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The skin and bones white rabbit is not eating
Dr
Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
24 February, 2011 |
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Be Kind To Pets
Veterinary Education
Project 2010-0129 |
My assistant Mr Saw views interns as pests as he has to
take time to teach them. He would never tell me directly but I hear
this from Khin Khin. I don't blame him as not everybody cares about
teaching interns as it really takes lots of time.
Being busy, he does not want to waste time on interns. Interns who are
helpful will of course, be appreciated by him. However, there will be
vets and vet assistants who don't want to waste their precious and
busy time on interns.
Rabbit medicine - In this case of a rabbit not eating, I got the two
interns to learn how to bathe a rabbit with stained feet. This thin
7-year-old rabbit had been de-matted yesterday and had some bath.
However, his feet were all stained greenish-black and he tried to lick
the stains off.
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the vet in charge, I inspected warded animals and checked the
treatment. This rabbit's feet had not been cleaned. After bathing by
the 2 interns under Mr Saw, the rabbit appeared to have excellent
appetite. Intern Nathaniel Gay took 5 pictures with his latest iPhone
4 presented by his father. I showed him the craft of taking photos by
zooming and using correct points of views.
He uploaded on Microsoft Silverlight and emailed to me the link to
see. I thought it was youtube.com as he had given me the impression.
It was a slide show and probably lasted for 5 days. Well, it was a
learning experience for him.
This case of the skin-and-bone rabbit could be due to a lack of
grooming care as the rabbit had excellent appetite after de-matting.
Only that his feet were not washed by the groomer and I had to
intervene by asking Mr Saw to show the interns how to bathe a rabbit.
The intern first got the big blue tub for Golden Retriever puppies and
switched on the hot water shower. Just as small plastic container
sufficient to confine the rabbit and warm water from the boiling
kettle would do. Sometimes, one must think about the situation and not
bathe pets blindly, using big tubs and wasting lots of warm water.
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