Nursing Exotic Patients - Reptiles, Birds and Small Mammals

Date: Sunday 4th March, 2012
Start time: 10:00 AM
Duration: 7 hour(s)
Cost: £185

Provider: Excel CPD Ltd

This course is designed for nurses in practice who wish to update their knowledge of nursing all manner of exotics in general practice. Emphasis will be placed on husbandry considerations and caring for hospitalised exotics, including nutrition, fluid therapy, anaesthesia and therapeutics. Session 1: Avian Nursing, Fluid Therapy and Nutritional Support of Avian Patients There is no doubt that more sick or injured avian patients are saved by appropriate fluid and nutritional support than any individual medical or surgical treatment. The creation of thorough fluid, nutritional and therapeutic plans is essential, as is the nurse's ability to catch and restrain, monitor daily weight changes, administer fluid therapy, medicate and supplementary feed sick avian patients. Welfare and Behavioural Needs of the Pet Parrot In the author's opinion, the single greatest welfare concern for pet parrots is that they are generally hand reared and hence imprinted. If the owner fails to dominate such a parrot, then as the bird reaches sexual maturity, it will develop a desired breeding relationship with the owner, typically becoming aggressive to others in the household. As the courtship advances are ignored, the bird suffers from 'breeder frustration', and may develop obsessive compulsive disorders (plucking and self mutilation), as its' coping strategy. All such problems can be avoided by correct training of a young bird, or behavioural modification of an older bird. All these issues will be discussed. Session 2: Small Mammals Successful Nursing of Small Mammals This session will cover issues including provision of a suitable hospital environment, assisted feeding, provision of fluids and medication, and recognition of pain in small mammals. We will discuss how we can apply the Logan Roper Tierney Model of nursing care to small mammal patients. Session 3: Reptiles Reptiles have become one of the most popular pets in the UK. Owners vary from young children with their first Leopard Gecko to the experienced breeder of Royal Python colour morphs which may be worth thousands of pounds, to the owner of a Spur Thigh Tortoise which has been handed down the generations. Unfortunately, ignorance of a reptile's basic requirements and poor husbandry means that many reptiles will require veterinary attention and many reptile owners expect veterinary care for their pets to be at least equal to that of dogs and cats. Successful treatment requires a thorough understanding of the individual's husbandry requirements and a large input from the veterinary nursing team. Lectures will focus on husbandry, hospitalisation and handling techniques which will enable delegates to confidently deal with these patients. Areas to be covered include blood sampling, fluid therapy, nutritional therapy and anaesthesia. USE CODE 'VetClick' TO RECEIVE 10 DISCOUNT

Who is it for?

Veterinary Nurses

The Speakers

Neil Forbes BVetMed DipECZM (Avian) FRCVS RCVS and European Specialist Zoo and Wildlife (Avian)Great Western Referrals Craig Hunt BVetMed CertSAM CertZooMed MRCVSChine House Veterinary Hospital, Leicestershire Molly Varga BVetMed DZooMed (Mammalian) MRCVSCheshire Pet Medical Centre, Manchester

The Venue

Menzies Mickleover Court Hotel, Derby

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

7 hours

Registration and Booking

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