3153. The Essential guide to customs & culture. Culture Smart! - Myanmar (Burma)

Myanmar is a vast country with numerous ethnic groups and cultures other than Buddhism.
www.culturesmart.co.uk

I had the fortune to visit this vast country and visited the homes of the locals
through Drs T T Soe and T T Aung and to experience the real Myanmar. Places visited included Naypyidaw and Zoo, Yangon, major tourist areas, numerous Buddhist temples and monasteries to know more about the religion of Buddhism.


Oct 10, 2017.
website hangs. Cannot buy the book.

3153. A 10-year-old male neutered cat has kidney stones - need blood and X-ray evidence

Sep 30, 2017

Fractious cat. Complaint of vomiting for one week.
"Blood test is necessary," I said to the owner.
"But the cat claws anyone near him, " my assistant lamented.
"So no blood collection can be done? Just treat and sent home?"

"You need to sedate the cat inside the carrier," I explained.
"Tilt the carrier and injection into the back side muscles."

So, we got a diagnosis based on evidence from the blood test of kidney failure. X-rays also showed small kidney stones.

Antibiotics given. The cat recovered one week when I phoned. The owner did not take up the advice of k/d diet. She feeds dry Purina Proplan for healthy kidneys as recommended by another vet earlier.
Reducing the cat's weight is advised.

3151. A 4-year-old Dachshund could not give birth - Caesarean section - 6 pups

A 3rd Caesarean section. Two puppy heads seen through thin stretched right and left uterine horn, about to rupture through. You can see the areas in the video below.
The two areas broke and pups were taken out.
6 live pups. 1/6 was in respiratory distress. 2 days later, when I operated on the 1-year-old Dachshund for emergency Caesarean section on Oct 4, 2017, the breeder reported that this distressed pup had passed away.

Video contains surgical procedures.
Viewer Discretion is advised.
Video shows thinned uterine wall in left and right uterine horns, with a puppy head in each,  about to rupture through. This area was incised and appears jagged in the above-mentioned image. Breeder was advised not to breed anymore as this was the 3rd litter.

UPDATE ON OCT 20, 2017.
3 puppies at 2 days old were killed by the dam. 2 puppies were killed by biting. The other died a day later. This killing of puppies by the dam does happen in dog breeding.

3152. A bright moon during the mid-Autumn Festival Oct 4, 2017

The moon was especially shiny at around 9 pm in Singapore. A halo of rainbow colours surrounded the moon. The weather was cool with the earlier drizzle now gone.

I was seated and sampled the mooncakes. Drank fragrant tea.  My phone buzzed. It was the breeder asking for a Caesarean section

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3151. A hairless 24-month-old dwarf hamster squeaks and scratches his abdomen

No complaints about appetite. Squeaking frequently esp. when bloated abdomen is scratched. Squeaked and squeaked, but pass small stools.  A mass palpable in right abdomen.

X-ray show mass pushing up diaphragm. Liver or splenic tumour likely.


Jun 11, 2017  53 g   TP 50058  M 2 yr old
Myanmar father saw Youtube Toa Payoh Vets hamster cases. Came./
Right ear tumour excised  gas and electroexcision
Right forearm skin armpit wart removed.

Sep 29, 2017  X rays (above).

The reason for squeaking was the pain in the inflamed skin. The owner had applied oil onto the skin from head to toe. The skin becomes fiery red and hence painful. Some parts were flaky. 99% of the skin was hairless.

3150. A 5-year-old red-eared slider sneezed for 3 days and is anorexic. Why?

A well cared for red-eared slider as evident by her shell length of 18 cm and good shell and body condition. See video.  Sneezing for around 3 days. Not eating for more than 3 days. No swollen eyes or runny nose or gasping. As normal as can be.

X rays - no eggs.

Antibiotics 3 days including one injection.
Phoned owner of Sep 27, 2017. Slider does not sneeze and eats 100% of pellets given.



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COMPARING X-RAYS OF
3 CASES INCLUDING PRESENT CASE ABOVE

X-ray 7-year-old red-eared slider showing eggs


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X-ray 2-year-old red-eared slider. Over-eating

3149. Dr Sing Kong Yuen shares tip on how to make the minimal skin incision in spaying a dog

Many owners feel happier if they see a short skin incision in their dog after spay. There is key-hole spay surgery but it is expensive. Knowing the location and where to incise the skin can result in a less than 2-cm skin incision using a scalpel.

Video as follows: