SNIP Veterinary Clinic and Surgery

29/10/2024

Gynae day: congratulations to our first time mum gave birth to 2 sons and 2 daughters. Mum had dystocia since 5am today and was rushed into the clinic for emergency c-section procedure. We are glad that mum and children are safe and sound.

** Our clinic only perform C section WITH spay. This is to prevent them from getting pregnant and dystocia again/ pyometra / mammary gland tumor in future.

16/09/2024

A male cat having a chronic non healing wound on his testicles came to us. This cat have been wearing e collar for 3 months, the wound unable to heal despite various medical treatments, it is very stressful for both owner and cat. We decided to perform scrotal ablation with castration, the surgical wound healed well within 1 week and the cat is now back to home happily without having to take medications daily or wear collar. This is a case where surgery is necessary to solve the issue.

27/08/2024

Advice to all pet owners:

Your pet will get old one day, when they get old, you need to spend MORE TIME, MORE MONEY and MORE EFFORTS to take care of them, they will have chronic diseases that may need long term treatment. Please understand that this will eventually happen to all pet owners, please be prepared for that, please start saving money for their medical care every month / buy medical insurance for them, euthanasia just because you cannot provide them more care / money for medical treatment when they get old is unacceptable. 😭

Keeping a pet is totally different from raising a child, our child will grow up and eventually able to earn money and take care of themselves, but our pet will get old and totally depending on us to take care of them. Please think of their future, and start preparing for that.

Criterias for euthanasia:
1. Diseases that are not treatable and constantly causing pain even with treatment given.
2. Dog has serious illness until not eating and unable to move, treatment not helping.
3. Poor quality of life. Eg: paralysed and causing a lot bed sores.

21/08/2024

Thoracocentesis (removal of fluid from lung pleural space) is an emergency life saving procedure that can help to relieve respiratory distress caused by pleural fluid in cats.

Main symptom of cat having pleural fluid in lung: breathing with heavy efforts, when they inhale, the chest is contracting instead of expanding. Normal breathing is expanding chest when inhale, contracting chest when exhale.

Common causes of pleural fluid in cat:
😿FIP
😿Infection
😿Heart failure
😿Tumor

14/08/2024

Updates on ah girl :
Ah girl has successfully undergo amputation surgery yesterday and she is recovering well. Thanks to all who donated to support her medical fund. We are finding good home for her, if you are interested to adopt her, kindly pm us.

10/08/2024

Updates on rescue case Daisy who was infected with s*x transmitted disease (TVT: transmissible venereal tumor), after 2 jabs of chemotherapy treatment, the tumor shrinks more than 70%. Thanks to all who donated to save her. 🙏🙏🙏

06/08/2024

Looking for adopter..

This poor stray cat had fractured jaw and ruptured eyeball caused by accident. She also had FIV, FeLV, and FIP, despite in very poor condition, she fights through and is now thriving. After months of treatment and rehabilitation, she is ready to go home, but she got no home, can anyone consider to adopt her? She is only suitable for one cat household. Kindly PM if interested.

04/08/2024

Cystotomy surgery to remove bladder stones in a female dog.

Causes of bladder stones in dog:
🐕Prevalence of a urinary tract infection
🐕High dietary intake of certain minerals and proteins
🐕Reduced water intake
🐕Optimal pH levels in the urine for stone formation
🐕Breed predispositions

Symptoms of bladder stones:
📌 Blood stained urine
📌 Straining to urinate
Symptoms are similar to urinary tract infection, need ultrasound or X ray to rule out bladder stones.

03/08/2024

So sorry that we have to reject many cases on last Thursday 1/8/24, this is because Dr Wendy went KL to join a huge spay and neuter activity (Potong Royong) organised by SPCA Selangor. This activity successfully neuter 500 cats and more than 150 dogs. We need to raise awareness on the importance of spay and neuter, we don't want to see more animals suffer on the street.

11/07/2024

Female cat usually have their first heat around 6 months old, but some can be as early as 4 months old. Do watch out for possible signs of in heat such as:
1. Flirtatious, extra-affectionate behaviour.
2. Rubbing and rolling on the floor.
3. Extreme vocalising.
4. Raised hindquarters, moving the tail from side to side.

SPAY ASAP TO AVOID UNWANTED PREGNANCY. We recommend to spay your cat at 5 months old and above or earlier if they started in heat. They may give birth up to 6 kittens each time.

04/07/2024

Attention to all pet owners:
Please do not use scissor to trim your pet fur! We have many incidents happened that owner accidentally cut their pet skin while trimming the fur. It is very high risk even we doctor also not dare to use scissor to cut fur, please use pet shaver instead!

10/06/2024

A big size girl looking for adopter!!
She is just 5 months old, currently 22kg (estimate can grow up to 30kg), mix breed, beautiful brindle colour, spayed.
Character: very friendly, love petting.

Please PM if interested.

07/06/2024

Regarding "second opinion" / "referral case"

People may think that doctor will feel unhappy for owners to get second opinion from other doctors, this is definitely NOT TRUE.

Dr Wendy always encourage owners to get second opinions from other doctors for complicated cases or will refer cases to other clinics if she thinks it's the best for the patients. Every doctor has limitations, it's not possible for a doctor to know everything, we only can give the best treatment within our knowledge limit and experiences limit. "Self ego" is nothing compared to "benefits of patients", patient's lives are the most important here. We accept open discussion on diagnosis and treatment, if there are better treatments available, we would be glad to learn that and keep improving ourselves.

"Do no harm" is the principle we upholding while giving treatments, if we unable to help the patients, at least don't make things worse. 🙏

07/06/2024

Ah Yuan finally graduated after months of treatment and rehabilitation. She was a young stray dog rescued by kind hearted people, hit by car at the spine area, causing spine fractured and paralysed. She also had tick fever + transmissible venereal tumor at va**na area. We decided not to give up on her and give her a second chance although she may need wheelchair for the rest of her life.

Currently she is a happy healthy dog , spayed and vaccinated, enjoying her life to the fullest. 😊

04/06/2024

24/05/2024

Huge neck abscess in a cat