VETtalk TV Blog

“Roses are red, violets are blue... Skip the chocolate and roses…buy me catnip or liver instead!”

Okay – here at VETtalk TV, we really love romance and Valentines Day…we just know that right around the world, there are Vets and nurses gearing up to spend a less than fun-filled time, cleaning up vomit and poos…

Of course nobody in their right mind would feed a pet chocolate these days, unless they’re the modern day equivalent of Tom Hanks in ‘Castaway’ (i.e. no access to any information whatsoever) because everyone knows chocolate contains Theobromine which is poisonous for pets… and the darker the chocolate the more dangerous.

We know some people would prefer to listen to some of our 'veterinary procedure' stories rather than watch and this is a good one to start with! Max - an 11yr old Labrador had part of his lower jaw removed... but why? 

The owners of Max - an 11yr old Labrador had been keeping an extra close eye on him given he’d already undergone several surgeries to remove lumps from his body… one of which was a ‘mast cell tumor’ – the type with the potential to spread rapidly to other parts of the body.