I tranquilized the cat, x-rayed her and found the shoulder problem. Here I am checking her pulse after giving the shot. The owner is making sure things went well!!!
After years in private practice, today was a first for me. I was called out to examine a big African cat!! It was a Serval cat, a 40-pound cat!
A man who lives close to my hospital made the request. Wow!! I sure was in for a suprise. As we walked to the back of his property, I didn’t feel like this was gonna be the typical home veterinary house call. He pointed and said “there she is, over there.” I looked and saw a 40 pound cat- an African Serval that this guy had in a 40 by 80 foot pen in his backyard.
She sure was a beautiful animal. His complaint was that she was limping. I told him that we would have to anesthesize her to do an exam and take some x-rays if needed. He agreed and after overcoming some fear somehow got a shot into this huge cat without getting clawed, bitten or even decapitated. We x-rayed and diagnosed a shoulder avulsion based on the exam. Veterinary medicine is never boring!
