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  • Causes of sticky bottom syndrome in rabbits

    Causes of sticky bottom syndrome in rabbits

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    Sticky bottom syndrome in rabbits is most often caused by feeding a badly balanced diet, or simply feeding too much food, resulting in over-production of caecal droppings. Rabbits will not eat the excess pellets. Fat and elderly rabbits (especially females with large dewlaps) are also at risk as they may not be able to reach…

  • Prejudice

    Prejudice

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    Prejudice is a funny thing. The word itself provokes a prejudiced response: either “I’m not prejudiced”, or otherwise invoking negative connotations. I am using here the meaning of prejudice as something along the lines of “a preconceived preference or idea” rather than as a euphemism for racism or something else as ugly. There are as…

  • Rodeo time!

    Rodeo time!

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    With pre-exam stress in full swing for most of us, we welcomed a break in the form of the Glasgow Vet School Rodeo last weekend. The annual charity event took place for the 53rd time this year. Traditionally (from what I can gather), it used to be somewhat like a country show, with stock showing,…

  • Help raise rabbit awareness

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    Organisers of Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) are calling on the UK veterinary profession to help highlight and educate about the importance of preventive health care for the nation’s third most popular pet by signing up to the free initiative.

  • It pays to be nice

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    When I was at vet school in the nineties I reached fourth year, the last year of teaching at Glasgow, and realised I would graduate and not know anything about non-domestic animals. There was to be a day of lectures, optional attendance, given by a well-respected RCVS specialist imported for that day. This was a…

  • ‘Real’ doctors

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    Everyone knows that there’s an ancient feud between vet and medical students. Glasgow is no exception – only the other day, I had a heated debate on the topic with another student (who, annoyingly,  wasn’t even a medic). While, for the most part, it’s just friendly banter, there is some truth in both arguments. A doctor…

  • Easter – Make mine chocolate!

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    Easter is fast approaching, which means several things to those of us in practice: Two Bank Holidays to cover, with a weekend in the middle! Organising cover and an OOH rota and, this year, helping students with OSCE prep too. Good luck everyone! Away from practice many clients or potential clients are considering the purchase…

  • Winter advice for clients

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    Well where to begin? With the current news stories it can feel like we are lucky to survive winter at all, and that there are pitfalls everywhere! So let’s have a practical reality check… Salt/grit Salt on roads and pavements is an irritant to pads and tissue, so make sure you wash your dog’s feet…

  • Positioning rabbits for general anaesthesia

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    When positioning a rabbit for general anaesthesia, place the rabbit on an incline so the head end is slightly higher than the tail.