VN August 2020

Vetnuus | Augustus 2020 16 CVC News I CVC Nuus CVCs have expressed their heartfelt thanks to Royal Canin, as this ensured that almost normal operations could continue during this difficult time. This fund ensured that people like Anna could be supported. Here is her story as told by Dr Yvonne Robson from Langeberg CVC: Wolfie and friends One of Animal Matters Langeberg’s volunteers was visiting Ashbury, where she was told that Wolfie, a terrier, had a nasty burn wound. Dr Yvonne from Langeberg CVC went with her to have a look and found a partially healed burn/scald wound on his side – the owner, Anna, reported that several weeks ago someone had thrown hot sauce on him. Now, we all know that terriers can be a bit naughty, but I do not think that sort of punishment will ever “fit the crime”! Further discussion with Anna revealed that she has four dogs and a cat, all apparently not sterilised. We agreed to help her with them, on condition that she agreed to have all of them sterilised – 5 pets and little money does not make very good sense, especially if they are going to produce more mouths to feed... One of the bitches, Lady, was pregnant and she was not keen to have her sterilised – she said her children were looking forward to having puppies. After some discussion and appealing to her common sense she agreed to think it over. In the meantime, we helped Wolfie with his wound and the following week Wolfie was admitted for neutering and a wound check – already well on its way to healing with the help of Health and Hygiene’s F10 wound spray – thank you for the donation Health and Hygiene! Jessie the Labrador and Karla the cat, were also admitted for spaying, but Anna was still unsure about having Lady, the pregnant bitch, spayed – another chat and she finally agreed that having a litter of puppies to look after and feed, and increasing Lady’s feed, was not really an option. A week later Kleintjie, a delightful little male cross breed, was neutered and now they are all safe and healthy, a big happy family who all rush out to greet us when they see us on our way up the street! THANK YOU to Royal Canin for making these sterilisations possible. v Photo taken at Clanwilliam on 28 May 2020 by Envirovet CVC run by Dr Annelize Roos. Felicity Damon on the far right with her dog, Tiger and the 2 cats, Sandy and Kskks. They were assisted by Sandy Youngkrantz and Bulstraat Vet Clinic from Augrabies CVC in the Northern Cape.