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Ferret Respiratory Disease

April 29, 2020 Tristram Finn
A sneezing or dyspnoeic ferret can be concerning, so be prepared by knowing what common respiratory diseases occur in ferrets.

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Gut Stasis – Dont forget to keep things moving!

April 25, 2020 Tristram Finn

Don’t let your rabbits suffer from gut stasis

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COVID-19 – No Evidence of Domestic Animal to Human Transmission

April 15, 2020April 29, 2020 Tristram Finn

There is no evidence currently of transmission from ferrets, cats or dogs, into humans.

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Mice respiratory disease

April 3, 2020 Tristram Finn
Mice are renowned for respiratory disease, when you are confronted with a sneezing mouse, with nasal or ocular discharge, here is what you can do.

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Ferret Analgesia

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Tristram Finn
If you need to provide pain relief for your ferret friend, then look no further!

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COVID-19 in the veterinary clinic

March 20, 2020 Tristram Finn

Keep yourself and clinic safe with these tips and resources to help reduce your exposure to COVID-19 and keep yourself and your clinic safe.

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Ferret Handling Edit #2

March 13, 2020 Tristram Finn

After being bitten by a ferret, again, my PSA for this week is to be careful when handling ferrets. Continue reading “Ferret Handling Edit #2” →

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What is Snuffles?

March 4, 2020February 28, 2020 Tristram Finn

What is Snuffles? Continue reading “What is Snuffles?” →

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Bunny Bonding

February 25, 2020 Tristram Finn

If you are bonding two new rabbits, or are advising a client to bond two rabbits, the best advice is:

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Before your rabbit has surgery – for Rabbit Owners

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 Tristram Finn
Before you bring your rabbit in for surgery, and after you bring your bunny home, there are a few things that you can do to improve your rabbits health and speed of recovery.
 

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Chicken Antibiotics

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Tristram Finn

Chickens are flocking to your clinic in increasing numbers. Many folks have a few pet chooks or a backyard setup, which flies under the radar of major hen operations and chicken or avian vets. If you are unfamiliar with chooks, check out the exotics vets examination page here:

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Summer Series – Ovarian Cysts

February 5, 2020 Tristram Finn

Last week I saw a “pregnant” guinea pig, unfortunately there aren’t happy little guinea pigs on the way. Instead there’s large fluid filled cysts.

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Summer Series – Ferret Exam

January 29, 2020January 8, 2020 Tristram Finn

Furry Ferrets Slip through Flimsy Fingers – Examine them well!

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Summer Series – Antibiotics

January 22, 2020January 8, 2020 Tristram Finn

Struggling to treat your rabbits summer ailments? Good news! They’re the same as the winter ones!

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Summer Series – Chook Handling

January 15, 2020January 8, 2020 Tristram Finn

Make sure you keep your chooks stress free and relaxed this summer!

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Summer Series – Chicken Exam

January 8, 2020 Tristram Finn

This summer we are revisiting a few favourites, so check out our post on handling your chooks correctly this summer!

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Need more fluids!

December 31, 2019December 22, 2019 Tristram Finn

Make sure you drink lots of water this new years day! Continue reading “Need more fluids!” →

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Your Christmas Rabbit

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Tristram Finn
Merry Christmas!!!

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Its Heating Up!

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Tristram Finn

After a slow start Summer is here with a bang! Make sure your rabbits are safe from the heat!

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Handling Mice and Rats

December 11, 2019April 3, 2020 Tristram Finn
If you are struggling to handle rats and mice you aren’t alone!

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Rabbit Renal Disease

December 4, 2019February 21, 2020 Tristram Finn
Rabbits get renal disease! It is surprisingly common and relatively under diagnosed!

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Hay there! What hay is best for your bunny?

November 26, 2019 Tristram Finn
Hay there! What hay is best for your bunny?

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Collecting Urine from a Rabbit

November 19, 2019 Tristram Finn
So you need your rabbits’ urine, maybe you are suspicious of a urinary tract infection?
Maybe urolithiasis?
Or possibly kidney disease.

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Ferret Nutrition

November 13, 2019November 12, 2019 Tristram Finn
When you see a ferret occasionally, you may have a rough idea of what ferrets eat.
As a rule, if rabbits are tiny horses, ferrets are tiny cats. Use this as your guide to advising what your ferret should eat.

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Ferret Antibiotics

November 6, 2019November 4, 2019 Tristram Finn

In the mental, emotional and perhaps physical journey of administering antibiotics to ferrets, one may fear that like rabbits and guinea pigs there a huge list of antibiotics to avoid in ferrets. (Think gut dysbiosis and death in rabbits)

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Ovarian Cysts in Guinea Pigs

October 30, 2019October 25, 2019 Tristram Finn

They’re more common than you think, read on!

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Ferret Handling Edit

October 23, 2019 Tristram Finn
Following on from last week, I’d like to share an experience i’ve had in the past few days. It’s quite ironic given last week I wrote a post on ferret handling.

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Ferret Handling

October 16, 2019October 2, 2019 Tristram Finn
When handling your ferret, use the gentlest hold that you can, whilst controlling your ferret for examination. This will help you avoid any nasty bites and annoyed ferret companions.

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Chicken Handling

October 9, 2019October 2, 2019 Tristram Finn
When examining a chicken, eventually you or the chickens’ carer will need to hold them. Your backyard chickens may vary exposure to handling. From none, to beloved pet that the kids carry around all the time. This changes the stress levels (for you, the chicken and the carer) and the level of control you may have whilst examining the chicken.

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Exotics Vets

October 2, 2019 Tristram Finn
Hi Exotics Vets,

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Rabbit Intubation

September 25, 2019September 11, 2019 Tristram Finn
Intubating rabbits for anaesthesia can be tricky, and a worrying task for the general practice veterinarian who doesnt see many rabbits. A review by Molly Varga walks through all the options, with pictures included.

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What not to feed your rabbit!

September 18, 2019August 22, 2019 Tristram Finn

You know WHAT to feed your rabbits, here’s what NOT to feed your rabbit or guinea pig!

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Vertebral Luxation – Paralyzed Rabbits

September 11, 2019August 22, 2019 Tristram Finn

Unfortunately, rabbits are prone to accidental trauma and injury. A common traumatic event if vertebral fracture and luxation. Rabbits have STRONG muscles in their hindlimbs, and can kick out and break their own vertebrae, resulting in fracture or luxation. Commonly occurring at the lumbosacral junction.

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Rabbit Handling

September 4, 2019August 16, 2019 Tristram Finn

Handle your rabbits wisely!
Handling Rabbits

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Chicken Examination

August 28, 2019August 16, 2019 Tristram Finn

Check out your chickens!

Chicken Exam

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Guinea Pig Exam

August 21, 2019August 16, 2019 Tristram Finn

Make sure you can examine your guinea pigs!

Guinea Pig Examinations

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Rabbit Examination

August 16, 2019 Tristram Finn

Check out how to examine your rabbit patients here!

Rabbit examination

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Sneezing rabbits

August 7, 2019 Tristram Finn

Sneezing rabbits

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Chicken Analgesia

July 24, 2019 Tristram Finn

Keep your chickens pain free!

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Rabbit Anaesthesia

July 17, 2019 Tristram Finn

Today we talk about Rabbit Anaesthesia

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Seizures

July 10, 2019 Tristram Finn

Rabbits have seizures uncommonly, your job is to find out why. Seizures can be a clinical sign of many diseases.

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How to deal with Emergencies – Rabbits

June 26, 2019 Tristram Finn

You may be faced with a sudden rabbit emergency. For many vets, sick rabbits leads to treating for gut stasis with enrofloxacin and meloxicam. However, read on because you want to be the best exotics vet that you can.

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Rabbit Gut Stasis Flowchart

June 12, 2019 Tristram Finn

Just a little bit of help for deciding whether your rabbit has gut stasis or a life threatening GI obstruction

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Analgesia in Rabbits

June 5, 2019 Tristram Finn

There’s always time to reduce pain and improve quality of life, if you have before, check out ways to limit rabbit pain.

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Antibiotics Flowchart

May 22, 2019April 16, 2019 Tristram Finn

Do you often wonder what you can use to treat infections in rabbits?

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Rabbit Arthritis

May 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Tristram Finn

Arthritis is really common in dogs, cats and rabbits! As with our stoic furry friends cats, rabbits are great at hiding pain. Being prey animals, showing pain is WEAKNESS.

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Bearded Dragon Examination

May 8, 2019May 3, 2019 Tristram Finn
Reptiles often represent a few categories for vets
1. Love them, i know so much about reptiles!
2. They’re okay, but I don’t know too much
3. Get them away from me!

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Rabbit Parasite Flowchart

May 1, 2019 Tristram Finn

Check out our new parasite flowchart for rabbits

exoticsvets.com/rabbit-parasite-flowchart/

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Chicken wounds

April 23, 2019 Tristram Finn

Predation of chickens is unfortunately quite common, whether it is from a stealthy fox sneaking into your chicken coup in the dark of night, or a large bird swooping down to snatch your chicken! It’s important to know what your options are, as a vet, with treating these unfortunate chooks.

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Happy Easter Exotics Vets!!

April 12, 2020 Tristram Finn

May your bunnies be safe, and the other bunnies chocolate!

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