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Bertie the Tortoise had a gall bladder stone removed by Chris Artingstall
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Bertie was referred to our resident exotics Vet, Chris Artingstall, because he had stopped eating. An x-ray revealed the huge stone which can be seen above present in Bertie's bladder. He was NOT going to pass this bladder stone naturally! During a long and risky operation Chris first of all used a bone saw to cut a window into Bertie's abdomen, then removed the huge stone and finally replaced the window of bone and shell using special bone cement. After a long recovery Bertie is now doing very well.
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Coco the Horse needed an eye operation after a riding crop accident
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Coco sustained a nasty injury to her eye when she was accidentally hit in the eye with a riding crop. The whip ruptured the eye and many small bits of broken fibre glass became embedded in the cornea.
Coco had not complained about her injury apart from blinking slightly. Because of this the full extent of her injury was not discovered until some 5 days later!
Tim Knott, our resident Ophthalmologist repaired the injury using a cornel graft, this needed to be done under general anaesthetic using microsurgery.
We are pleased to report that Coco has now regained full vision in her eye and we hope she will be more careful in the future.
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Gilbert the Cockerel needed his leg fixed after he became lame
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Gilbert was brought in to us some weeks ago with a very lame leg. We believe that he may have entangled his leg as he tried to fly off. Gilbert unfortunately sustained a severe fracture of his lower leg. The good news that is that after 4 weeks in a cast his fractured leg appears to be healing well.
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Bud the Rottweiler - A Happy Ending
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Bud is a dog who was won a special place in the hearts of all of us. He was brought into our Bradley Stoke Hospital by two police officers earlier this summer. He had been found wandering along the middle of the road with blood pouring from his face. When we first saw him we believed that he had been hit by a car. It was with horror that we realised that his injuries were caused by a 12 bore shotgun blast at near point blank range. A large part of Buds face was severely injured, a large hole had been blown through the middle of his tongue and many of his teeth had been shattered. We were also very concerned about Buds general condition as he was severely under weight. We have never before seen an animal survive such terrible injuries. More than 50 shotgun pellets where embedded in his face, tongue and neck. Bud was unable to eat for many weeks. During this time we fed Bud through a tube directly into his stomach. After 8 general anaesthetics and a stay of more than 6 weeks Bud was finally discharged from the hospital to a loving new home.Although terrified of men, Bud is a gentle giant of a dog, rolling onto his back to have his tummy tickled even within his first few hours at the hospital.Bud will need further operations to remove the roots of some his remaining shattered teeth. We all hope that he will have a happy life with his new owner.
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Dum Dum the Goose fitted with a contact lens
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Dum Dum was referred to our ophthalmology unit with an interesting problem. Dum Dum's eye had been damaged and he was now unable to blink. Because of this his eye had developed a nasty ulcer which just would not heal.
Our resident Veterinary Ophthalmologist, Tim Knott, fitted a contact lens to help protect his eye whilst it healed.
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