Jamie Cox and Eva Evans- two aspiring veterinarians!!

It is always a joy to have some sort of impact on other people. For the past two weeks, I have enjoyed entertaining two veterinary students in my practice. These students have trained, studied, and observed how I do things in practice. Even though they may not agree with the way I do everything, this experience lets them see different ways of practicing so that they can develop their own practice philosophy and habits.  We have seen the following cases: lung tumor in an older cat, routine spays and neuters, lameness workup in a horse, abscess cheek tooth in a dog, and a colicy horse. All these cases are interesting and give these two aspiring veterinarians good practice in using their newly acquired skills. Good luck guys, I know you will do well!!!!

Jazz was very cooperative during the treatment. We're all hoping he will make a full recovery

Today was another rough day at the office. It has been an overcast, rainy Monday, and Mondays are often challenging here at the clinic.

I saw a few cases that will turn out okay, but I also saw some that are very serious and probably will not.

One case in particular that i am concerned about involves a 4 year old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding named Jazz that got his leg hung in barbed wire. The wound was deep and to the bone of the distal hind limb.  Enclosed are some pictures of the wound. It is apparent from these pictures just how involved the treatment protocol and recovery period will be. Hopefully, without complications, Jazz will recover uneventfully and resume his career as a pleasure horse. Please keep Jazz in your thoughts and prayers.

Another view of the treatment

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!

For over ten years, I have been a practicing large and small animal Veterinarian here in middle Tennessee. I and my staff of 3 full-time animal science professionals treat and serve pets and animals in our full-service clinic in Franklin, TN.

I also do home calls to serve clients’ needs, especially to treat and service horses and other farm animals. To better serve our clients, for several years now we have offered a full range of Eastern veterinary medicine options, including acupuncture, herbal therapy and food therapy.

Related to my practice, my friend and colleague Dr. Casey Damron and I have developed and created Pet-Tao Pet Foods, which now offers a full range of dog foods designed to help pets lead healthier, longer lives. Our desire is to offer the most healthful pet foods available today. We plan to offer cat food in the very near future (we are working on it right now, making sure we have the best formula possible!)

We offer the full range of veterinary services. We primarily work on dogs, cats and horses; we also work on sheep, goats, llamas, pigs, cows and many other animals.

Here at my practice, our desire is to help our clients’ pets lead healthy, rich, long lives, thereby strengthening the human-animal bond. Please contact us today 615-790-8100, and please visit our website at www.natcheztracevet.com!