Sherwood South Animal Hospital

Today, we went on a field trip to Sherwood South Animal Hospital. Dr. Al Stevens and his staff were very gracious to open up their facilities for us to tour....especially since we had such a large group with lots of young ones.




Mrs. Susan showing us how they weigh in the animals with a baby scale for small animals or the bigger scale for bigger animals.

Dr. Al Stevens welcoming us

Mold of Mike the Tiger V's teeth

Dr. Al performed a root canal on Mike V in 2000

Listening to Dr. Al tell them about animal teeth

Comparing Mike the Tiger's teeth to a Doberman

See how much bigger Mike teeth are!

The skull of a bobcat

Still listening...well Miriam isn't :)

Comparing a good jaw (on the left) to a jaw that they removed because it had cancer

showing them a tooth that he removed from a lion in the Audubon Zoo

Cameron showing me a tooth from Dr. Al's tooth collection

Miriam showing me another tooth

showing us orthodontic devices that they use for animals

showing us an example of an ultrasound of an animals heart

One of the vets performing a uterine hysterectomy (spaying)

They use these machines to warm an animal after surgery.

The names were cute:

Hot dog

Bair Hugger

These animals were in ICU

This cat broke its leg yesterday when it jumped off a counter

(notice the orange cast)

Different x-rays

the one of the left and in the middle shows a shattered bone

the one on the right shows 4 kittens in the womb

this animal swallowed a fish hook

this one swallowed a needle

5 puppies in the womb

a dog about to be sedated before a procedure

a dog in one of the luxury suites

He was staying in the...

the owner gets to pick which suite to board their dog in

I guess they are LSU fans :)

a great dane in one of the large run boarding kennels

petting a puppy that is up for adoption

all the kids were ready to take him home :)