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Transabdominal exams are usually less tolerated than rectal exams for most animals. The author recommends making initial contact on the top of the animal's back and then sliding the hand down from the back, eventually arriving under the abdomen. Initially, touching the ventral abdomen often will startle the animal. It is worth the time to warm up lubricant in a bucket of hot water. Cold lubricant will encourage an animal to lie down. A firm hand pressing down on the top of the hips will also help. In any case, it seldom helps to try to prevent an animal from lying down by tying the head high. Offering grain at top‐line level will lower the head a bit and may discourage an animal from lying down.