It was a fascinating trip. Click on the picture below to learn all the details.
Masai
Mara 2007 Photography Workshop
Dr P took
25 people to the Masai Mara in October 2007 to photograph
the wildebeest
migration. Join
us in the adventure- click on the wildebeest picture
below.
Dr. Ridgeway
Neuters a Sea Lion
Follow this link if
you want to see the surgery- Sea
Lion Neuter
Dr. R's Gorilla Trip
Dr. Ridgeway just returned from a trip to Uganda
and Rwanda to observe the mountain gorillas. Check out this awesome
photo he took of the "chairman".
We
had a famous TV visitor this week.
Easter
Parade
Sandra
and Andrew were at the Haute Dog Easter parade in Long Beach this
weekend. They answered lots of questions, and by the smiles on
their face their tummies were full and they were having just too
much fun.
New Extern
Our new extern is Lisa Hsuan. She
is very enthusiastic about her training and has learned many things
in her month with us. You can learn much more about Lisa and her
work with wildlife at our hospital by clicking here
Terri Gets Hitched
Yeah Terri!
Happy Halloween
Time for a little fun break in between clients
Joy Meets
Jane
Joy Schneider, volunteer extraordinaire,
got to meet Jane
Goodall at the Los Angeles Zoo!
 Injured Owl
An owl came into our wildlife
program with an injured eye. It does not seem the worse for wear
otherwise, so we will send it off to one of our rehabilitators
after we start medical therapy.
Our Wildlife Page has information
on other wildlife we have cared for.
Good Job Lisa!
Lisa is now a certified veterinary technician. 
Too Much Fun
(at work)
Hurricane Katrina
Rescue
Daisy was rescued from Beaumont, Texas. For more information
on rescuing pets in our local area contact Cathy's K-9 rescue
in Bellflower. They are up for adoption at Petco in Lakewood.
Daisy with her proud new momma!
Lions of Tsavo National Park trip
Dr. P went to Africa in October of 2005 to help an Earthwatch
team research lions. Follow me......
Remodeling
Project
The first two phases are completed, the third and final phase
will be completed in 2007
 
Bear Viewing in Alaska with Dr. P
Dr. P went to Alaska the summer of
2005. Most of his time was spent with the bears of Katmai National
Park. We have an informative page on his
trip.
Our
Biggest Bladder Stone Yet
No doubt about it, this one is a record.
Dr. R did the surgery
this week, and so far so good!
If you would like to see the complete surgery on a different
tortoise follow me.......
Tribute
to Paul Jackson, D.V.M.
One of our mentors, and one of the finest persons we know, passed
away this week from cancer. He was a great human being, and taught
how to give to our clients, their pets, and our community.
This is Paul doing what he did best- teaching. He is explaining
to one of our rehabilitators the medical problem of a hawk with
an eye problem that we sent to him from our Wildlife Program.
Birthday
Girl
It was another milestone for Sandra this week, although we don't
dare ask exactly which one it is.
Wonder what she is wishing for.......probably a personal assistant
or something foolish like that!
Dragon
We love this picture of a Water Dragon that came in this week.
Baby Time (or should we say "feeding time")!
Anybody got any chocolate covered flies for dinner? I like them
best when they are nice and crunchy!
Chocolate covered
flies? How reptilian! We prefer our chocolate over almonds.
Lyme Disease Diagnosis
At the beginning of March we made a diagnosis of Lyme Disease
in a dog that spent time back East. Its a beautiful dog named
Natasha, that was brought to us because of a limping problem on
her right front leg. Her exam revealed no abnormalities to indicate
a cause to her limp. Dogs of this breed and age can have numerous
causes to a lameness. A complete set of radiographs were normal,
eliminating many of these potential causes.
Since Natasha was
adopted back East Dr. P recommended an in house heartworm test. This test also includes a test for Borrelia, the organism
that causes Lyme disease. He did this also because Lyme disease
can cause limping. It came back positive for Borrelia.
We ran the test twice to make sure there was no mistake. The
two vertical blue dots are a positive response to Borrelia antibodies.
The picture on the bottom is from the manufacturer and explains
the interpretation when two vertical dots are blue.
 
Natasha is being treated with doxycycline
for one month. Natasha recovered uneventfully and is back East
doing her "Natasha" thing.
Look what I did ma!
How would you like to come home to this, your lovely little Jack
Russell (why are we not surprised it is a Jack Russell?) on the
wrong end of a bone.
The swelling on the front part of
the lower jaw is obvious in this photo, and will require sedation
of our little friend because we need to cut it off.
After
a touch of the old "happy juice" she was relaxed enough to allow
us to get to work. We had to use the dremel to make our initial
cut in the bone.
Once
we had one side partially cut we are able to cut through the remainder
with our heavy duty cutters. You can see Dr. P's hands supporting
the jaw firmly because it took all of our strength to cut the
bone, and we did not want to injure the jaw in the process.
The
bone was stuck so severely, and the jaw so swollen, that we had
to cut the bone again in order to get it off.
Gee, I wonder what
I can get into next to drive my mom crazy!
Japanese
Technicians Visitors
A group of young Japanese animal technicians paid us a visit.
They were on a 5 day whirlwind tour of animal related venues in
Los angeles, and came by to learn about exotic animal medicine.
Their teacher was
present also. In this picture they are learning proper restraint
of a large bird, in this case, a Canadian goose.
Lisa and Dr. Ridgeway demonstrated how to take a blood sample
on a bird.
Chuck Henry in the news
Our own Chuck Henry (actually Chuck belongs to Rita Minnell)
made it in the November 18th, 2004 issue of Beach Week. Way to
go Chuck!
Dr. R's africa trip
This summer Dr. Ridgeway went to africa with his family. He took
some fantastic pictures....Can you guess this bird?
Archive
We have an extensive archive of
previous activities at the hospital. There are many pictures in
this page which will take a while to download if you are connecting
via modem.
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