The purpose of intubation is to establish an airway for better delivery of anaesthetics and to allow manual ventilation. Intubation is the act of placing a tube down the patient's trachea to have...
With most species of mites dwelling on the skin surface, heavy infestations are seldom found in wild reptile specimens because the ecdysis process (skin shedding) provides sporadic removal of the mite...
One of the most important things to remember when it comes to reptiles is that they are ectothermic, meaning that they require an external heat source (i.e. the sun) to be able to perform normal...