Toa Payoh Vets treat at least one hamster a week for the past 2 years. Tumours are the No. 1 surgical condition. This is the first case of a vulval tumour in a dwarf hamster. Images are shown.
The tumour irritates the hamster. She became lethargic. The tumour is excised and the hamster is OK.
DAY 2
Day 4. Pus still oozes out. Pus also seen in vaginal discharge for this female Syrian hamster.
"Day and night, keeps coughing!" the young caregiver who is a medical undergraduate told me. "Vet 1 had given a course of antibiotics for the past 2 weeks. Now there is some drooling too."
A very painful trachea. No abnormal lung sounds.
Is this a case of chronic kennel cough or infestation of parasite inside he trachea?
X-rays show lung congestion but there are no lung sounds ausculated.
A very painful trachea from pharynx to sternal area. A swelling could be seen but not obvious in the X-ray. A persistent cough could be due to kennel cough as breeder does not vaccinate.
UPDATE
As at Jul 7, 2018, the dog has fully recovered.
COUGHING DOG OUTBREAKS IN PASIR RIS DOG FARMS
For the past months, many dogs in various breeding and boarding kennels cough. The AVA had investigated and there is a virus. A vaccine is reported to be available for the dogs. This dog might be one of the dogs from the affected herd.
I was astonished to see that the person's face is taut and smooth after massage. Previously, several facial bumps were seen, like bubbles. Hence this image to remember this date.
Another friend with freckles has an aesthetic package of laser treatment to clear the freckles.
The owner decided to use his sharp pen knife to cut the Siamsese cat's backside hair. A 2-cm laceration wound of around 3 cm was made into the skin, exposing the muscles. So he used his Nova powder to treat the cut.
No closure of the wound as the cat would lick the powder away.
He lived near Vet Central but the vet clinic was busy at 4 pm. So he googled and came to Toa Payoh Vets as he had to start work as a Deliveroo man.
In his 50s, he looks very fit. He has perfect eyesight and could climb 30-storey high crane tower to operate the crane. No fear of heights. "There was a crane that toppled," I asked whether he was working in the same area. "I was in the other crane. There was some miscommunication between the foreign workers, leading to this accident!".
The cat is given antibiotics today and will be operated the next day. He wanted me to clip a very small area to stitch up the wound, but this is not good for the cat as the wound is large. Debridement is needed to cut off the old edges. Cleaning and stitching.
