So today we sedated Kalahari
because some of the keepers noticed a
small little swelling in her abdomen.
We sedated her about a week ago the first
time and found this large cystic, what I
thought was the uterus. We sent off some
blood work and reviewed the X-rays
by a Boarded Radiologist, just to see if
there was any other concerns and today
we did surgery. Basically all I did
was spay her, in a way. Took out the
large cyst which was in the uterine horn
and hopefully she'll do very well.
This one says right arm. So, you
have one on the left arm and one on
the right arm and do it under the armpit,
and
you just grab; see how this just, the
skin, okay.
On the edge of counter and I'm holding her head
up. It's easier to have done that.
Yeah, yeah I know where tail just got
before I even. Just kind of like go, like
this just kind of...
Take your swab, start in the center and just get
bigger and bigger,
until you get all of the area that's
been shaved.
Oh my goodness!
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It only takes six minutes, that's a lot of
set-up. I want to say at work it takes
about 15 minutes, so it's not like that
much faster so I wouldn't be too worried
about it.
It looks completely closed to me.
Still have another gallon, so I'm just gonna go over
the whole floor one more time with that
other gallon. You were right.
So let's do the spin and rotate.
We are happy to say that Kalahari is
doing very well. She is staying in the
hospital while her incision heals from her
surgery. She is taking her medication and
she is eating properly. Soon she'll get
to go back outside to her outdoor cat-
a-tat. If you'd like to help care for
Kalahari or any of our other big cats,
please visit bigcatrescue.org/donate
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