Saturday, March 17, 2018

3407. Shaggy mane mushrooms on Mar 15, 2018 8am

Mar 15, 2018  8am mushrooms
Mainly a set of 4 mushrooms in various stage of growth was seen today.They wilted by late afternoon.





















3406. Mushrooms on Mar 16, 2018 8am

Mar 16, 2018  8 am mushrooms












By 5 pm, these mushrooms had disappeared (wilted) under the hot afternoon sun.


Video

3405. Mushrooms seen March 16, 2018 at 11 pm and March 17, at 1 am

Mar 16, 2018  11pm











Mar 17, 2018  1am mushrooms









Friday, March 16, 2018

3404. X-rays. A 6-month-old guinea pig died from pregnancy complications

Mar 15, 2018

Guinea pig, F, 6m
Anorexia 2 days. Separated from male 2 days
37.9C (Normal 37-39C)

I palpated 3 large foetal lumps over 5 inches long.
X-rays - 3 pups, gastric distension with gas
Died around 10 hours after admission.


Sow was too young and light to be bred.
Ideally, sows should be 6 months old and more than 750 g body weight.



Thursday, March 15, 2018

3403. *Narrative. A 2.5-year-old dwarf hamster has a gigantic right hind led tumour

Mar 15, 2018


"I googled 'hamster surgery Singapore', the young lady of around late 30s and her husband came to Toa Payoh Vets. She told me that the hamster was 2 years and 6 months old but later said the real age was 1 year and 9 months. .

After surgery, she recalled that she was 1 year and 9 months old. A lot of difference for dwarf hamsters whose life span is 2.5 to 3 years.

Electro-surgery. Big nasty tumour, as in the pet mouse operated yesterday by me. 4/0 stitches.

Right-hind tumour in a pet mouse and hamster were the same medical condition but two of a kind.

The hamster went home to a happy couple. There was another tumour under the right arm pit. Will need to operate 2 to 4 weeks later before it grows gigantic and prevented movement.  Biting off stitches is likely.

This hamster has arthritis joints (see video). A rare condition of arthritis seen by me as I had not seen arthrititic joints in over 1000 dwarf hamster consultations.






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A pet mouse had similar located tumour but a gigantic one.

3402. Mar 14, 2018 8am Short-lived mushrooms

Mar 14, 2018

Short-lived mushrooms - Parasola species
seen in my garden on Mar 14, 2018  8am

















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