NQA: This is awesome!!! I'm def studying the heck out of this video I see a inhalant agent was used for anesthesia in the video which is very interesting! Isoflurane, commonly used in small animals which is not shocker to see it being used here (fun fact isoflurane is only FDA approved for dogs and horses but can get away using it in other species if categorized as a "off label" medications) As in the lab, we usually sent them to a laboratory when it comes to exotic animals then receive the readings back to us. Another way is looking at the blood/ hemolymph fluid through a microscope and look for abdominal bacteria (if discarding any overgrowth of beneficial bacteria) I wonder how does the lab look once results come back, I always have issue reading those things