Our Vet team are constantly learning new skills, and this week had a training session at both Gipsy Road and Clifton Road clinics with Rachel Perry, an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Dentistry.
She ran a practical session to update them on new techniques, nerve blocks and dental X-rays so that they can offer an even better service to our patients.
Helen and Adam learning new techniques with our dental X-ray machine at Paxton Vet Clinics Ltd.
Lara lining up the dental X-ray machine on a cat’s skull to X-ray its molars.
This helps to diagnose resorptive lesions, root abscesses, or fractures of the teeth or jaw.
Dental Specialist Rachel Perry examining the X-rays
Practising nerve blocks, which numb the mouth and mean that less general anaesthetic drugs are necessary for the patient.
Their recovery is smoother and more comfortable – we want the best for your pets.
Examples of the X-rays taken.
BRAVE TESS RECOVERS FROM FRACTURED PELVIS
Tess was hit by a car one morning and rushed into the clinic. An X-ray showed she had fractured her pelvis, and she was in a lot of pain. She was kept in the hospital for a few days, treated for shock and given plenty of pain relief.
Luckily, she had the rare type of fracture that did not need surgical intervention, and she went on to recover over the next few weeks, with plenty of loving care from her owners at home, and is now raring to go again!
This is Tess a few weeks later on – going so fast that it was incredibly hard to get a good photo of her!
15 year anniversary for our Head Vet Helen
I can hardly believe it, but this week marks my 15 year anniversary working at the Clinics!
Remember, remember the 5th of November…
Prepare for the 5th November as the firework season can be a scary time for your pets
Say NO to plastic
We are no longer using plastic bags at the clinics, but have moved to paper bags
