Exotics Care About To Experience A Quiet Revolution

Wendy Bament R(D)SVS intubating a rabbit Thanks to Wendy Bament, exotic animal veterinary nurse at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, the care of small furries could be about to experience a quiet revolution. Following on from some highly successful workshops at London Vet Show last year and feedback from the delegates, Wendy has been hard at work transcribing some of the processes and protocols developed by the exotics team at Edinburgh for dissemination to veterinary practices across the UK. Vets, nurses or practice managers interested in obtaining these valuable resources can simply go to the vet zone of Supreme Petfoods website and download the documents free of charge. The resources include nursing plans and protocols for specific conditions, hospitalisation records, instructions on how to administer fluid therapy, take a blood sample, conduct a behavioural assessment and best practice manual handling. Claire Hamblion, Marketing Manager at Supreme commented, “I can’t tell you how pleased we are to be involved in distributing these documents to the profession. The feedback from our live workshops really demonstrated the demand for material that would provide a framework for best practice care of small furries and now, thanks to Wendy and the team at Edinburgh, it’s available to everybody. We genuinely believe that in many practices these protocols could change the approach to small furries forever.”

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