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Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal News & Blogs
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Dogs Will Eat Just About Anything…
27th May 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
It has taken me almost two whole weeks but I have finally recovered from my horrifying Sunday on emergency call. Not only did I have to attend to 3 seizuring dogs, 2 pony colics, a dog stitch up and two strays.. but also had to drag my poor husband in ON HIS BIRTHDAY to monitor two patients while I was out treating one of the ponies.
After that horrible Sunday, I had a great weekend at Sydney as we got to properly celebrate my belated husband’s birthday.
One of the emergency calls I receiv...
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Sometimes It Is Good To Be A Big Headed Staffy
29th Apr 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
It was 7.30 p.m. and I was running a little late at work after a pretty full on day. I was feeling quite fatigued and when I realised I was on emergency call, I expressed myself aloud saying: ‘I hope not to receive a single afterhour’s call and if I do, it had better be a true emergency’. I knew the moment I uttered those words that I had shot myself in the foot.
Only five minutes later, the after hour’s phone rang. I immediately picked up the phone and the distress...
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Is Cesar Millan Going To Fix Your Dog?
16th Apr 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
Today I would like to talk to you about Poppy, 2 year old Labrador with aggressive tendencies. She was booked in with me two weeks ago for a brief consultation to discuss her behavioural issues. The owner walked in the consultation looking quite unsettled. He handed me the behavioural questionnaire I requested his family to fill out and said:
‘After going through the questionnaire, I don’t think ‘Poppy’ has a behavioural issue?’
I instantly realised how tender the...
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Don’t Ignore Your Male Dog When He Cocks His Leg
26th Mar 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
I can’t believe how fast time is flying. Only two weeks ago, I was enjoying a thrilling new experience of getting a photo shoot of me and my dogs at Saint Kilda dog beach.
I finally got to meet one of my fellow bloggers and utilised her photography talent to the maximum.
I really can’t thank you enough Vicki for being such a good sport during the whole photo shoot. It was just a great and very fulfilling experience for both of us. I absolutely enjoyed reading Vicki’s blog ...
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Mixed Practice Keeps You On Your Toes
11th Mar 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
I sure love mixed practice. I have been treating a myriad of cases lately from birdies to doggies and kitty cats.
I also received a phone call from one of my favourite clients giving me the heads up that her cows are due to start calving.
She had a bad season last year requiring us to help her pull out a quite a few calves. Hopefully we don’t have to be as involved as we were last year because her bank account sure took a beating.
Even though it has been awfully quiet on the bookings ...
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Eye Injuries In Pets Are True Emergencies!!!
26th Feb 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
It has still been very steady at work which is great for a change. I have had a very interesting case load from routine general anaesthetics and dentals to working up a parrot with a non-weightbearing lameness to a behavioural consultation dealing with inter-dog aggression within the same household. Ah my line of work definitely never gets boring.
If anything, my poor brain cells are usually swamped with high energy demands and threatened with information overload.
When my brains ...
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A Movie Star In My House
19th Feb 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
Surprise visits are the best.
I had planned to blog about my very interesting eye cases today but a unique visit has prompted me to postpone the eye case discussion.
We got a phone call this morning from the owner of a SUPER STAR PET asking if she could honour her promise. Although I was still in bed and my husband had a severe case of the flu, we happily welcomed the much unexpected visit. We had a chance encounter with the owner two weeks ago when we sold her one of our bird cages. We discover...
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Surviving Snakebite Against All The Odds…
5th Feb 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
What a fascinating week it has been… It hasn’t been as busy which is really nice for a change.
We all took advantage of the situation and turned it into BRING YOUR PETS TO WORK week.
Here are Licorice & Kay, owned by Karen (one of our vet nurses)
I had discovered a lump growing on my own dog’s stump.
Poor Shepo. He had been licking his stump excessively and not allowing me to fully assess it. He loves to shake his stump so I thought he must have knocked it on something....
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The Big Heat Wave
28th Jan 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
I have had a rather steady two weeks at work. However, my weekends have been rather interesting. Last weekend I threw Alana (my colleague at work) an 80’s dress up farewell party. She is off to the UK in February and I will miss her heaps.
We have a great vet working relationship and have also become close friends.
She plans to torture me with her travel adventures and I hope to exploit her for free accommodation if I decide on a UK holiday trip. The 80’s theme party was in...
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“Major” Update
13th Jan 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
What a day it has been. I walked into the clinic and there was this 3 weeks premature born cria (baby alpaca) that required urgent attention. It was so weak and struggling to breathe. We started with offering her aggressive supportive therapy-warming her up, passing a gastric tube to feed her and then even maintained her on some oxygen. She was still deteriorating so I put in an intravenous catheter and started her on IV fluids. She perked up and her temperature fi...
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“Major” Update
13th Jan 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
What a day it has been. I walked into the clinic and there was this 3 weeks premature born cria (baby alpaca) that required urgent attention. It was so weak and struggling to breathe. We started with offering her aggressive supportive therapy-warming her up, passing a gastric tube to feed her and then even maintained her on some oxygen. She was still deteriorating so I put in an intravenous catheter and started her on IV fluids. She perked up and her temperature fin...
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Fetching A Stick Turns Ugly…
8th Jan 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
‘Major’ walked into the clinic and our vet team was stupified. Every staff member that was cruising past me kept saying:
‘Have you seen that dog with the stick injury?’.
I was starting to get edgy because I was still finishing up a procedure and was now dieing to see what the whole fuss was about. Suddenly I was equally captivated and silenced by the image of this placid German Shepherd with a decent sized stick hanging out of his eyeball while...
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Fetching A Stick Turns Ugly…
8th Jan 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
‘Major’ walked into the clinic and our vet team was stupified. Every staff member that was cruising past me kept saying:
‘Have you seen that dog with the stick injury?’.
I was starting to get edgy because I was still finishing up a procedure and was now dieing to see what the whole fuss was about. Suddenly I was equally captivated and silenced by the image of this placid German Shepherd with a decent sized stick hanging out of his eyeball while ...
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Where Are They Now? (2011)
4th Jan 2012, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
I can’t believe it’s already the 4th day of January 2012. Today is a very special day as it is my mom’s birthday. I wish I was celebrating her big day with her :-).
I would like to start my post by wishing all my followers, blogging mates, pet lovers and of course furry, feathery & scaly friends around the world a belated:
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY 2012.
I was on emergency call Christmas weekend and was moderately busy. Hence, I have indulged in a...
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Right Back Into It :-)
18th Dec 2011, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
I was pretty excited about going back to work. I really missed doing what I do best: ‘treating my sweet patients’. I was scheduled to do surgeries that morning and I did not have much on. I first had to desex ‘Milky‘.
She was found to be in season and her uterus was fairly enlarged and vascular.
Surgery went smoothly but then she developed very pale gums a few hours post operatively. Unfortunately, that un-nerved me and I felt compelled to go back into surgery to mak...
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Has Your Dog Suddenly Slowed Down?
12th Dec 2011, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
Time is flying by and I am experiencing life in a whole new dimension. For the past couple of weeks, I have been through some tough times. I am feeling very homesick especially because I know I am missing out on a huge family reunion. My adorable nephew is visiting his grandparents and is being smothered with attention.
To make matters even more dramatic, I was pretty sick and had to be worked up to the nine by a mob of great doctors.
Feeling so unwell simply gave me a rude awakening a...
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Vet Weekend On Call Bonanza
19th Nov 2011, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
It feels so surreal to have my best mate Elin & her fiance Sverre over from Norway… Elin and I practically lived together in our last two years of vet school. She went back home when she graduated and is mainly a large animal vet. They are only here for 4 days but we are going to make the most of our wonderful reunion. Say hi to Elin:
I have been unable to blog for some time. I have been working myself to the bone.
Unfortunately my losing trend kept going and I had to put down &lsquo...
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Tawny Frog Mouth: Trick Or Treat
2nd Nov 2011, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
It has been a very intense two weeks at work. We have cases coming out of our ears as grass seed season has kicked in. We have started to get people walking in with their poor pooch shaking their heads or rubbing their eyes or licking their paws.
It is only the beginning of this very frantic schedule we will be faced with any day now.
Personally, the hardest part about this frantic season is finding the time to manage challenging cases, following up on ongoing cases & answering to all the de...
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One Expensive Goat Curry…
23rd Oct 2011, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
Monday was looking good. Schedule was not too frantic, things were running smoothly and everything was under control. We got all too comfortable but then Tuesday came. My goodness, I really still don’t know how we managed to pull through and maintain any cognitive function at the end of the day.
If we didn’t come together as a great vet team, we would not have been able to get through the work load scheduled for this black Tuesday.
I must say chapeaux bas to my boss Dr. Bruce Syme wh...
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Is Your Male Cat Struggling To Pee?
17th Oct 2011, by Dr Rayya's Online Veterinary Journal
We often get calls about cats that are straining to urinate or have blood in their urine. One of the first questions a veterinary staff member automatically asks after you have told them your cat is having issues urinating is: ‘Do you own a male or female cat?’. Many of our callers may be flustered by this question and find it irrelevant and inappropriate to ask.
However, the fact is male cats are very prone to getting blocked (lose the ability to urinate) after suffering from a...
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