Cambridge Cavy Trust Veterinary Hospital

 

Last week we sent our personnel manager for several days to England, to collect some further details of "piggish" live. Though he was a bundle of nerves when he only heard the word aeroplane (the correct term we think is "fear of flying"), he went from Nuremberg to London by plane!! His "female" was very suspicious, since she knows him, she was never able to get him into a plane. Could a herd of guineas really be the only reason for this? ;-))

 

ATR72

Eurowings ATR 72, a few passengers, in the background the "Tower of London (-Stansted Airport)"

 

welcome to the CCT

After some miles by train and mental turbulences as a result of the left-side traffic, this road sign showed him the way.

 

doggies inferno Lulu

First of all he had to pass these fierce looking guys, then the access was free to rodents, rodents, rodents as there are...

 

rats

several rats

 

bones

some bones

 

Henry

Henry, the vacuum cleaner (is the keeping of one single male vacuum cleaner permissible??)

 

Lucky

lots of guinea pigs

 

gerbil

a few gerbils

 

ferret

two ferrets

 

chinchin

one chinchilla

 

Chipmuck

uncountable (too fast away ;-) chipmucks

 

degu

a cage of degus

 

the donkeys

mother and son donkey

 

Vedra Stanley- Spatcher

Vedra

Most treatment in guineas can be done by one person, if the piggy is wrapped up in a towel (this guinea is syringe fed).

 

Vedra&Co

It seems a little bit more difficult, to wrap other animals. Though a foreign "specialist" was there, the wraparound of this donkey did not get higher then the hoof. At least the color of the bandage matches with Vedras clothes ;-)

 

donkey dancing

donkey dancing

 

the whole staff

Vedra and Gwen walking the dogs and the donkey.

 

foreign guests

Presentation of the "ancillary staff of the month". Vedra and Christiane, a vet from Linz (Austria).

 

Board and lodging of the guinea pigs

own pigs and boarders

Imagine, you open a door, enter a room and see this on the right,

 

own pigs and boarders

these,

 

own pigs and boarders

these too

 

own pigs and boarders

and these on the left

 

own pigs and boarders

and a little herd on the along side.

 

Some of the boarders

 

This is the sick bay. In each of these containers sits a guinea pig (or two, if (s)he has a companion for conversation) or another rodent.

 

The emergency admission

 

and the intensive care unit.

 

some vetmedical aspects

Snowflake

This Chinchilla had a miscarriage of one baby. X-rays show another one that could not get out.

 

Snowflake

Snowflake under Isflurane in the "operation theatre", premedicated with fluids (ringer- lactate), painkiller (Rimadyl) and a sedative shot (Medetomidine).

 

Snowflake

Snowflake in the "wake up room" on a heating element. Good luck, little Chin!

 

Lipoma

This lipoma (glas duplicated by photomontage) decorated recently the neck of a guinea pig. It is twice the size of a hen's egg.

 

tapeworm

This is the content of an abscess of a rabbit: a tapeworm (taenia serialis). In addition Harvey had a retrobulbar cyst, it contained a clear fluid. It was punctated and the Bunny got a shot of "tapeworm killer" (praziquantel).

 

vibrator

Two boys were his favourites: both have a paralysis of the hind legs. While the brown one rides for one hour a day on a heated vibrator, that causes massage and greater amounts of "output",

 

Lucky

was Lucky nearly fit again and arranged exciting races with the nursing staff ;-)

 

Milztumor

Tumorous changed spleen of a guinea pig.

Summary:

It was for several reasons a very good idea to send him to the CCT, one of the "cavyest" places he has ever seen - he met Vedra, a really remarkable person, learned a lot of details about rodents and lost his fear of flying ;-) Some times we will send him there again! (next visit 17.05.2002)

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