We had a veterinary student from France visiting for several weeks; she took pictures of practically everything and I copied all her pics before she left *evil laugh* so here are just a few cases:)
Rabbits gastrointestinal tract is complex (just like a horse, in fact...actually, they are kind of little horses...hopefully no zoo DVMs read this or they will hunt me down...) and pretty much any illness or stress can cause their gastrointestinal tract to slow or shut down= emergency situation. If it's serious, we hospitalize, place IV catheters for fluids, start medications, syringe feeding etc. until they are eating on their own and producing normal stools.
Check out this little Chinese Water Dragon. His owner lets him free-roam the house, which is great for enrichment (this guy never gets bored!) but very bad for safety. Last week he ate an earing (and passed it). This time, however, his dietary indiscretion (aka eating everything and anything) got him into trouble. Check out the xray below:
yup, he ate a sewing needle and thread. he needed abdominal surgery to remove.
Here is the little guy after surgery, on fluids (since his veins are so tiny, he has to have a catheter in a bone in his leg)
that's all for now:) take care!
1 comment:
Did you get to place the IO catheter yourself?
Man you have some cool cases. I feel like all I see is skin.
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