Findon Vet Surgery and Seaton Vet Centre
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This is the story of Pablo’s surgery to correct the congenital defects that had caused severe, constant pain and robbed him of sight … Oh the JOY of his mum, Claudia, and of Pablo when he saw her for the first time after we restored his sight!
Warning: contains graphic photos!
The Findon Vet Surgery has provided the top level of dog perineal hernia repair surgery in Adelaide for over 20 years. Both the internal obturator muscle flap and the Semitendinosus muscle flap techniques are performed by Dr Ian Hogben.
Beware – photos are graphic in nature!
Coba’s mum & dad were asleep when they got the dreaded call from the RSPCA. Coba had jumped their 6 foot fence and headed down to the beach … unfortunately not remembering her road rules: disaster struck! Coba had broken her two left legs and not just one break, but multiple fractures.
Orthopaedic surgery performed by Dr Ian Hogben.
When a pair of my wife’s faux diamond earrings goes missing … a cat burglar was suspected, BUT NOT OUR VERY OWN! 😮
We all know and fear mosquito borne disease – viruses, bacteria and horrific parasites … But some cats develop a severe allergic reaction to the protein molecules in the mossie saliva! These proteins have important uses for the mosquito …
Blacky the Labrador comes unstuck running a crazy lap of her back yard! The Findon Vet Surgery put her all back together again!
Beau only took FIVE minutes of mischief to completely minutes to completely entangle himself … check how he looked after being shorn like a lamb …VERY SHEEPISH, and looking a little guilty!
I looked up from the water’s edge at Cactus Beach to see several people frantically waving their arms at me … When I reached Max, he was in a bad way … Max had collapsed on his side, his breathing was shallow and his gums an awful grey colour …
When Simba, a cream labrador, underwent an emergency laparotomy- I removed a very unusual object (as well as a section of his damaged intestine!). Simba has made a full recovery and I have included a full pictorial (inculding pohotos of the offending object that blocked his intestine). We couldn’t identify what it was, BUT Simba’s mum knew immediately -it was Simba’s KONG !!!!
WARNING: I have included graphic photos of Simba’s operation.
Facing a massive operation to get ALL of the large spreading cancer in her side, Annie, with her mum Monica in full support, bravely undergoes the big journey …
WARNING: Actual photos of Annie’s surgery displayed in this article.
