Friday, June 14, 2019

3339. Old female dog has recurring mammary tumour spreading to the lungs

In March 2018, the mammary tumour was removed and the dog was spayed by Vet 1. In May 2018, the tumour recurred.Vet 2 removed the tumour and took a chest X-ray. The X-rays showed multiple nodules in the lungs. These are secondary tumours from the mammary glands.

Between May 2018 to Jun 2019, the owner had consulted Vet 2 as the tumour had recurred and ulcerated. "Vet 2 gave me a wash and antibiotic powder, asking me to bring the dog for euthanasia later. But my dog keeps dripping blood from his tumour and we need to clean up after her!"

Jun 6, 2019.   The dog's tumour had grown to a sausage-shaped mass about 8cm x 4 cm. One end was eaten up by maggots. Blood dripped out continuously, soiling the apartment. The dog was not eating and had a lower than normal rectal temperature of 37.7 deg C

The tumour recurred but Vet 2 would not operate. Yet the dog had been active and so the owner did not want to put her down.  The tumour became badly infected.  When seen by  Toa Payoh Vets, the blood test showed leucocytosis and anaemia, indicating a blood-borne bacterial infection and chronic blood loss.














Sunday, June 9, 2019

3338. Nature Stories: Oriental Garden Lizard and birds - 9, 11, 12 June 2019. Sunbird on 15 Sep 2023.

15 Sep 2023.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Use TV at 1/1000 sec for moving bird.

The female Olive-backed Sunbird has yellow throat and eyebrows, but the male flashes a blue iridescent throat. YCK Singapore. 15 Sep 2023, 5.42pm.

Canon R5, TV, ISO 125, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec, 100mm.

TO BUY PHOTO:   www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets


UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2019/06/3338-nature-stories-oriental-garden.html



Evening walk at Casuarina Walk and the vicinity. I didn't expect to see any birds as most landed properties do not get visited by birds. But this house had a shrub producing numerous yellow bells (Tecoma stans). A Carpenter Bee with blue thorax buzzed amongst the flowers. I managed to take sharp photos of his back view. A sunbird popped in and out of the shrub, sucking nectar from the flowers by piercing the petals to access the nectar with her curved sharp beak.

 "Come over to this side," a Myanmar maid carrying a toddler said to me as I told her I could see only the back of the sunbird. The slim short personable lady from Monywa, Sagaing Division, located in Myanmar was a passerby who lived in this residential enclave of semi-detaached houses. She had not been home for 7 years. I got this good photo because of her advice.



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Another image of the sunbird



 Image of a blue Carpenter Bee on 15 Sep 2023 on Tecoma stans (Yellow Bells) in Casuarina Walk.




15 Sep 2023.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Use TV at 1/1000 sec for moving bee.

YCK Singapore. 15 Sep 2023, 5.42pm.�
Canon R5, TV, ISO 320, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec, 105mm.�

#bluecarpenterbee
#singaporebees
#kongyuensing
#shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

TO BUY PHOTO:   www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2019/06/3338-nature-stories-oriental-garden.html

Evening walk at Casuarina Walk and the vicinity. I didn't expect to see any birds as most landed properties do not get visited by birds. But this house had a shrub producing numerous yellow bells (Tecoma stans).

A Carpenter Bee with blue thorax buzzed amongst the flowers. I managed to take sharp photos of his back view.

A sunbird popped in and out of the shrub of Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans) outside a semi-detached house in Casuarina Walk.

 


 

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Sun Jun 9, 2019

Blue skies white clouds at 8.30 am when I went for exercise walk but drizzle at 10 am.
A brown bird flew past me and perched on a tree opposite the road. I leant my hand on a tree to steady my camera and got a clear view. 3 angry red ants bit me.

I did not expect the see the OGL (Oriental Garden Lizard) today as I was late. Usually I would be at the tree at 7.30 am to 8 am. He was absent.

But I saw the red-whiskered bulbul on a tree and clicked him. On hearing the clicks, he flew off. Later, near the OGL tree, he was up on a nearby tree where the Pink-necked green pigeon (PNGP) used to roost. I videoed him (Video).  

On the OGL tree, large polka-dotted bird hid inside the branches but flew off after I took some images (image). In the nearby area, I saw the sunbird tweeting in another tree with orange flowers.

I saw sparrows, rock pigeons and mynahs but did not photograph them. I got a photo of a spotted pigeon sunning up a tree (image).

Later, a smaller OGL crossed my path as I walked past the bushes in this area where I had seen one OGL on a tree around 2 weeks ago.  (Images taken). So I was hopeful. But he sprinted to hide inside the bush and I could not locate him. I walked elsewhere to the end of the road and came back. There he was lower down a tree trunk and hard to spot. Took images. He sprinted up the tree after a while. Got another image.

Dark clouds. drizzle. I went home.  .

So, this was a fruitful Sunday in the sense that there were the reptile and the birds seen by me.  .


Tue Jun 11, 2019   9 am  Overcast day
The 2nd tree lizard was very high up in the same tree. I had thought he had disappeared as no lizards appeared in the same tree for a long time as there are many trees. There he was. Silhoueletted. I took an image.

I looked for the 2nd tree lizard. None was seen on the tree. There was a sudden movement in the grass patch below. I went behind the tree and spotted this lizard.


Wed Jun 12, 2019     9 am. Bright sunny day.
The first tree lizard was there looking downwards (image). He was watching me. I took photograph at a far distance as he would slid away if I ventured into his space.

I went to watch for the second tree lizard. None was seen.  I went back to the first tree. The lizard was still in the same position facing downwards. I approached closer to around 10 feet. He did a split-second somersault and faced the upward direction (image).
Wed Jun 12, 2019   8.30am  Bright sunny morning in the early part.


Saturday, June 8, 2019

3337. The community cat stopped eating for a few days

May 19, 2018 


WHY IS MY CAT ANOREXIC?

"He was missing for a few days," the worried doctor usually see the stray cat in her garden every night for the past 3 years. "When he returned, he had been neutered by somebody. Who could have done it?  Could this be the other stray cat caregiver in my neighbourhood?"

The caregiver consulted me because the cat stopped eating. He was a ravenous cat whenever he returned from his outings. He was not the type to stay at home., 

"Why didn't you neuter him earlier to prevent him straying?" I asked. The lady said that she could not crate him. Most likely, she considered neutering as unnatural and cruel. She wanted him to be a normal cat living a free life.   

"I did some internet research," she shared. "There are two types of stray cats, also known as feral cats. One type does not trust human beings. The other type like this one, had been abandoned or lost. Since the latter had contact with people, he does not object to handling.:

I examined the cat on the consultation table after checking his medical record. Last month, he was treated by Dr Daniel for ear mites and had recovered. He had a blood test done, showing very low platelet count. I noticed a large right facial swelling on the lower facial area. The left face was taut. 
The owner was not aware of this discrepancy.  His ears were still oozing black wax. I palpated the right ear. The cat moved his head away from me, in protest of pain. 

"What is the cause of his loss of appetite?"

"Most likely an infection based on his lifestyle as the tom-cat of the neighbourhood," I said. "His right facial swelling indicated a serious infection from cat fight wounds, leading to a large abscess and pain."








1.  A TOM CAT came into caregiver's house to fight this tom cat. Somersault and meowing. Claws out.  Caregiver was witness and attempted separation.

2. This cat is very loving. But must go out. The night before this consultation, had gone out the whole night. That is his life-style. To look for females and to dominate other tom cats. A good fight. His skin is very thick compared to the normal domesticated short haired. Very difficult to take blood as the needle is hard to pierce the skin.


HOW TO DIAGNOSE CAUSE OF ANOREXIA.

3. BLOOD TEST. Platelets 90 (very low) last month. Now 290 (low ). Toxaemia. 
No generalised bacterial infection as the total white cell count and neutrophil count is normal.  

WHAT DID THE VET DO?
Loss of appetite would likely be due to pain in the swollen right face which was scarred by the other cat (evidence - image). No pus was detected. The infection went to the right ear area and so the cat vigorously objected to me touching the right ear as compared to the left ear. If painful, will not eat although active and wanted to go out.  

He was sedated and the ears' dirty black secretions were cleared up once again.
Right facial abscess lanced. No pus. Fibrous tissues healing. 


4. FOLLOW UP ON MAY 19, 2018.

Saturday, May 19, 2018. 22:54
Hi, is Ginger eating today?

Saturday, May 19, 2018. 23:07
Hi Dr Sing. Yes. Thank you so much. Ginger's appetite is much better today. Able to eat packet food. No dry food yet. Started ear drop and antibiotic today.

Thursday, June 6, 2019

3336. Corneal opacification - corneal ulcer or lipid deposition?

2nd opinion of a dog with cloudy cornea for many weeks or months.


IMAGE TAKEN IN 2018. Not able to clearly see the right eye corneal opacification.


Owner's photo of dog in mid 2018. Cloudy cornea of his dog is  not obvious

Close up of dog's right eye. Cloudy cornea not obvious. 




DSLR camera image, applying the fluorescein stain test. Corneal ulceration will show affected corneal surface as green. Corneal Lipid Deposition will not show cornea as green.




Jun 2019 photo by Toa Payoh Vets. Right eye is cloudy














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Monday, May 27, 2019

3334. Roborovski hamsters

ROBOROVSKI HAMSTERS

Adult size 4-5 cm
cycle ovulation in females 8 days 
gestation period of 24 days 
Number of pups in a litter of children 3-5 (rarely 6) 
Lifespan 2-3 years






Selected for breeding healthy, well-fed, with a strong nervous system hamsters. It is desirable to form a pair in childhood, young animals quickly get used to each other. In the case where the chosen are adults, need to give them time to get used gradually. To put this in a terrarium with vertical baffle rods, which would allow the animals to see close and sniffs, but protected the least of possible conflicts. A week later, the grille can be removed.

Roborovski hamster mating 

Formed couple (male and female) are left in a cage for cohabitation and expectations offspring. Cycle of ovulation in females 8 days. Mating takes place on the day of ovulation. If the female offspring has been, then it is given rest after giving birth 2 months only after the rest it can again be reduced to the male. That is to remove the lattice between them to the following genera or until, as will be seen that the female pregnant.

pregnancy of Roborovski hamster

The gestation period of 24 days on average. Abdomen in female first pregnancy is not visible, so you must be careful not to disturb quietly born when doing the cleaning. Feeding the expectant mother should be balanced and nutritious, with a sufficient amount of protein, minerals and vitamins. See Food. During pregnancy and breastfeeding offspring samochki can bite (not hurt, they are too small). In the terrarium as bedding uses large sawdust. Must be one or two spacious cabins (without a bottom is more convenient), as Roborovskiy love all sorts of cover, and the female-mother sometimes carries homyachat from one to another.

Birth last 2-3 hours. From this point you can not disturb the family: move B, to touch the animals, do the cleaning. Before or immediately after the birth of male babies must be separated from the females and children wall with vertical narrow bars, lest there be a new pairing between parents, so new mothers suckle prevent pregnancy conceived offspring deplete her body and deprive milk brood. Such a lattice allow males and females to chat and do not forget each other. Newborns are born helpless, blind, hairless, weighing approximately 1 g, 1.3 cm in length and need constant mothering.

 In 6 days newborns covered light guns and can somehow move. At the age of 9-10 days homyachata well oriented in their home, run, take extra food to the mother's milk. Mother begins itself to bring food to kids, and if not, you can put the food closer to the jack or directly into the socket. The first feeding is recommended to give a loaf soaked in infant formula, grated carrot, lettuce, clover, grass, oats, soaked in boiling water buckwheat or millet. With herbs carefully, in small quantities and washed. At 12-13 days the eyes open, hair becomes thick. Kids in this period is very nimble and agile, resemble miniature copies of the adults. The diet can gradually introduce fish and chicken (no salt), egg, cheese, apple, zucchini, sprouted wheat. The three and a half weeks homyachata noticeably grow and become independent from their parents. Weaned from the mother in 23 days. By gender seated in 1.5 months.


Reference
http://veterinary-online.blogspot.com/search/label/hamster





SYRIAN HAMSTERS
Adult weight   110-200 g
  Birth weight   1.5-2 g
  Length of body   14-18 cm
  Body length of newborn   1.5-2 cm
  Heart rate   300 - 450 b pm.
  The body temperature   37-39 gr C
  Lifespan   2-2.5 years
  Maturity   1.5 months
  Cycle of ovulation in females   4 days
  Incubation of offspring   16-17 days
  Number of pups per litter   4-15
  Lactation in females   25-28 days
  Allowable Quantity birth females   3-4 
  Childbearing age females   from 3 to 12 months.
  Period of good male fertility   from 3 to 14 months.

Sunday, May 26, 2019

3333. Veterinary files fromm Myanmar. Abdominocentesis









Abdominocentesis and/or diagnositic peritoneal lavage (DPL) should be performed when there is a suspicion of abdominal fluid.


Abdominocentesis (abdominal paracentesis)  in dogs is the procedure in which fluid is removed from the abdomen using a needle. Fluid is analysed for cellularity, protein content, chemicals and bacterial organisms. 

Bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test

Always perform an abdominal X-ray before abdominocentesis. Sometimes, abdominocentesis can cause iatrogenic pneumoperitoneum which may require surgery.

DPL may be needed when there are clinical signs of acute abdominal pain, fever of unknown origin, blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma, local peritonitis and negative taps on abdominocentesis. After peritoneal lavage, abdominocentesis can be done to draw fluid that can be analysed for cellularity and bacterial organisms. 

More info at:




https://www.cuvs.org/sites/default/files/2017-06/Abdominocentesis.pdf


















Bloat in a goat - Rumenal tympany



Bloat in a goat







Some of the commonly kept prohibited species include Indian star tortoises, sulcata tortoises, leopard tortoises, leopard geckos, marmoset monkey, bearded dragons, ball pythons, green iguanas, hedgehogs and sugar gliders. 

Legally allowed in Singapore as pets
  Red-eared sliders/terrapins. (ii) Exotic birds: Love birds, budgies, budgerigars, macaws, conures and other pet parrot or parakeet


 f public to directly call our 24-hr wildlife rescue hotline at 97837782.
 
ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society)
www.acres.org.sg

91 Jalan Lekar
Singapore 698917