Dr. Jordan’s cat Thea loves her dog Sally! Do you have pets who are best friends? We would love to see pictures and videos in the comments!
Did you know we collect blood from the tail in cattle?
This might appear to be a boring video of a horse walking, but this was five minutes after Maverick woke up from his castration surgery - he’s relaxed and comfortable. We use pain / anti inflammatory meds prior to surgery, anesthesia drugs that decrease pain post op, local anesthesia, and laser treatment during recovery to minimize inflammation and pain on colts we castrate. Good pain management makes a huge difference in how they recover from surgery in both small and large animals!
#horsecastration
Removing an area of infected material from a chicken’s foot.
Here’s how we remove the horn! You can see before and after photos in the post yesterday.
She is sedated and there are not nerves or blood vessels in this part of the horn. We reverse the sedation afterwards so she was back awake in just a few minutes.
Exam time includes treats!
A complete exam involves checking the mouth, eyes, ears, skin, abdomen, heart, lungs, and lymph nodes. And we include treats throughout so our patients enjoy their visits!
Crash is aptly named!
We love seeing Crash! He’s a big “help” to all our work!
This sweet mama had eclampsia (low blood calcium). We gave her an IV and she was much better right away!
Pumpkins make great pig treats! Dr. Jordan’s pig really enjoyed his!
Aloe
We love giving treats so our patients are happy and enjoy their exams! Aloe says she’s glad treats are a part of every visit!
You may have noticed fewer posts lately and that’s because Dr. Jordan went to Alaska for the most amazing vacation! The scenery and wildlife sightings were amazing.
Dr. Addante, a classmate of Dr. Jordan’s, did relief work for us to make sure all our patients got great care during the Alaska trip.
Here’s a cute sea otter video and we will be back to posting patient photos soon!
In this surgery, Dr. Jordan is removing foreign bodies (nails, a tack, pieces of glass, and a washer) from a chicken’s ventriculus (part of the stomach). This was a two and a half hour long surgery with multiple assistants needed to get all the pieces out!
This is Biscuits who was found hit by a car. The rescue we founded, CARE - Crossroads Animal Rescue took ownership of him and we are hoping he can survive. He has terrible jaw injuries and will get X-rays on Friday under anesthesia. At that point we will determine if we can repair his jaw here or not.
Please donate if you can help him and share and donate in case there is an owner missing him! There are a lot of stray cats in the area but he’s really friendly so it’s possible he has an owner.
Do you know the signs of colic? Lying down like this while slightly rolling is one of the main things you’ll see. Horses may get up and down again or just lie on their side.
Colic does not refer to a specific illness but rather is a symptom - it’s pain somewhere in the abdomen. Most commonly from stomach or intestinal pain (gas, an impaction, or an intestinal torsion), but it can also be from kidney pain, bladder pain, or even ovarian pain.
If your horse shows signs of colic, call us ASAP. There are lots of old wives tales about treatment like exercise them or haul in a trailer - we can advise you on what you actually need to do for your specific horse!
Thankfully Renny here made a full recovery after his owner gave him the pain meds we recommended!
Come see us at T Ed Garrison! Great time to win a FREE horse yearly vet visit!
Sometimes when we go on farm calls we see horses being trained to ride and occasionally we see steers in riding training! You never know what will happen next!