Here at Australia Zoo,
we are so lucky to have a team of vets
and vet nurses that look after the health and wellbeing of our animals.
They work closely with our keepers to ensure that our animals
have a high level of welfare. With regular vet checks,
we can ensure health and maintain a good quality of life.
So today we have Neubi, the Barking owl, and he's come over to the zoo
ward for a bit of a general checkup. There’s a couple of things that we can do
in what's involved in this process, like taking bloods, doing X-rays,
checking the quality of our bird's feet and their beaks and all of their
feathers as well.
They're about to take Neubi into the X-ray room, check out his X-rays,
making sure that his bones are all looking healthy and good.
So we're putting him in a couple different positions
so that we can see every angle of the bones
and all the joints making sure everything's looking good.
It's time for Neubi to wake up from his nap.
[Mel] Good morning.
How are you feeling?
Was that a good nap?
Our animals don't have a voice, so regular checkups
are a great way of picking up on any underlying issues.
This is where our keepers come into play.
They have incredible relationships and are able to pick up
on the tiniest of changes to behaviour in their animals.
With the guidance of our zoo vet and vet nurses, we're able to ensure
that all our animals live a happy and healthy life.
With some of our animals, it's easier for our vets to do a home visit.
Our awesome reptile crew noticed that Trinity, the freshwater crocodile,
might need some help with her teeth.
They gave our zoo vets a call, and Robert and Chandler
jumped in to help too.
Using techniques passed down by Steve, this experience is going to be
as comfortable and easy for Trinity as possible.
So, Dr. Sam is is the absolute expert
when it comes to something like this, and she's just gonna...
hopefully find out what it is.
So we're getting a bit of an anesthetic in here, so she doesn't feel a thing.
But yeah, out in the wild, I mean crocodilians,
they live a very, very rough and ready life.
So this shouldn't be too bad for her if we can get on top of it now.
What's happened here, is we've discovered four teeth.
It could be a deformity where she's not growing teeth correctly. The tissue
and the clotting has built up to a point where it's causing her some discomfort.
So what Sam is doing now is removing a lot of that
clotting and tissue, which will hopefully relieve the pressure in her jaw.
We'll make sure Trinity is nice and comfortable and then get her
back with the other freshwater crocodiles as quickly as possible.
Trinity will appreciate it.
[Toby] You ready?
[Toby] three, two, one, go.
[Robert] Nah, good job. That was great.
[Chandler] Great. Clearly She wasn’t phased. [Toby] Good roping,
[Toby] great jumping, was awesome. Perfect guys.
[Robert] Cool, Cool. [Chandler] Thanks Toby.
We are so thankful for the amazing work that all of our staff
do here at the hospital, and we can't wait to share more amazing
animal stories with you soon.
You can see underneath all that
swelling and scar tissue.
We've discovered 40.
It could be from a disagreement with another freshwater crocodile,
or it could be a deformity where she's not growing teeth correctly.
So either way, it's causing her a little bit of discomfort.
However, she still demotivated.
She's still feeling like a good crocodile, so she'll feel a lot better after this.
But Robert can help while trying to be here.