When I arrived, I cleaned all of the cat’s litter boxes, gave all the animals’ clean water and fresh food and made sure everyone had eaten over the night.
Hattie, a golden retriever came in for a bath today. I did her nails, and then Sabrina and I brushed her out to get out any mats or tangles. Then Sabrina bathed her while I set up her cage with a dryer.
Then I changed the laundry over.
Bugs, a boarding rabbit, needed Metacam (0.44 ml) orally, and Baytril orally as well. I had Holly show me how to give a rabbit a pill, since I didn’t know. There is a space between their molars and incisors that a pill can fit.
Shadow came in for a bath next. We gave him fluids, since the last few times he’s come in for a bath or an appointment he’s been dehydrated. I gave him 200 ml’s, and then after his bath I gave him another 150 mls.
Then I moved Energizer, a boarding cat, to a smaller cage so I could set up a large cage for two rabbits that came in to board together.
Then I held Energizer for suture removal. He was boarding after his surgery of an abscessed bite wound because his owners could not get the antibiotics into him.
Then I did more laundry and restocked the cotton balls with hydrogen peroxide and alcohol.
I held Ali, a Chihuahua mix for nails and a Lyme vaccine.
Ryan, a golden retriever came in for a nail trim and a foot trim. Sabrina trimmed the hair on her feet, and I clipped her nails.
Then I did more laundry and checked a fecal Sabrina read since she is in Parasitology now and wasn’t sure she was right. She told me she found Coccidia, and she was right. The fecal was on a puppy named Naru, a Rhodesian ridgeback.
I held Maggie, a rat terrier for anals and I performed a nail trim on her.
Then I brushed and blow dried Hattie and flushed her ears as well.
Cosmo, another golden retriever, came in for a bath. I helped Sabrina brush him out as well, and then moved some boarding rabbits into another cage so they were not right next to the dryer.
Ted, a bichon mix needed blood drawn for a renal profile. I drew the blood and got it ready to be sent out.
Then I brushed Shadow out after he was dry.
Kerri and I attempted to do nails on Cosmo who does not like his feet touched. We managed to get them all done however.
Riley, a corgi, came in for radiographs. Kerri and I did lateral and VD abdomen shots and I developed them. We suspected a tumor in his stomach because all of his intestines were pushed forward.
Then I brushed out and dried Cosmo.
I moved the rabbits I had moved earlier back to their cage and cleaned their other cage along with some cages that needed to be cleaned.
Then it was slow for a while, so I restocked the syringes and treatment area. Then Dr. Hartman suggested that the walls in the lobby were getting pretty dirty, so I cleaned them since there was nothing else to do. It was actually nice to take a break and clean walls as odd as that sounds.
Cosmo then needed blood drawn for a CBC, chemistry profile in-house. Kerri drew the blood, and I ran the tests on the machines.
Casey, a beagle, came in for a thyroid check to Michigan. I held her for the blood draw, and we also did nails and a heartworm test, which was negative. I prepared the blood to go to Michigan.
Then there were three dogs, two from one family, and one other that had tech appointments for kennel cough vaccinations. I did them all intranasally. They were a German short haired pointer, a greyhound and a sheltie.
Kerri and I noticed that some of the surgical instruments that were wrapped in the view packs were out of date. So I repackaged them all so they could be autoclaved the next day.
Then we did our end of night duties before we closed at five, when a euthanasia was scheduled to come in.
As we waited for the owners of the dog that was euthanized to leave, someone called and left a message on the answering machine that their dog’s splint had fallen off. We called them and had them come in now so that the dog wouldn’t break his leg overnight. It was Toby, a Pomeranian mix that we have been treating for about 4 weeks. He came in yesterday for a complete splint change and sedation radiographs. Dr. Hartman and I rebandaged the leg, and Toby was very good for us.
Then Kerri and I moved the dead dog to the freezer, finished cleaning up and finally left.
Hattie, a golden retriever came in for a bath today. I did her nails, and then Sabrina and I brushed her out to get out any mats or tangles. Then Sabrina bathed her while I set up her cage with a dryer.
Then I changed the laundry over.
Bugs, a boarding rabbit, needed Metacam (0.44 ml) orally, and Baytril orally as well. I had Holly show me how to give a rabbit a pill, since I didn’t know. There is a space between their molars and incisors that a pill can fit.
Shadow came in for a bath next. We gave him fluids, since the last few times he’s come in for a bath or an appointment he’s been dehydrated. I gave him 200 ml’s, and then after his bath I gave him another 150 mls.
Then I moved Energizer, a boarding cat, to a smaller cage so I could set up a large cage for two rabbits that came in to board together.
Then I held Energizer for suture removal. He was boarding after his surgery of an abscessed bite wound because his owners could not get the antibiotics into him.
Then I did more laundry and restocked the cotton balls with hydrogen peroxide and alcohol.
I held Ali, a Chihuahua mix for nails and a Lyme vaccine.
Ryan, a golden retriever came in for a nail trim and a foot trim. Sabrina trimmed the hair on her feet, and I clipped her nails.
Then I did more laundry and checked a fecal Sabrina read since she is in Parasitology now and wasn’t sure she was right. She told me she found Coccidia, and she was right. The fecal was on a puppy named Naru, a Rhodesian ridgeback.
I held Maggie, a rat terrier for anals and I performed a nail trim on her.
Then I brushed and blow dried Hattie and flushed her ears as well.
Cosmo, another golden retriever, came in for a bath. I helped Sabrina brush him out as well, and then moved some boarding rabbits into another cage so they were not right next to the dryer.
Ted, a bichon mix needed blood drawn for a renal profile. I drew the blood and got it ready to be sent out.
Then I brushed Shadow out after he was dry.
Kerri and I attempted to do nails on Cosmo who does not like his feet touched. We managed to get them all done however.
Riley, a corgi, came in for radiographs. Kerri and I did lateral and VD abdomen shots and I developed them. We suspected a tumor in his stomach because all of his intestines were pushed forward.
Then I brushed out and dried Cosmo.
I moved the rabbits I had moved earlier back to their cage and cleaned their other cage along with some cages that needed to be cleaned.
Then it was slow for a while, so I restocked the syringes and treatment area. Then Dr. Hartman suggested that the walls in the lobby were getting pretty dirty, so I cleaned them since there was nothing else to do. It was actually nice to take a break and clean walls as odd as that sounds.
Cosmo then needed blood drawn for a CBC, chemistry profile in-house. Kerri drew the blood, and I ran the tests on the machines.
Casey, a beagle, came in for a thyroid check to Michigan. I held her for the blood draw, and we also did nails and a heartworm test, which was negative. I prepared the blood to go to Michigan.
Then there were three dogs, two from one family, and one other that had tech appointments for kennel cough vaccinations. I did them all intranasally. They were a German short haired pointer, a greyhound and a sheltie.
Kerri and I noticed that some of the surgical instruments that were wrapped in the view packs were out of date. So I repackaged them all so they could be autoclaved the next day.
Then we did our end of night duties before we closed at five, when a euthanasia was scheduled to come in.
As we waited for the owners of the dog that was euthanized to leave, someone called and left a message on the answering machine that their dog’s splint had fallen off. We called them and had them come in now so that the dog wouldn’t break his leg overnight. It was Toby, a Pomeranian mix that we have been treating for about 4 weeks. He came in yesterday for a complete splint change and sedation radiographs. Dr. Hartman and I rebandaged the leg, and Toby was very good for us.
Then Kerri and I moved the dead dog to the freezer, finished cleaning up and finally left.
