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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

2961. 17-year-old eye extenteration follow up since May 2016 surgery

Nov 22, 2016

I got WhatsApp image of April from owner. Dog is fine and already 17 years old.

HISTORY
MAY 2016
This is a veterinary educational video for pet owners and vet students. As the dog is very old at 16 years of age, no injectable anaesthetic sedation was was given. Just isoflurane gas. Dog has survived 30 minutes of surgery and anaesthesia and will go home today. No death on the op table. That is what the owner want and this is not possible in very old dogs in many cases.

VIDEOS

For better survival rate, the vet stablised the dog using IV drip for the past 24 hours. This strengthen the dog for anaesthesia. Also, the IV drips given were to flush out the depressive effects of narcotics given by the first vet before surgery and anaesthesia. Electro-surgery is faster than traditional cutting, reducing anaesthetic time and promoting survival rate. .

The dog survived the anaesthesia and is OK as at 14 days post-op. The owner is very happy. Some Singapore owners will put the dog to sleep rather than taking the risk of anaesthesia and paying for the surgery. This mother and adult daughter took turns nursing the dog to good health after removal of the eyeball and the dog thrives. 16 years is considered a very long life for any small breed of dog.

videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AuFwToIjA&feature=youtu.be

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

2979.. Corgi caesarean follow up: 3-day-old puppies

Nov 15, 2016
Visited the farm at 9 am. The breeder was not in.

3 healthy pups suckling surrogate dam. No complaints
Dam now nursing Dachshunds as she had very large nipples from puppy suckling in theprevious 2 pregnancies. A surrogate Corgi that gave birth naturally at 2 am the day after this dam but had 3 live and 3 dead pups nurses her puppies.

2958. A 60th-day pregnant Corgi ruptured her water bag but no pup

Sunday, November 13, 2016

2957. Skin disease recurs after 3 years

Nov 13, 2016

The owner had to work in Thailand and so did not consult me after Jul 2013 as his dog had had recovered from generalized ringworm. Now, it looks like the disease had returned.