The Wild Vet Clinic in Glebe, New South Wales | Veterinary surgeon

The Wild Vet Clinic

Locality: Glebe, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 7209 9424

Address: 22A Bridge Road 2037 Glebe, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.thewildvet.com.au

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25.01.2022 Friday fly day

25.01.2022 Meet Kevin, the 100 gram Pygmy bearded dragon. She came to us suffering from a nasty eye infection and pre-ovarian follicular stasis (keep an eye out for our next post which explains this condition in detail). The major surgery needed to save her carried a guarded prognosis for survival, so her owners made the difficult decision to surrender her. We stabilised her in hospital for a few days before performing an ovariectomy to remove her infected ovarian follicles.... Once stabilised, we performed surgery to remove her inflamed ovaries. Unfortunately, by the time she was stable enough to operate, several of the yolks had ruptured. Her right ovary was also adhered to a large blood vessel, and removal of the ovarian follicles resulted in life-threatening haemorrhage. Her heart rate was becoming weaker and slower, so we had to act quickly if we were to save her. In addition to administering medications to improve her cardiac output, Dr Andrew had the bright idea of using a wildlife patient (a water dragon) as a blood donor. Cross-species, untyped blood transfusions aren’t well documented in literature, but we feared we might lose her without attempting the transfusion. After contacting a couple of colleagues (thanks Dr Mike Cannon and Dr Jonathan Howard @beardievet ), we decided to take our chances. Kevin had an intraosseous catheter placed in her tibia (shin bone), facilitating drug administration and the blood transfusion. 72 hours later, Kevin is alert, active, and accepting food! We’re assessing her red blood cell count daily, and so far it has remained stable We will continue with supportive care in the form of pain relief, fluids and antibiotics for the next few days, by which time she is hopefully well on the road to recovery. Well done to Dr Orr on her first reptilian ovariectomy - she removed the first ovary like a pro, but the adhesions associated with the second ovary had a high risk of bleeding, so Dr Emma helped out to ensure Kevin had the best chance of survival. Not an easy first reptile desexing, but Dr Orr demonstrated her exceptional surgical skills during the procedure!

14.01.2022 The Wild Vet Clinic - One vet for all the pets in your family..... as well as wildlife

07.01.2022 The Fitzroy River Turtle is well known for it’s ability to breathe through its bum. This special adaption enables it to remain underwater for an amazing 21 days at a time. This is so they can feed underwater for longer periods of time and hide from predators. This turtle can only be found in the Fitzroy basin in South-eastern Queensland.

04.01.2022 Wildlife Wednesday This baby sacred kingfisher came into the clinic very underweight and with a fractured radius. After his visit with us, he was picked up by a carer and is now on the road to recovery. We wish you a speedy recovery little guy.

01.01.2022 Guess what’s in the box...... #thewildvet #thewildvetclinic