🎁 DOOR NUMBER 24 🎁
Up next we thought it would only be appropriate to have Margot the Donkey! She was admitted to Wood Farm for a few day to treat her colic. She came with companion Myrtle, who is actually her daughter!
After a few days of treatment Margot was looking brighter, but still not fully back to her normal self. It was decided for her to go home and see if she improved more at home, which of course she did!
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 23 🎁
Up next we have got Bailey the chocolate Labrador! Bailey decided to be a typical Labrador and have eyes bigger than her belly. She ate a tube, packaging included, of liver paste. We were able to confirm that the tube was in Baileys tummy using our scope, but it was too large and sharp to try and bring back up her oesophagus so Bailey ended up having surgery to remove the object from her stomach. Bailey recovered well, despite also being epileptic. But we suspect she hasn’t been put off the liver paste and would probably eat it whole again!
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 22🎁
Up next is a dairy cow! Unfortunately she obtained a nasty infection in her eye which created an ulcer. The ulcer was not healing despite receiving intensive treatment from the farmer. After a discussion it was decided to remove the affected eye to prevent any more pain and deterioration. She is now coping very well back with the rest of the herd.
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 20🎁
Up next we have got Molly! She belongs to one of our veterinary nurses, Kate. Molly had a condition called kissing spines, this is where the vertebrae in the spine are touching or very close together rather than being evenly spaced apart (See top left photo!) Kate noticed when asking a bit more of Molly under saddle that she wasn’t happy, she was struggling with maintaining canter and the canter transitions. Her confirmation meant that she was predisposed to this condition, by having a short back and longer back legs than front. Molly went to Rossdales and had surgery under standing sedation to remove the summits of her dorsal spinous processes. Usually one or two need to come out, but in Molly’s case four needed removing (See top right photo!) After months of physiotherapy and very careful rehabilitation, Kate is now back on board Molly and they are both much happier!
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 19 🎁
Up next we have got Pablo. He also likes to eat things he shouldn’t, earlier in the year he at a 1kg bag of jelly gummy sweets and ended up with a bloated abdomen. Hannah and Ellis attempted to pass a stomach tube in Pablo, but it wouldn’t pass fully into his tummy, just due to the amount of gummy sweets Pablo had eaten. Pablo was then opened up so his stomach could be manipulated to allow the tube to pass and the gummy bears were able to swim out. It was a guessing game between Hannah, Ellis and nurse Jess as to which colour gummy bear bear was going to come out of the tube next🙈. He was soon able to go home, and his mum now knows not to leave the sweets unattended!
Who can anyone guess what breed Pablo is?
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 18 🎁
Up next is Annoushka, also known as Nooshi! She came in earlier in the year for a dental scale and polish due to some plaque build up on her teeth, which was recommended when she had her annual booster. Once Nooshi was under her anaesthetic and Jade started scaling and assessing her teeth it became obvious she had a “slab fracture” on one of her upper carnassials. In her case you can see the tooth was split in half from front to back! The decision was made to extract the tooth to make her more comfortable and prevent an infection. She recovered well from her procedure and now has nice pearly white teeth again 🦷 ✅
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 17 🎁
Up next we have got Charlie the terrier! Charlie unfortunately broke his leg after trying to jump in the tractor and slipped! He had surgery with Alice, who plated his fracture back together. After a few weeks of strict rest, which he struggled with. Charlie is now back running round the farm again as if nothing has happened!
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 16🎁
Up next we have Bailey the Golden Retriever. Bailey had an unfortunate incident with a car. Thankfully, Bailey just had a joint infection, that required some care and attention. But we are pleased to say Bailey is now doing well!
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 15 🎁
Behind door number 15 we have got a flock of Valais Blacknose Sheep. Hannah went earlier in the year to scan the sheep to see if they were in lamb. Luckily all the ewes Hannah scanned were in lamb and it was lovely to see the photos of the lambs growing up once they had been born.
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 14🎁
Behind door number 14 we have got Jumbo the PRE Fusion Foal! Jumbo is one of this year’s foal who was born successfully via artificial insemination. Jumbo’s mum Jet boarded at Wood Farm Vets for a short while until she was ready to be inseminated by Hannah! She then went home and was scanned in foal a few weeks later.
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 13 🎁
Up next we have Fonzi and Buzz! Fonzi ( multicoloured collar) was brought in out of hours one weekend as he wasn’t feeling well, his owners thought he had a bit of a chill however he turned out to have a nasty virus called parvo virus. As this is highly contagious the next day all other dogs in the household were tested and unfortunately his brother Buzz (light blue collar) was positive.
This was a huge surprised to there owners as they had both had their full puppy course of vaccinations and were up to date.
Since they were vaccinated there body already had some protection to help fight and with supportive care here they have both made a full recovery from this deadly virus and are now back to being playful puppies.
🎁 DOOR NUMBER 12 🎁
Behind door number 12 we have got Stan the Golden Retriever! Stan needed surgery a couple of months ago after he decided to swallow his treat a little bit too soon and it caused an obstruction in his intestines! Jade successfully removed the treat from him intestines and after a few days of keeping our fingers crossed, Stan went home and continued to recover well
