
Blood draw from the leg
Skink's turn!
Hope you liked it!
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