Tag: head

  • Welcome to Grey

    Hello and welcome to Grey. This beautiful little puppy was very silly and took a very scary jump and the end result was a dislocated hip. Hips are very hard to get to stay back in place so its quite common for the solution to be a femoral head and neck excition. Grey came for…

  • Cuppa Tea with the vet!

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    Cuppa tea with the vet! A new exciting stream where you can come and have a chat with the vet. Meet the human behind the vet! For our first meet the vet, was chatting with Jenny, head vet of Bracken veterinary center! This was a live broadcast from our facebook page. We intend to do…

  • Welcome to Wilma

    Hello and welcome to Wilma. She is very cute. Sadly she is quite a poorly girl, with immune mediated polyarthiritis, and skin issues when not on her steroids. She most rescently had a FHO also know as a femoral head ostectomy. This is where the head of the femur is removed so thst the body…

  • Welcome to Clyde

    Hello and welcome to Clyde. Such a pretty bean and so sweet. He is a rescue and soon after mum got him, he looked lame. This got severe quickly. After much investigation it was clear he had a sever hip problem and needed the hip joint removing. This procedure is not uncommen. He was making…

  • Welcome to Jasper

    Hello and welcome to Jasper. We have never seen a red maincoon before! Beautiful! And such a darling cat. He has got a very loving mum. He managed to fracture his femur. It was seen quickly by the referral vets. It was pinned. But sadly this failed and he had to have revision surgery. This…

  • Well done Tala

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    Just 7 days after Tala had her femoral head and neck (top of her thigh bone) removed, we are pleased to report she is recovering fantastically! See her previous post to see her mums kind comment! Keep up the good work both of you! Tala  you’ll be back to normal soon! Tala is already using…