Webexovet - Treating exotic animals

27/06/2025

Nematodes in galagos conjunctiva

Author: Anastasia Visokykh (https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_vysokikh?igsh=cHE4eG5qbGw0ZGY5)

19/06/2025

🐹 Guinea pig Sinistra, 3 years old, came to us on a recommendation from another clinic, as she had bloody discharge from the v***a.
🔬 On ultrasound, we found a uterine tumor approximately 1.3 cm in diameter. Blood tests did not reveal any contraindications to anesthesia, and Sinistra was operated on by veterinarian Polina. Histology results showed that it was adenocarcinoma of the uterus with a necrotic area.
🧪 Adenocarcinomas are malignant neoplasms of the uterus that often metastasize. Therefore, it is so important to remove them at the earliest stages of development. The best prevention is castration at an early age.
Sinistra feels well after the operation, but still needs metastasizing control.

Author: Maratkanova Polina (https://www.instagram.com/chipolina_vet?igsh=MWFxZnp2d2s1aDU4bw==)

12/06/2025

Adrenal carcinoma in a humster.
Author: Darya Kuptil (https://www.instagram.com/darya_vet_ultrasound?igsh=MWZsM3VwcjgydXR2bg==)

28/05/2025

🔸Reasons of Urolithiasis in ferrets are:
1. genetic
2. diet
3. infections
4. lifestyle (immobility, obesity)
5. systemic diseases.
For diagnosis we use: anamnesis, results of examination, laboratory tests of urine, X-ray and of course, ultrasound.

Author: Maratkanova Polina (https://www.instagram.com/chipolina_vet?igsh=MWFxZnp2d2s1aDU4bw==)

14/05/2025

🐇According to numerous literary sources and statistics of clinical work, it can be said, that the most informative method for diagnosing ear pathologies is CT, but the most accessible is otoscopy with video otoscope.

🔸We recommend performing an otoscopy at every appointment, regardless of the presence of ear-related complaints. Especially for lop-eared rabbits.
🔸To prevent the development of EAM diverticulitis and otitis media associated with perforation of the eardrum from the EAM side, we recommend washing the EAM once every six months.
🔸This can be done easily under the control of a video otoscope, subclavian catheter and warm saline solution. This should be done delicately, without strong water pressure and always with intubation of the patient.

Author: Maratkanova Polina (https://www.instagram.com/chipolina_vet?igsh=MWFxZnp2d2s1aDU4bw==)

06/05/2025

🦘Kangaroo large family of marsupials weighing from 500 grams to 90 kg, jumping on the hind limbs and using the tail for balance and support.

This short-faced kangaroo weighing 1200 grams has a twisted fracture of the pelvic limb. Surgical treatment is the only option for this type of fracture and fixing contractions should be strong, but light.

There is a small secret from where you can take blood and place an iv catheter in absolutely any kind of kangaroo, this place is the lateral tail vein.

Author: Anastasia Visokykh (https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_vysokikh?igsh=cHE4eG5qbGw0ZGY5)

23/04/2025

🦒 The immobilization of wild giraffes.

-it is not only correctly selected anesthetics, it is also the coordinated work of the “capture ” team. For fast immobilization, opioids (theofentanil, etorphin) are used in mono mode or in combination, often with tranquilizers (azaperone, zuclopentixol).

🔸After the fall, it is necessarily to immobilize the neck and head, preventing attempts to stand up, cover their eyes with a lightproof mask and use earplugs for soundproofing and reverse opioids (diprenorphine, naltrexone).

🔸Using diprenorphine, one can “walk” a giraffe to a transport container, since partial reversion returns motor activity.

🔸If immobilization lasts a long time, the giraffe’s head must be lifted above the level of the heart, otherwise blood pressure that reaches 250 mmHg can cause brain hemorrhages.

Author: Vysokikh A. N. (https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_vysokikh?igsh=cHE4eG5qbGw0ZGY5)

17/04/2025

🔥 Free webinar about guinea pigs!

✅ Topic: Health Concerns in Geriatric Guinea pigs
✅ Organizer: The Webinar Vet
✅ Lecturer: Emma Keeble, BVSc (Hons), Dip ZooMed (Mammalian), FHEA, MRCVS
✅ Language: English
✅ When: 23 April

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Guinea pigs are popular in the UK, with recent estimated numbers of approximately 0.7 million - 0.9 million being kept as pets. Despite these numbers there has historic

16/04/2025

❗️"Siamese twins" in a chinchilla. Cesarean section in rodents is rather simple procedure, cubs are born almost independently, and gas anesthesia in combination with analgesics allows you to get a minimum of complications.

This case was very interesting. The female chinchilla could not give birth, because 2 out of 4 fetuses were completely fused along the ventral line, as if they were hugging each other... This is possible if the egg divides very late. By this time, the cells of the embryo have specialized in such a way that the complete separation of embryos in the womb becomes impossible.

These "Siamese twins" got up in the birth canal, which made it impossible for the natural resolution of delivery. We performed a caesarean section, and the "twins" had to be euthanized. I felt very sorry for them, but we could not provide them a normal existence. This pathology is quite rare in animals, but it occurs in both mammals and reptiles.

Author: Polina Maratkanova (https://www.instagram.com/chipolina_vet?igsh=MWFxZnp2d2s1aDU4bw==)

11/04/2025

🔥 Free webinar about reptiles!

✅ Topic: Uncovering Cardiac Disease in Bearded Dragons
✅ Organizer: VETAHEAD.
✅ Lecturer: Laila Proenca.
✅ Language: English.

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Get ahead with VETAHEAD and join Dr. Laila Proença™ on 15 minutes of ZooMed (exotic animal medicine) content. Think heart disease is just a mammal problem? ...

21/03/2025

🐰 When spaying rabbits, it is very important to remove both the ovaries and the uterus. Here is an example in this clinical case.Rabbit Ozzy (6 yo) was spayed in another clinic at an early age, with what kind of method the owners did not know exactly. She came to us with complaints of uncontrolled urination and a suspected intestinal tumor. Blood tests revealed anemia. Palpation revealed a mass in the area of ​​the uterine stump, which was confirmed by US, the surgery was performed to remove the neoplasia. According to histology, uterine adenocarcinoma was confirmed and adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin 150 mg/m2 was prescribed once every 3 weeks, 3 sessions. Ozzy did great. Now the bunny is doing well.Author: Polina Maratkanova (https://www.instagram.com/chipolina_vet?igsh=MWFxZnp2d2s1aDU4bw==)

20/03/2025

Aspiration pneumonia is a very common complication in young animals with force feeding. An incorrectly sized ni**le opening, feeding speed and milk temperature can cause aspiration and pneumonia. Anorexia, lethargy, cough, respiratory distress are the main symptoms of acute aspiration pneumonia.

The diagnosis is made on the basis of anamnesis, symptoms, X-ray, ultrasound of the lungs and bronchoscopy. It is important to evaluate oxygenation of tissues, an effective method is the analysis of blood gases, but pulse oximetry is a more accessible method for a practicing physician.

Treatment of pneumonia is a complex exercise, the main methods are maintenance therapy with oxygen, for small animals it is most convenient to use boxes with oxygen, physiotherapy, nebulization with saline solutions, antibiotic therapy for suspected secondary bacterial infection and bronchodilators with caution.

Author: Anastasia Visokykh (https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_vysokikh?igsh=cHE4eG5qbGw0ZGY5)