So there’s our complete list then. Pulses, Mucous membranes, Capillary refill time, Heart rate, Cardiac auscultation, Respiratory rate, effort and auscultation, Gait, Mentation, Abdominal palpation and Body temperature. Memorise it and make sure that you do them all in every animal unless they are so unstable that you can only do a couple at a time (eg some dyspnoeic cats). Don’t forget to do them all when you find a big abnormality (eg forgetting the CV stuff when you heard crackles in the lungs). And don’t be put off doing them all when you have nasty grossness (!) such as after big ass trauma or abdominal wound dehiscence.