Exotic small mammals (formerly known as pocket pets) are challenging creatures to work with anesthetically. When working with dogs and cats, it is usually easy to intubate, place an intravenous catheter, run fluids, hook up an ECG, place a blood pressure cuff, and keep track of the core body temperature. This can be much more difficult on many exotic small mammals. How do we compensate for the lack of monitoring? In some cases, we may not be able to; but as anesthetists, we can do our best to monitor the patient under anesthesia and be able to anticipate the needs of the animal.
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