At Poplar Grove Veterinary Services, no creature is too big or too small for care. The clinic is a space of care for pets and farm animals alike and offers specialized treatment for injuries and illnesses that might seem insurmountable elsewhere.
“Sometimes bad things happen, and we like to help,” says Dr. Stacey Homer, Owner and veterinarian at Poplar Grove Veterinary Services.
Take the case of Blue, a silver Labrador retriever puppy who, despite his cute and cuddly demeanor, broke a toe. The hardest part of healing him? Containing his bouncy energy.
“Limiting their bouncing can be very challenging,” says the veterinarian. Over four weeks of treatment, the team had to get creative, teaching Blue’s owners tricks and skills to tire him out without risking further injury. “A tired puppy is a good puppy,” she adds.
In another case, a dog suffering from severe burns underwent a special treatment: a fish skin graft.
“Burn wounds ooze a lot and cause a lot of pain,” notes Homer, however thanks to the fish skin graft, this dog was given a chance to heal in a way that traditional treatments may not have offered.
“It’s amazing what we can do now,” she adds.
The clinic’s expertise stretches beyond household pets. A ewe that had broken her horn – an injury that caused her extreme pain whenever she moved her head – found relief at Poplar Grove when the team amputated the damaged horn.
“She became a unicorn,” Homer jokes. This simple and effective procedure brought the animal immediate relief.
Even the tiniest patients receive top care at Poplar Grove. When a small fluff of a creature was stepped on and broke its leg, the team rose to the challenge of making the smallest cast they had ever attempted. The tiny cast worked, allowing the leg to heal successfully.
Foals, too, have found care at the clinic. One foal’s mother passed away when it was just two days old, leaving the team at Poplar Grove to find a solution. “Foals drink several times an hour, sometimes every 10 minutes,” explains Homer.
Raising an orphaned foal is no easy task, especially when it comes to around-the-clock feeding. But Poplar Grove didn’t give up. They teamed up with another veterinary clinic to find a surrogate mare who had experience raising orphan foals. “She just loved babies,” Homer says, and thanks to the careful introduction process, the foal was accepted by its new mother.
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