Xmas calvings

RE: Xmas calvings

Derek Lyon — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:07:02 GMT

I had a similar case one Xmas morning. Dog admitted with acute abdominal distension. I had no nurse available so called out so asked 2nd on call to come and help me. Opened the dog up and found an abdomen full of grain. The stomach had ruptured, Rang owner to explain and suggested PTS. Owner refused and asked us to do everything we could. That we did and just as we were finalising skin sutures the poor dog died. Rang owner to explain. My wife had the xmas dinner on so that was ruined as was xmas dinner for the 2nd on call Vet who had planned dinner with another practice vet so 3 dinners ruined. Happy days!!

RE: Xmas calvings

janine redman — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:48:36 GMT

My colleague had a young cat shot with an air gun , with a pellet having gone through the abdominal cavity and lodged beside the kidney. Sadly didn’t make it in spite of heroic surgery

RE: Xmas calvings

vetbl.locum — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:13:45 GMT

Years ago went to pig farrowing Christmas night

Sow had large peri vaginal abcess !!

Blade blood pus & 3 piglets later ... I went home

Rgds

RE: Xmas calvings

Lucy Fleming — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:50:20 GMT

I had an eye enucleation. Luckily the dog had done most of the hard work for me (being a chihuahua I imagine it's eye was already 3/4 of the way out pre-mysterious-incident).

The worst bit was that I had to turn the responsibility for the last bit of Christmas dinner prep over to my husband, who's not a great cook, and I wasn't there to defend my plate from having sprouts put on it before being put in the oven to keep warm...

(Oh, and that they were clearly vet hoppers who should have been going to a different clinic's OOH service...)

RE: Xmas calvings

bob lehner — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 21:22:14 GMT

[quote userid="7269" url="~/001/veterinary-clinical/farm-animal/f/discussions/29569/xmas-calvings/227454#227454"]Cake vomit at 9pm,[/quote]

I suppose that would be a case of 'The Great British Boke Off'?

RE: Xmas calvings

Joyce Whitehead — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:44:33 GMT

I was too, a classic Christmas cake of dog stealing Christmas cake off the dining table when backs were turned in the evening. Cake vomit at 9pm, lovely.

RE: Xmas calvings

Dinu Catilina — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 17:41:17 GMT

I was, not for calving though. Sudden abdominal distension in a dog, O worried about GDV. The scan showed pregnancy close to term so it was short and sweet.