ADI Wildlife Sanctuary live #7 - veterinary day 8 May 2026

Añadido: 2026-05-14

[00:00:06]Okay, we're back live again, Harold. So, tell us what you're doing. You're saying this is going to be a much quicker procedure. So, we've come back in early.

[00:00:15]>> Yes, we case. It's again just calculus that we need to get rid of and a bit of gingivitis.

[00:00:27]Once we've cleared up the calculus and the FL So Jen, this is really just routine maintenance really in terms of the dentistry, isn't it?

[00:01:07]>> It is really. Yeah. I mean, it's it's always a good idea, isn't it?

[00:01:13]rather this, you know, at least have an annual check if we can for each of them deal with any issues that come up. And I think it's the same, you know, when we're doing some for some of the residents when we when they need some checks for something or they need some work, it's quite good to also do some checks on others that we haven't seen in a while.

[00:01:40]And the the uh Peter and uh go hard, Dr. Cordwell and uh Professor Stein Camp haven't seen her in quite a long time. So, it's good to have a check.

[00:02:09]So she's basically having her teeth cleaned here down the other end.

[00:02:20]Peter is taking blood samples here. So cuz it's different people watching. You were explaining the what the blood samples are for earlier. The blood samples are for chemistry, liver and kidney function, general metabolic function, and for full blood county, meaning white and red cell evaluation.

[00:02:50]So, we're going to put the jock in here as well. And um we also run some vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin B1. Just getting an idea of her nutritional status. All captive lions are running the risk of having a nutritional deficiency as a result of them not eating whole carcasses which is a danger in captivity due to it being a risk of bacterial overgrowth in feeding an organ that's dangerous and rescue. So we run some vitamins and Injectables that we give now is going to all be part of the vitamin supplements because injectable form is a lot more bioavailable.

[00:03:38]I'm just going to place a Jco catheter for the IV fluids because her blood pressure is quite low after the activity she's had. And we double dosed her with some drugs just to get her under because she's quite a feisty lioness.

[00:03:58]But all good. You see the color of her blood is nice and cherry pink, which means she's well oxygenated and very healthy otherwise. And her anesthetic is nicely under control. Her trachea was a little bit sensitive. It's smaller. You can see her legs are shorter and smaller. So, a lot of these captive born lions and circus lines and lions coming from zoos and stuff are are quite inbred and affected by the genetics. We have to work around that as well.

[00:04:30]>> Those uh all of those Peru lions we brought have a have a shorter leg. They >> they short legs are >> it's dramatically shorter when you see Chino and Coco next to Casari, a big South African lion.

[00:04:46]It's quite remarkable. It's >> Yeah. And the blood pressure is going up now. You can clearly see that there was a back damning and a blood color is beautiful. We've got on a high flow of oxygen. We got around 5 L of oxygen and then it's a a high flow and yeah, she's good now.

[00:05:07]And unfortunately, we're always bringing you these compromised animals, whether it's lions or tigers. We're giving you the most difficult cases.

[00:05:18]>> That's a challenge. Um, lines in general are quite resistant to to most drugs and they're very very strong animals and easy to work with. But the lines that you bring me are a challenge.

[00:05:38]>> How's how's it going at at the head end?

[00:05:40]>> Very good. We just finished cleaning all the teeth. So, it's just polishing the side and then I'm going to turn over and quickly do the other side.

[00:05:50]>> They look pretty good. Quite pleased with those.

[00:05:54]>> If you remember the earlier ones that we saw with Kima as well in this area there, there was all the resorption on the teeth and so on. There's nothing here. So, these teeth are really good.

[00:06:06]uh it was just full of the calculus and that we've discussed various ways of trying to give more uh a diet that's like a natural diet that is going to help to try and clean the teeth. People often think that bones does it. It's not not all bones help. Bones actually break teeth as well. So there specific bones that we're going to try the flat bones the ribs cartridge and then also what they need to eat is tend that is where there's a lot of working on that >> that is what the teeth it's not bones So this is the polishing now.

[00:07:06]And this polishing basically in lay terms is get that tooth nice and smooth then nothing can accum well less can accumulate on it. You can see it flares out and it goes below the gum line and that's important because uh it is the plaque that accumulates under that ginger margin of the gum line that causes inflammation.

[00:07:30]So it's important that when you polish that you don't just polish the surface that you see but it's that surface of the tooth just below the ginger margin um that is really important.

[00:07:50]And you can see it bleeds a little bit.

[00:07:53]It's just purely because of the inflammation that there is. In another day or two, if you were to take me pictures of her mouth, all of that bleeding will be gone.

[00:08:36]Just check 2025 December.

[00:09:01]You got the 25.

[00:09:13]>> So this is really this is really an example of routine maintenance.

[00:09:21]>> Got any damage here. She just >> Yeah.

[00:09:24]>> needs a good clean and polish. And I think also it's a good reminder for us to keep an eye on um the food and what we're feeding them >> and how this kind of affects the teeth.

[00:09:39]Um it's very difficult for us to give them natural food. Obviously, they're not catching their food in a while as they normally would. Um, and so we've we've had some recommendations for things that we can give them to help with it all.

[00:10:01]>> One twice a day for 4 days and then one once a day for four days.

[00:10:09]If it's not working, you can do two in the evening and one in the morning.

[00:10:15]Let's try one.

[00:10:27]We can do it ourselves.

[00:10:39]Get on the table. And then Karen, you can just swing those back legs.

[00:10:47]One, two, three.

[00:11:02]Reload that.

[00:11:07]There we go. There we go.

[00:11:35]How's that?

[00:12:02]Just go back a minute.

[00:12:09]So now he's beginning >> the other side.

[00:12:13]>> The other side.

[00:12:14]>> So we'll take another break and uh come back as Professor Steam Camp finishes.

[00:12:24]>> Yeah.

[00:12:26]>> And uh >> prepare her to go back home.

[00:12:31]>> So we'll catch up again in about 20 or 30 minutes.