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==External examination==

==External examination==

# Measure and weigh the snake and examine the external features.

# Measure and weigh the snake and examine the external features.

# Check the skin for bite wounds, bruising, bleeding, ulcerations, burns, swellings, scars, retained shed and ectoparasites.

# Check the [[Snake Skin|skin]] for bite wounds, bruising, bleeding, ulcerations, [[Snake Vesicular Dermatitis|burns]], [[Snake Lumps and Bumps|swellings]], scars, [[Snake Dysecdysis|retained shed]] and [[Snake Mites|ectoparasites]].

# Examine the nares, spectacles, eyes, oral cavity and cloaca.  

# Examine the nares, spectacles, [[Snake Eye|eyes]], oral cavity and [[Cloaca|cloaca]].  

# Assess the musculoskeletal system for body condition and palpate for pathology of the vertebra.

# Assess the [[Snake Musculoskeletal System|musculoskeletal system]] for body condition and palpate for pathology of the vertebra.

==Internal examination==  

==Internal examination==  

# Open the coelomic cavity. Split the fat body in the median line to expose the organs. Check for fluid.

# Open the coelomic cavity. Split the fat body in the median line to expose the organs. Check for fluid.

# Take a sterile sample of any abnormal gut contents, make a smear in saline.

# Take a sterile sample of any abnormal gut contents, make a smear in saline.

# Wash the gut contents out in saline, examine for signs of parasites.

# Wash the gut contents out in saline, examine for signs of parasites.

# Inspect the gonads to sex definitively.

# Inspect the gonads to sex definitively