Clementine the Goose Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales

Hiya, I'm Ferne. Today I'm at an animal rescue centre to meet

some new friends and together,

we'll find out how the vet here cares for some of the animals.

And I'm Rory.

I'm at a wildlife park in the Highlands of Scotland to see

a very unusually named animal.

# Ferne and Rory, telling you the story

# Of some poorly pets

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ALL: Hello!

-I'm Zoe.

-I'm Ned.

-And I'm Florie.

Today we are at an animal rescue centre which is near our school.

This is the place where animals are looked after

and are hopefully given new homes.

There's ponies, donkeys, rabbits, cats, and even farm animals.

And we're here to see their goose Clementine.

She's very cute.

-Hi, Florie. Hi, Zoe. Hi, Ned. KIDS:

-Hello, Ferne!

-Hi, Neil!

-Hi, Ferne!

Neil is one of the carers here at the rescue centre.

This place is fantastic. There are so many animals, aren't there?

-KIDS:

-Yes.

-But we're going to see one special animal. Who's that?

-Yeah, we're going to see Clementine the goose.

-Should we go see her?

-KIDS:

-Yeah.

-Come on.

CHICKENS CLUCK

GOOSE HONKS

Hello, Clementine. Hello.

She is beautiful. What type of goose is she?

-Emden goose.

-She's an Emden goose?

Wow, and I love her blue eyes. Ned, do you know how old Clementine is?

-Five years old.

-That's quite young, isn't it?

How long do geese live for, Neil?

-They can live up to about 18 years.

-Wow.

Can you guys see anything special about Clementine's feet?

-Clementine has webbed feet.

-Yeah, that's right.

And why do you think webbed feet are good?

-KIDS:

-Because they're helpful for swimming.

Does Clementine like swimming, Neil?

She loves swimming, especially in her big pond over there.

I can see that she's limping, her right foot here is swollen.

Yeah, she suffers from arthritis, we like to try and keep an eye on it

so we're hopefully going to get her to see the vet later on

-and see if we can get it sorted out.

-Oh, I hope so.

So shall we go meet Ian the vet? And, Neil, you can bring Clementine?

-Absolutely.

-Come on, guys. Let's go.

This is vet Ian.

He is originally from the country Australia,

where he used to care for kangaroos.

And he once helped a camel with a sore tummy.

-Hiya, Ian. Hi, Natasha.

-Hey, Ferne. Hey, guys.

-Hello.

Ian is one of the vets who works at the centre.

Natasha is a veterinary nurse who is helping out.

Where do we start with Clementine?

We'll give her a check over and have a look at her sore foot.

-Great.

-So we start at her head, and just check her beak and her eyes,

make sure they're nice and bright.

Do you think she looks bright and alert?

-Or does she look sleepy and tired?

-KIDS:

-Bright and alert.

She does look bright, doesn't she? She looks quite happy and bright -

she's been eating her breakfast really well.

It's good to check her general condition,

so make sure she's not too skinny.

How can you tell cos they're covered in feathers?

You can feel, it's called the keel bone,

and it's just in there, in their chest region down here.

And the keel bone, it should be nice and round.

It shouldn't be sticking up and pointy,

and so you can feel for that.

So if you want to have a feel, you can

just gently rub your hands in here, and then you can just reach here.

Can you feel there's a little ridge?

What does it feel like, Ned?

Is it nice and round or is it really pointing out? What do you think?

-It feels a bit pointy.

-A little bit pointy?

Yeah. It's not too bad.

But do you know what? You're probably right, and that probably

says to us, maybe she's not as fat and happy as she could be.

And can you guys think of a reason why

she might not be feeling that happy at the moment?

-She has a sore foot.

-That's exactly right.

-Bingo.

I think you might be right.

She damaged an ankle of hers earlier in the year.

She's been left with this swelling, and she now has

anti-inflammatories once a day, which helps,

but just recently, she's become quite sore on that ankle again.

So an anti-inflammatory is kind of like medicine that you

-put in her food and it helps with the swelling, doesn't it?

-Exactly.

-With swelling and soreness. Yeah.

-OK.

So we need to look a little bit further at this foot,

and see if we can do anything for her.

When a wound or injury swells up, turns red and hurts,

it's often a sign of inflammation.

Inflammation is the body's way of sending the right healing cells

to an injured part of the body.

Arthritis is one possible cause of inflammation.

It occurs when joints like your knees and ankles

become sore and stiff.

Inflammation is the body's way of telling us something is wrong.

-OK, I'll come round and have a look at this foot.

-Great.

-Switch around.

-What are you checking for?

So I'm just checking for heat.

It's important always to compare one foot to the other.

-I'm checking it for heat.

-What does it mean if it's hot?

If it's hot, it could meet it's inflamed,

which could be infection or it could be secondary to arthritis.

It can give you clues as to what could be wrong.

Are you trying to see if she's got an infection

-or arthritis that's making it swell?

-Any clues, yeah.

It's no hotter than the other foot,

-but you can see she doesn't like playing around with this foot.

-Yeah.

These toes...certainly the central one is very stiff.

And then I'll gently just check her...her tendons.

She doesn't seem to mind that, does she?

How do you think she's doing, you guys? Is she being brave?

-KIDS:

-Yeah.

-Yeah? She's being very good.

It doesn't look like it's sore for her when you touch it.

No, it's not super sore, but again, I'm not going to squeeze too

hard because we know that it is sore

as she is limping on the leg more than previously.

It's hard to tell why her foot is swollen. What's next?

I'm going to take her to the surgery this afternoon

and we'll do an X-ray to have a look

and see what's going on inside that foot.

An X-ray is a photograph that lets vets see the bones inside an animal.

Vet Ian has to take Clementine back to his surgery,

where he has the special camera that can take the X-ray

and later on, we'll get to see the photographs.

While Clementine gets a much-needed X-ray,

let's see who else Ian checked on today.

CLEMENTINE YIPS

-Yip yip yip!

-Yip yip.

Vet Ian had a busy day seeing lots of animals

that were at the rescue centre.

There were loads of rabbits to check on.

One called Flash hurt his back very badly, but he is now up

and moving around again.

He's clean, he's bright, it's amazing.

Pumpkin the guinea pig had also hurt his back, and he had his teeth

knocked out, but they are all grown back now and he is doing well.

And this sparrowhawk was found with a broken wing.

It will need an operation to help fix it.

What an amazing job the team at the rescue centre and vet Ian do.

CLEMENTINE HONKS

We've got Clementine's X-ray here.

This is where Ian saw more swelling on the foot.

This is because she's got arthritis.

But Ian will give her medicine to help with the pain

and make her comfortable.

-Isn't that good? KIDS:

-Yeah!

Yeah, well done, Clementine.

I've had such a wonderful time meeting you and gorgeous Clementine.

Would it be all right if I came back soon to see how you're getting on?

-KIDS:

-Yeah!

-Thank you very much.

Let's see what Rory's been up to.

CAR HORN HONKS

RORY: At this wildlife park in the Highlands of Scotland,

lots of different animals are cared for by a team of vets and keepers.

Today, vet Jane and keeper Morag are introducing me

to an animal with some very impressive horns.

-Hi, Jane, Hi, Morag. BOTH:

-Hi, Rory.

-Who lives here?

-We have markhor in here. Three boys.

-Brilliant.

Turkmenian markhor are a type of large goat found in central Asia.

They've got relatively short legs, broad hooves,

and an impressive mane.

The coolest thing about them are the big curly horns on their head -

both males and females have them.

Is there a particular animal you want to look at today?

Today we'll look at Yoakum - the largest, oldest male we have here.

He gets overgrown feet, so he's due a hoof trim.

They're big animals, how do you get close enough to work on them?

We have to use a tranquillizer, to put him in a deep sleep

so we can go in and handle him and he won't get stressed.

-Shall we get to work?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Cool.

Yoakum has been given a red dart with a tranquillizer in it

to make him sleepy.

Once he's asleep, Jane and Morag cover his eyes

with a jumper to keep him calm so they can treat him.

OK, so Yoakum is lying here. What do you want to do first?

First we want to check he's asleep enough

and he's OK and there's not a problem with the anaesthetic.

We'll put some cotton wool in his ears

and try and keep the noise down so we don't wake him.

-Then we'll listen to his heart.

-OK.

HEART BEATS

-OK.

-All sounding good?

-Yeah, that also looks good.

I'm happy he's nice and asleep, and we can go and do his foot trim.

So these are some pretty big clippers you've got here.

Those are some tough hooves to get through?

They can be for the big nails - we have to trim off quite a lot.

Obviously this isn't painful cos he's asleep

but when they wake up, there's no pain?

No, it's like trimming your toenails.

-He has no feeling in that at all.

-How often do you have to do this?

We have to do these guys about every three months, but in their

natural environment, they'd live in a very rocky, hard area.

They'd naturally wear away by rubbing on the rocks.

Yes. It can cause problems and infections if they're too long -

-the hoof splits.

-Right, OK. Looks good.

-OK. The other one.

And, Jane, do you take the opportunity of the animal

being in a deep sleep to check anything else while you're here?

We'll do a health check because it's often the only opportunity we get.

One left.

We'll then put some antibiotic spray on his feet,

which will give him blue feet for the rest of the day.

The spray is just to stop any bugs getting in?

Yeah, that's just...

helps any infection.

Once the tranquillizer wears off, Yoakum wakes up

and is back on his freshly trimmed hooves.

You're both happy with how Yoakum's doing?

Yep, happy. He's sleepy, but he's woken up nicely.

Feet look good. He'll snooze this afternoon.

He's been a very well-behaved boy.

Thank you for letting me see such a cool procedure.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Not long ago, I met Ned, Florie, and Zoe, and they introduced me to

Clementine the goose, who had a sore foot.

Now I'm back to see how they're getting on.

GOAT BLEATS

-Hi, guys. KIDS:

-Hi, Ferne!

Are you giving these lovely ducks and chickens

and geese some more straw?

-KIDS:

-Yeah.

-Oh, fantastic job.

-How's Clementine's foot? NED:

-Good.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Is she doing better? KIDS:

-Yeah.

Her foot is still swollen, but her new medicine must be working

as she's having a lovely time swimming in that pond.

It's fantastic that Clementine is doing so much better.

Thank you for joining us,

I hope you had fun finding out all about this beautiful goose.

-FLORIE:

-Well done, Clementine.

See you next time for more Ferne And Rory's Vet Tales.

-ALL:

-Bye!

GOOSE HONKS

# Ferne and Rory, telling you the story

# Of some poorly pets

# We will take them, show you how to make them

# Better at the vets

# Vet Tales

# These are our Vet Tales

# Vet Tales

# Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales. #