Saturday, October 19, 2024

4355. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Take the cleaner side of the sign.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: This inner side of the sign is much cleaner than the side facing the road as the latter has green moulds and road splashes during rainy days.

Canon R5, AV mode, 24mm, 1/80 sec, f/11, iso 160. Use a tripod to get sharp image.

#oneservice
#municipaloffice
#singapore
#toapayohvets
#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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Friday, October 18, 2024

4354. SPCA dog statue in Singapore.

 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: SPCA dog statue in Singapore

 15 Oct 2024. 1.35pm. Bright sunshine. 313@Somerset.
Canon R5. AV mode. 56mm. 1/320 sec, f/11, ISO 400.

#spcadog
#rspca
#dogstatue
#singapore
#rspca
#statue
#
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#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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It is uncommon to spot a "brand new" RSPCA (SPCA in yellow alphabets) dog statue in Singapore as most are faded and its paint cracked in a hundred places. However, Photoshop is needed to remove the standing signs of coffee outlets to the left.

 

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/10/4354-spca-dog-statue-in-singapore.html

 



 





Wednesday, October 16, 2024

4365. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: iPhone 15 Pro Max- Rain clouds

 Cumulo-nimbus clouds over Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapre. 16.10.2024

iPhone 15 Pro Max. 

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4652. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Shoot from inside the car to get best angle.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS – iPhone 15 Pro. Shoot from inside the car to get the best angle.


On 5 OCT 2024: I was attracted to this attractive sign along the quiet Kalidasa Avenue which includes the Teachers' Estate and a very large children's playground and Fitness Park area not seen nowadays in the newer estates .

Using humour and art to educate vehicle owners not to park illegally is an excellent approach by One Service Municipal Services Office and Land Transport Authority.

Keep up creating excellent signs to educate and entertain the vehicle owners.

I post a photo to share with viewers.



#onemunicipalservices
#signboard
#noparking
#grandfather'sroad
#arts
#
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#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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Monday, October 14, 2024

4651. Script for video production of vet case studies.

 For more info:toapayohvets.com

+65 6254-3326, +65 9668-6468

instagram.com/toapayohvets.com 


More case studies at:


YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/99pups


Blogger
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/

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4650. Hyphema. The eye injury case.

 

The Front of the Eye

Light is focused into the eye through the clear, dome-shaped front portion of the eye called the cornea.

Behind the cornea is a fluid-filled space called the anterior chamber. The fluid is called aqueous humor.

 Behind the anterior chamber is the eye’s iris (the colored part of the eye) and the dark hole in the middle called the pupil.

 

 Directly behind the pupil sits the lens.


By helping to focus light as it enters the eye, the cornea and the lens both play important roles in giving us clear vision. In fact, 70% of the eye's focusing power comes from the cornea and 30% from the lens.

4649. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Practise with different settings. Tripod

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Practise with different settings. Use a tripod.

A house fly landed on the Desert Rose in 2 of the 25 photos I took in my garden.

I tried different settings of Manual mode to get the best photo. A fly landed on the flower briefly on two of the frames. A tripod is important when you take so many frames. It provides a better sharper photo.

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#desertrose
#flower
#
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#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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UPDATE:
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

4648: iPhone 14 night photography. Focus and hold camera steady.

 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:

iPhone 14 night photography. Focus on bright light of signboard and hold camera steady. Take 4 shots.

A private hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. iPhone 14 image by Thet Hmue Kyaw.

 

#myanmar
#tetlannhospital
#privatehospital
#
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#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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Friday, October 11, 2024

4647. Vet Case Study 241013. Tele-health consultation. BKTP video. An old slider has a SWOLLEN right eye. What is the cause?

Vet Case Study 241013. Tele-health consultation. 

A 17-year-old slider has a SWOLLEN right eye. What is the cause?

On 10 Oct 2024, at around 10.20pm, I got a WhatsApp text from a lady owner of a 17-year-old red-eared slider.  "Dear Dr Sing, my terrapin eyes are swollen (both are swollen, but one eye cannot open). May I check if this is normal, or need to bring to see vet?"

Her slider had swollen eyes only today.

It is not normal for eyes to be swollen or shut.

Eye injuries are emergencies. I advised her to consult the vet. She decided to make an appointment with Toa Payoh Vets the next morning.

"Is it possible to check the possible causes of the swollen eyes. I am quite worried."

After some time in consultation, I said that the likely cause would be: Most likely his eyes are infected or injured


The owner recalled the slider spending some time near the base of the fridge. The other 12-year-old slider could have climbed over her and injured her eyes. The right eye was shut but the left eye was open but had swollen eyelids.

The sliders were confined in the plaster container privately. The next morning, the owner texted me to say the slider no longer had swollen eyes. No need to consult the vet.
 

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/10/4647-vet-case-study-old-slider-has.html



OTHER BKTP VIDEOS:
https://www.youtube.com/user/99pups

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WHATSAPP texts
 

10 Oct 2024:

"Dear Dr Sing, my terrapin eyes is swollen (both ares swollen , but one side cannot open) , may I check if this is normal, or need to bring to see vet?". The owner sent the following video: 

 

 Video shows swollen eyes but only the right eye is shut. The slider still has good appetite. It can be deduced that she is not sick due to infections.

 

Need to get vet treatment

Please phone 6254-3326 tomorrow 10am for appointment.
Sure , thank you. If able to check with you first on the possible reasons? As I am quite worried.


How old is slider and how long is the swelling? What diet? Video of your tank and feeding method?


I adopted the terrapin , and is with me for 17 year old alr . The swelling started today, usually eat nutrafin basix pellets, sleep in tank at night , and walk on floor during days.

At night is like this (inside container), but today eyes are swollen
During the day, she will be on the floor with other terrapin (12 years old)
These past two days she went in the place beside the fridge for hours too


Please send a video of other terrapin (Image sent).

How often you change water in the tank or container?

Everyday I do change the water inside the tank.
Every morning she will eat inside another tank -> walk on floor -> eat -> sleep in a different tank.
(Image of slider inside the tank).


Do you change water after he passes stools?

Nope , he usually passes stools only when eating at another tank. For sleeping, the tank water is usually clean. We got two tanks , one for eating , one for sleeping.


Why did he go beside the fridge? Is he eating normal amounts of pellets?

This I not very sure , but one reason may be the fridge area is more warm.
He eating normal amounts of pellets.


Better photos of your pellets
Brand of pellets. (Image sent)

Do you feed prawns, other meat?
Nope , only pellets


How many pellets you feed per day?

2 times a day, around 20 pellets each time
Recently eat a lot


Please take a front view of him. Put him on table top to take photos.

He now sleeping , I will book a slot tomorrow. Sorry for the late night text Dr Sing, and thank you so much for the inputs.


Most likely his eyes are infected or injured
Also he has swollen legs and neck? How long is the swelling?

Legs and necks not swollen , only eyes
Eyes swollen today.

Tomorrow, take front view of 2 terrapins on table top for me. Dr Daniel will be the vet in charge.

Sure thank you Dr Sing , yep I have brought my terrapins a few times to Daniel in the past, he is very professional.

Please don’t forget to take the 2 terrapins together photos for me tomorrow.

Yes definitely, thank you Dr Sing


11 Oct 2024

Morning Dr Sing! Good news, I woke up and saw that my terrapin eyes can open and not really swollen now ☺️. (Did not consult the vet, Dr Daniel as the slider has both eyes open overnight.)

This is the other terrapin he is with, Daniel mentioned that has a bit of obesity problem, now slightly better after cutting down a bit of diet. Really thank you for your help and expertise yesterday despite late night

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Right upper and lower eyelids are swollen, shutting the eye.
 

 
Left upper eyelid is swollen, but eye is not shut by swollen eyelids
 

 
A plastic container is used as the "tank". She sleeps inside a
clean tank with clean water. She eats in another tank and poops in it. 
 

Fed pellets only. Reputable brand commonly sold in shops.

 
Fridge corner



17-year-old slider no longer has swollen eyes overnight
after tele-health consultation. See a tear on lower eyelid of right eye.
 

 
During the daytime, free to roam on the floor. Image was taken some weeks ago

The 12-year-old female red-eared slider has sharp claws.

The owner texted to me: "This is the other terrapin he is with, Dr Daniel mentioned that has a bit of obesity problem, now slightly better after cutting down a bit of diet.
 
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TIPS AND ADVICES:

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

1. Traumatic injury to the eye (likely due to sharp claw injury from both sliders squeezing into the warm corner of the fridge area).  Proof seen in tear in lower eyelid of right eye (the next day image).
 
DAY 2.  17-year-old slider has a wound exposing more
of the right eyeball at 5 o'clock. Eye and eyelids are
much less swollen





2. Infections (unlikely still has good appetite)
3. Vit A deficiency (unlikely, reputable pellet brand).
4. Eye tumours (not visible from images).


 
PREVENTION.
1. Don't permit the two adult sliders to mount each other in confined spaces. 


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Swollen eyes. 



BE KIND TO PETS



 
 




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CREDITS
 
 
Toa Payoh Vets' Be Kind To Pets video
Veterinary Education for vet students and pet owners
 
Concept by:
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
Video and narration by:

Video is at:
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Date of video production:
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

4646. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: THE GIG WORKER - local tour guide. Use AV Mode.

 

 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: THE GIG WORKER - local tour guide. Use AV Mode.

The 66-year-old local tour guide at Bird Paradise is a gig worker.He earns S$80 per tourist location with the foreign packaged tour group. He was a mechanical engineer and used to organise tours for his friends when he was gainfully employed.


Local tour guides are mandatory. Foreign tour groups who do not engage them will be blacklisted and barred from entering Singapore! Some European tour guides I met in my tours are elderly and will gather all to give detailed talks about the tourist attraction or church. But Singaporeans and myself needed the little time to take photos and can't spend time listening to them.


#indiantourgroup
#localtourguide
#singapore
#birdparadise
#
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#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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