Cape Exotic Animal Hospital

18/01/2025

Dr Bernice is now also offering consultations in Somerset West every second Thursday.
Please WhatsApp us on 060 381 9766 to make a booking.

13/12/2024

As most of our clients know we will be relocating next year! We are transforming Exotic Surgical Services into a more mobile practice, and will be offering consultations from across different areas in Cape Town from 2025.

Dr Bernice will be consulting from TAH Kenridge on Mondays from January 2025, and keep an eye out on our FB and Instagram page for other pop up locations (ie Southern Suburbs).

Appointments can be made through us directly by our WhatsApp line 060 381 9766.

Kindly note ESS will be closed from 18 Dec until 13 January for the festive season.

13/12/2024

Lovely ending (beginning?) for their story!

02/12/2024

Exotic Surgical Services will be closing over the Christmas period, so please ensure you make your appointment early enough to avoid disappointment!

Also keep a lookout on our FB page for further updates on new locations we will be consulting from next year!

WhatsApp 060 381 9766 for appointments

20/09/2024

No you can NOT get some of Dr Bernice’s coffee 😂

13/09/2024

How most introverts feel…

06/09/2024

Dr Bernice getting ready for surgery…

Our patients receive a health check before surgery and then a premedication. When they are sedated we shave and prep the area of surgery (in this rattie’s case it was both a spay AND a lump removal) and then proceed to take them to theatre. A sterile set of instruments are opened for each surgery, and our patients are kept on a heating mat and warmed room to reduce heat loss. Post-op they are monitored very closely until wide awake and then receive some yummy snacks to get the happy juices flowing again!

04/09/2024

When your patient decides to lay her egg immediately after her bumble foot surgery!

03/09/2024

Cutest little Silver helping Sr Brigitte do her notes (and finish her snack!) 😋

27/08/2024

*Last chance* for Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus vaccinations! We are opening a few more spots to allow for final vaccinations this week. Please get your Bun vaccinated if they are due any time within the next 2-3 months, as we will not be able to get new vaccines in South Africa before early next year again.

Call/Whatsapp to book 0603819766
Exotic Surgical Services
Durbanville

21/08/2024

Book your Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease booster or annual vaccine before the end of August and get 15% off!

☎️ 0603819766 to book
[email protected]
Durbanville

20/08/2024

Dr Bernice receiving Toffee cuddles!

Toffee is here today for his dental. His RHDV vaccine is up to date 💪🏻

Very NB - RHDV vaccines available in South Africa will expire soon and there won’t be new ones available before early next year again. Please book your repeat vaccination before end August if your rabbit is due for a repeat in Aug - Oct, or still unvaccinated!

Call/Whatsapp on +27603819766 to book.
www.exoticsurgicalservices.co.za
Durbanville

An Exotic and Avian Surgical clinic, focussing on giving excellent care for exotic patients. We offer pocedures such as spay/neuter, lump removal, fracture repair and dental care. We also offen avian wing trim, nail and beak files and rabbit vaccinations.

28/07/2024

If you feel up to braving the cold winter weather this week, make use of our FLASH WINTER SPECIAL - a discount of 15% on all avian routines (wings,nails,beak file) booked for 29-31 July!

Limited spaces available, so be quick to book your spot.

Call or whatsapp us on 060 381 9766 to book your appointment.

Exotic Surgical Services
www.exoticsurgicalservices.co.za
[email protected]

15/06/2024

*Warning: Graphic images*

Interesting case: Uterine intussusception and uterine prolapse in a rat.

Yoda, a very sweet and very well loved rattie presented to Dr Bernice last week for a pink structure protruding from her v***a. On examination it appears that she was suffering from a uterine prolapse and a structure of about 1.5cm was protruding through her vaginal canal! She had chewed at the tip, causing a black nectrotic tip to the structure.

She was taken to surgery where it was discovered that she had a uterine growth that had caused a uterine intussusception (part of the uterus gets pulled into itself like a partially inside out sock - see diagram!). The growth was so large that it then protruded out of the vaginal canal and we suspect Yoda chewed and pulled on it, causing the prominent prolapse.

Through gentle technique Dr Bernice managed to reduce the uterine prolapse and could then remove both the diseased uterus, ovaries and growth.

Yoda made a wonderful recovery and is once again her normal happy and bright self!


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14/06/2024

Congratulations Janke Nortje you are the winner of our free spay/neuter competition!🥳🥳🥳

Send us an email at
📬 [email protected]
to claim your prize 🏆

www.exoticsurgicalservices.co.za
📞 060 381 9766

04/06/2024

Egg binding is a serious life threatening condition that can develop in tortoises (and other reptiles and birds). Symptoms can include obvious signs if straining without producing an egg, lethargy and weakness, hind limb paresis, inappetance etc. It is generally diagnosed based on the clinical history and an xray.

In many cases medical management can assist in allowing the egg to move far along down the reproductive tract that it can manually be removed through the cloaca. On some occasions however this is impossible and abdominal surgery is required.

This is not a small task in a tortoise! A boney ‘window’ has to be cut out of its plastron (bottom part of shell) and the egg then removed surgically. That part would be similar to a performing a c-section. The boney ‘window’ then needs to be stabilised back in olace with special materials to allow for the long healing time that is requires for tortoises (months!).

This is a big surgery for a tortoise to undergo, but in a case like this it can be life saving!

For any queries about routine and more complex surgeries please feel free to contact us at Exotic Surgical Services on 0603819766 (WhatsApp or call) or [email protected].

Visit us at www.exoticsurgicalservices.co.za

31/05/2024

Reptile products 50% off sale!

* While stocks last *