Dr Milena Zlatarova
Clinica Zaivet
Sofia, Bulgaria
Meet Betty, 2 year old intact gerbil, living with a sibling. She was presented by the owner for unusual abdominal swelling.
On ultrasound examination the abdominal cavity was filled with large anechoic contents. We discussed the possible differencials with the owner and decided to step on surgery.
Standard diagnostic laparotomy was performed. Some special preparations were needed, because she weighted 97g. Heating pad, gloves with warm water to maintain hypothermia. We used premedication with meloxicam 0.5mg/kg p.o., warmed saline s.c., induced with Isoflurane 4% and continued at 2%.
After the procedure Betty was bright alert and the weight was 61 g.2 weeks later we removed the stiches and she is 68g now
Our second patient is Strahil – 3 year old intact male, weight 0.081kg, with previous history of inflammation of the scent gland. It was treated topically with iodine and dermazin cream with no improvement. We decided to
proceed to surgery. The histology examination of the leason wasn’t performed due to financial issues.
Misha, 15g female panda mouse was the smallest patient ever being operated in our cabinet. She was sent by collegues for something protruding from the anus. It turned out that the uterus was protruding from the vagina. We had to proceed to surgery.
This is Misha 10 days later for suture removal.
Meet Dorothy, 7 months intact female hamster. She was brought for a lump on the left eye. The owner first refused any microbiology or surgery and just wanted eyedrops. We provided Tobramycin 0.3% 3-4 times daily. A week later The eye was closed and the owner wanted emergency treatment. We treated surgically the absces and gave NSAID and enrofloxacin, because microbiology was still denied due to financial issues.
A week later Doty was fine almost no sign of illness at all.
