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===Ventral Tail Vein===
 
===Ventral Tail Vein===
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Ensure that the lizard is adequately restrained. When anaesthetised position in dorsal recumbency.
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Ensure that the lizard is adequately restrained. When [[Lizard and Snake Anaesthesia|anaesthetised]] position in dorsal recumbency.
    
Unsedated iguanas can be placed on an examination table with the tail held over the edge and approached from below or hung from a wire cage door.
 
Unsedated iguanas can be placed on an examination table with the tail held over the edge and approached from below or hung from a wire cage door.
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*Direct needle at 45 to 90 degrees at ventral midline.  
 
*Direct needle at 45 to 90 degrees at ventral midline.  
 
*Advance the needle while maintaining slight negative pressure until blood is observed or contact is made with the ventral surface of the vertebrae.  
 
*Advance the needle while maintaining slight negative pressure until blood is observed or contact is made with the ventral surface of the vertebrae.  
*If not successful, withdraw slightly or redirect the needle so that it is definitely in the midline.  
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*If not successful, withdraw slightly or redirect the needle so that it is definitely in the midline.
    
===Ventral Abdominal Vein===
 
===Ventral Abdominal Vein===
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