Amputation

Amputation

No-one could find Mai, an independent Khmer dog after he disappeared on a walk with www.cambodiawildlifesanctuary.org rangers. He made his way home tired and hungry from the jungle, dragging the wire snare that had irreversibly injured the blood supply to his foot....
Impaling

Impaling

Nono is one lucky cat to be alive after impaling himself. He came in last week with a hole in his side about 3 cm x 3cm. It turned out that the hole went through his muscle all the way to his spine, then ran 15cm!!! along it. Miraculously it didn’t puncture his...
RETAINED TESTICLES

RETAINED TESTICLES

RETAINED TESTICLES: Mooglee’s castration this week was a much bigger operation than for most dogs. Testicles begin their journey deep inside the abdomen; then up to two weeks after birth, they travel outside to the (cooler) scrotum. Only one of Mooglees...
Surgery

Surgery

I hope this isn’t too gory for FB – it’s hard for me to gauge as I’ve always loved surgery. 🙂 Rupert the cat, via a mysterious accident, lost most of the skin around the base of his tail. For those interested in surgery, I used a monopedicled...