0:00:03 > 0:00:07Pets, wildlife and all sorts of other creatures are in trouble.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11The nation's vets and animal carers need assistance.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- And now thanks to you lot... BOTH:- They've got it.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21When we yelled, "Help," you didn't let us down.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24And we've built a network of volunteer junior vets...
0:00:24 > 0:00:27On call and standing by...
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Ready to jump in...
0:00:28 > 0:00:31And fix up ill and injured animals.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- Whatever they are... - Wherever they are.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Coming up today, a dog with a painful hip.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57A baby emu.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01And is sweet Jasper really the chicken killer?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Wow. This place is awesome.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09The sick and injured animals here are receiving some seriously
0:01:09 > 0:01:11hi tech healing treatments.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14There is just one thing missing. Junior vets, where are you?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19BOTH: Junior vets standing by.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I really want to help animals, but I know it's not going to be easy.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I'm really keen to help.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28I just hope I can handle it if an animal gets operated on.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29So is there anything, junior vets,
0:01:29 > 0:01:33that you're particularly nervous or excited about?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Well, I'm a bit nervous of the bloody surgeries
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and maybe the operations.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I'm a bit nervous about maybe hurting the animals on accident,
0:01:43 > 0:01:44like, messing up.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Well, guys, I don't think there's too much to worry about.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I think the animals will be thankful that you're even here
0:01:49 > 0:01:51to help in the first place.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52So, junior vets, you ready to get on with this?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- BOTH: Yeah. - OK, let's do it.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Pets coming to Fitzpatrick Referrals aren't half lucky.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02They get treated with some of the vet world's top gizmos,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04gadgets and brilliant new ideas.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Whoa! That's Supervet Noel!
0:02:09 > 0:02:13What you got for Josh and Sebastian today, Noel?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15So, say hi to the junior vets, Chip.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18They're going to help me fix you today.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Chip the Border collie is four years old.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24He's got a nasty condition called arthritis in his hip.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26He's in a lot of pain. Poor lad.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32He was affected by arthritis on both of those joints, both hip joints.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36And I've replaced the left one, so that should be perfectly good.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The right one on the other hand is probably quite sore,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40so we're going to check that now.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Chip was in pain. You could really, really tell, couldn't you?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Yeah, I hope that I can make him better.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Aw, poor Chip's in a bit of a pickle.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51All right, big fella.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Don't worry, Brenda. We'll get this sorted.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Poor Chip, poor Chip. Poor boy. OK, that's fine.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01It's not nice to see a dog in pain
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- because Chip was a really nice dog to us, isn't it, Josh?- Yeah.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12What would this mean for Chip's life, these kinds of problems?
0:03:12 > 0:03:17It really affects a dog's life because every day when they wake up
0:03:17 > 0:03:22they feel stiff, they feel sore and they don't really want to exercise
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and life isn't very good for them.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27'So what can we do to help, Noel?'
0:03:27 > 0:03:29So what we're going to do, junior vets,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33is effectively replace the hip joint with metal and plastic.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37That's so cool.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39So will that mean Chip is in less pain?
0:03:39 > 0:03:44The procedure that my new junior vet assistants are going to help me with
0:03:44 > 0:03:47is going to revolutionise Chip's life.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Wow! Noel is an expert at this surgery,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52but there's no guarantee it will go to plan.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54All right. Here we go. All right, Chip.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Don't worry, Brenda, my junior vets will look after him well.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Oh, so many birds. Do you know what I've seen?
0:04:10 > 0:04:1212 wonky beaks, 6 twisted talons
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and a goose with an overgrown bim-bam.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I think that's a technical term anyway.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Junior vets, where are you?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23BOTH: Junior vets standing by.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I can't decide whether to be a doctor or a vet.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I once helped an animal give birth.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Yes, yes, junior vets. Now, Natalie, I heard you helped give birth.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- What's that about? - Yeah, well, I live on a dairy farm
0:04:38 > 0:04:42and I helped my dad get a calf out of its mother's stomach.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Ooh, was that nasty? - Horrible.- Yeah, I thought so.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47And, Hajar, I hear you're not quite sure whether
0:04:47 > 0:04:50you want to be a doctor or a vet, so I'm going to help you out.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54If I was to trip over a dog, and we both broke our legs,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56who you going to help first?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- You.- Obviously.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01But also we're going to help out some animals today.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Are you two ready for that? BOTH:- Yeah.- Let's do it.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I hope Hajar and Natalie are ready for this
0:05:07 > 0:05:09because Birdland in Gloucestershire is...
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Wait for it. ..a land full of birds. What's up first?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17All right, junior vets,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- your first patients are in that cabin right there.- Whoa.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Does that sound a bit scary?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I mean, I ain't going to open up that door.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- I mean, Natalie's just volunteered herself.- No.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So she's going to go and do it.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Oh, hello. A Caribbean flamingo.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34She's normally outside with her mates,
0:05:34 > 0:05:39but she's had to be separated from them for her treatment today.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41What do you think about that as your first patient?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Pretty cool.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I was really excited because a flamingo is something you don't
0:05:46 > 0:05:49really get to be close to or near.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53They were really fluorescent pink and they were really bright.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58They are well cool. And do you know what?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Caribbean flamingos are actually the brightest ones of the lot.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Check this too.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Every flamingo in the country should have a unique ID code.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09And our patient is called...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11HXN.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Such a pretty name. It really suits her.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18We know that this is a female, born in 1985.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Wow, that makes her more than twice as old as my junior vets.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25And if she's looked after right she could live to 70.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Hang on, junior vets. Have you spotted a problem with her feet?
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Go ahead and have a feel at the bottom of her foot.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- It's, like, soft, but there's rough bits here.- Yeah.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It's almost like you think with their legs it's going to be smooth,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44but it's not, it's dry and scaly.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47But they're really cute. I want one.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50If you see swelling like this,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52that could be a sign that something else is going on,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55whether there's a little bit of infection or a condition
0:06:55 > 0:06:59that we call bumblefoot, which is essentially when it's just been
0:06:59 > 0:07:04standing on some surfaces that are maybe a little too rough.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08When we saw the feet they were really rough.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11We really wanted to help her to try and make them
0:07:11 > 0:07:13as comfortable as possible.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Hm, seems there's definitely some trouble afoot here.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Ha-ha! INEL CLEARS THROAT
0:07:22 > 0:07:25We challenge you lot to ask us a tough animal question.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Come on, give it up?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I want to know if butterflies actually taste with their feet.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It sounds crazy. It's really hard to believe.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36OK, thank you for listening.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39With manners like that, Isaac, we'd be rude not to help.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Back very soon with your answer.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47This is Chip,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50the lovely Border collie who needs a life-changing hip operation.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53And junior vets Josh and Sebastian are on it.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Noel, what's up first?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59The first step is where we give the injection into the leg.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Chip's in a lot of pain and he needs a brand-new metal hip.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06He's going to have to be unconscious for this operation.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09And we're going to put a liquid in here
0:08:09 > 0:08:12that's going to make Chip all sleepy. OK?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15The closer we got to surgery it got more and more intense
0:08:15 > 0:08:18because you know what you're going to do next.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22How do you think Chip's feeling at the moment?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24BOTH: Scared.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I guess it's important for us to stay calm as well.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29If you don't stay calm the dog doesn't stay calm.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34The anaesthetic's in and Chip's soon sound asleep.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Over to you, junior vets.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Just peel that off. That's it. Brilliant.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Sebastian's hooking Chip up to the heart monitor.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46If you just want to stick that around.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49It's really important he stays warm throughout his surgery,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51so Josh is on it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Hey, nobody wants a cold Chip.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Is that a danger, then, that he could become too cold?
0:08:56 > 0:09:00They can get hyperthermia whilst under anaesthetic
0:09:00 > 0:09:03cos they can't regulate their body temperature very well.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05So we need to check Chip isn't too cold
0:09:05 > 0:09:09and I think Josh might know just where that thermometer needs to go.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Will it have to go in the mouth, or up the...?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14It goes up the bottom, I'm afraid.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I thought so.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19He already had one in his mouth.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It was weird, but we had to do it.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Any surgery is risky, so the preparation is really important.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30How are the junior vets doing?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Excellent, assistant. Excellent.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Sounds like you're in safe hands, Chip.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36How's his heart rate, Sebastian?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40So you should have a lub, dub. Lub, dub. Lub, dub.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Yeah.- Phew! It's all going well.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46So what's next?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Oh, another injection! What's this one for?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It's so he won't feel his legs even on recovery,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54he won't be able to walk for a little while.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- You OK? You feeling a bit ill? - No, I just don't want to look.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I'll look at it, but it just looks painful.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Yeah. This stuff isn't easy, Josh,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08but you've got Chip into great shape for surgery.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Ready to go?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I'm looking forward to it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Yeah, I'm looking forward to it as well.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- But it looks like it's going to be a big job.- Yeah, I know.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27The fancy flamingo with the foot problem.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Don't worry, old girl, junior vets Hajar
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and Natalie are leaping in feet first.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35On the feet, we were looking for bumblefoot.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39And it sounds like a made-up word, but it is actually a real thing.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Yeah.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43So these are the bits that we're talking about.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44The kind of bumblefoot lesions.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Ooh, painful! Is there a cream for that?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- I'll give you the cream. - Oh, yeah, there is!
0:10:51 > 0:10:53There you go. And just put a bit of cream on.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Just on there?- Yeah, that's it.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01That looks soothing. Feeling better, Mrs Flamingo?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Did we get that one over there as well?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Good job, girls.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Giving the flamingo a foot rub was really weird.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09It's not like putting cream on your hands or anything.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Excellent, junior vets. Well done. Perfect.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17It was really amazing to be up close to a flamingo
0:11:17 > 0:11:21and it was nice that we could help her to get better.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25That's like wearing slippers now, I bet.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Next!
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Oh, feisty one.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35- And name, please, Natalie?- HXP.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Right. And what are we looking for here?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38We'll check his wings
0:11:38 > 0:11:41because it looks like he's had a bit of a wing problem in the past.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Will that cause him any problems?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- This, up here?- Yeah.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Nope.- Is it like a bad hairdo or something?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49A bit of bedhead, I suppose.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53You didn't warn him he was going to be on TV.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Actually, our second patient is recovering from a bruised wing.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Hold your nerve, Natalie.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- How does it sound?- Fast.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06That's going to be pretty normal for a bird.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Their heartbeat is very fast.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Whoa! It's well fast. It's like... Drrrr!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- We can look at his eyes. - They look clear.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I'll tell you what I can see. Two junior vets who don't miss a trick.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21He's pretty healthy.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- He's a healthy bird. - There we go.- All right.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29You're good to go, Mr Flamingo.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31And what are you two up to now?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Hold up, girls. Hold up, girls.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Oh, no! Flamingo stampede!
0:12:38 > 0:12:40They're running towards me!
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Earlier Isaac and Paddy tickled our trivia taste buds with this...
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I want to know if butterflies actually taste with their feet?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00It sounds crazy. It's really hard to believe.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Well, Isaac, you better believe it.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Whoa! Wait a minute, Johnny. So they taste with their feet?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09What about that long tube tongue thing they have?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Well, they use their proboscis to drink plant juices like nectar.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Pro-pro-pro...! Their what?!
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's the long tube thing, Inel,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20but their taste sensors are actually on the bottom of their feet,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23and just by standing on a leaf they can tell if it's good
0:13:23 > 0:13:26for laying their eggs on or as a food for their baby caterpillars.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Oh, you clever old butterflies.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Remember Chip?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37He's in theatre about to have a hip replacement
0:13:37 > 0:13:39which could change his life forever.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44OK, junior vet, put your hand right there. Good.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Stay right there.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47So what would happen, Noel,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49if say Josh had to scratch his nose or something?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Don't move cos if you move this could all go horribly wrong.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55The most important job is to hold that there.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Exactly there. Good, stay right there.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01OK, right. Yeah, hold it right there.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Don't move.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05The bag is sucking down around Chip's body.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07He's being locked into position.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Excellent. High five. Good job.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Noel's really good, he's really chatty.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And when he was in the room things calm down
0:14:18 > 0:14:20cos we know that he's a trained specialist.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Are we looking good, Josh?- Yeah.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27OK, there we go. Good job.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31It was like our first surgery we've ever done
0:14:31 > 0:14:34and it's quite intense, wasn't it?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Yeah, we felt very special to be part of a great team.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41We're doing to dislocate the hip now.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43I'm going to put this big spoon underneath the hip
0:14:43 > 0:14:45and I'm going to pop it out.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Is it safe to look yet?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50OK, guys, here's where you come in.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Noel normally does this bit on his own,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55but the junior vets are his extra eyes today.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Their standing at different angles
0:14:57 > 0:15:00making sure the drill is perfectly straight and level.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Tell me when it's straight. Talk to me, Josh.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Down.- Down?- Yeah. - Down more?- Down more.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08They can't afford to make any mistakes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And I was really nervous cos you knew it had to be dead straight
0:15:11 > 0:15:15or he wouldn't be able to walk or be in pain again.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16OK, talk to me, Sebastian?
0:15:16 > 0:15:21- To the left a bit.- Left a bit? - Yeah.- Left a bit?- Stop.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25He trusted us to do a special job. It was really tense.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28OK, guys, are we in position?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Yeah, that looks good to me. - Sebastian?- Yeah.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- All right, here we go. We good? BOTH:- Yeah.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- Well done, guys. - Phew! That was tense.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45'ello, 'ello. Who's this pretty girl, then?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Any idea who this is, junior vets?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Hello, Mango.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52I want to take her home.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Oh, yeah, it's Mango the parrot, and she can't go home with you, Hajar,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59she's a star attraction here mixing with the visitors.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Alistair, how can we help Mango?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04She's being handled a lot by members of the public.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07We want to make sure she's in top condition physically
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and we'll check her behaviour as well.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14You can see why they're called the yellow-shouldered Amazon.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Yeah, cos they have a yellow shoulder.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17That is just gorgeous.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Oh, she's a pretty girl all right.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23And do you know something else?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25As well as being highly intelligent,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28these parrots can live to the age of 80!
0:16:28 > 0:16:31The first thing we noticed when we saw her was her collars,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34they were really bright and vibrant.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39She went on my shoulder and pecked my ear.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I feel like a pirate. Aargh!
0:16:41 > 0:16:42That's funny.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44So she might be all bright and colourful,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- but I think she also does have a bit of a mischievous side.- Yeah.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Aargh!
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Eh, I think Mango's really taken to me.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58HE BEATBOXES
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Stop messing about, junior vets, we have work to do.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Good dancing.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06We don't want the claws being too sharp so she doesn't scratch people.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08We're just basically going to give her a pedicure.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11In the wild they blunt them naturally climbing on branches
0:17:11 > 0:17:12and things like that.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15And human skin isn't that sharp, so that's why we've got to do that.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Trimming a parrot's claws, I don't think... It's a bit bonkers
0:17:18 > 0:17:21and no-one would really think you'd be able to do it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Have a feel of that. Do you think that feels sharp still?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27It feels blunt.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Right, that's her claws clipped. But something else needs a trim.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34As she flies off, she's not used to finding food.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Oh, so by clipping her wings you're protecting her in the long run?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Yeah, that's it.- Cos she might go flying around wondering.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41We've got a responsibility to her.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- If she escapes, she probably wouldn't survive.- OK.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Steady hands needed here, Natalie.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Just go straight across?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Yeah, continue that line across.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53And that tidies that up.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56And, as I say, it's just like having a haircut.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Cutting the feathers, it was a lot of pressure to try and get it right.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Yeah, but you did really good keeping your cool and everything.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Mango's looking mighty fine now.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08So thanks for your help with her.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Ready to face her public.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Shall we go, Mango?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16HE BEATBOXES
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Treat our doggy mobile Barker with a nice full tank of fuel
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and he plays us brilliant videos of you lot and your pets.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Barker, drivies!
0:18:25 > 0:18:29# Doggy, lift, lift, lift your tail up
0:18:30 > 0:18:34# Doggy, lift, lift, lift your tail up
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Oh, yeah.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37# Lift, lift it up
0:18:37 > 0:18:40# Lift it up and show us what you got. #
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Olivia, tell us about your pet.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Most awesome pet is definitely Jasper.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48He kills everything.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Even the woman next door.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Oh, my gosh! I'm going to call the police!
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Calm down, man. Just keep watching.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Even the woman next door came and started crying saying,
0:18:59 > 0:19:01"He's killed my chickens!"
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Luckily, it popped up later and it wasn't him. Was it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08See? Nothing to worry about.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Hm, I'm not so sure.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- Jasper looks pretty guilty to me. - Nonsense. Anyway, sh.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Kiera's got a question for us.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I want to ask you about the birds and the bees.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Well...
0:19:21 > 0:19:26We used to get birds in our bird box every year,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30but then one summer bees drove them out
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and made their own nest in there.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Oh, bees drove them out.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I didn't know bees could drive. You learn something new every day.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Sometimes I despair. I really do.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49But now for some weird reason the bird won't go in it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53We've cleaned it out and everything. Why?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I've got it, Johnny.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Maybe the birds are still trapped in the bumblebee cars.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Eh, no, Inel.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03You're actually lucky to have had bees nesting in your bird box,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Kiera.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Bees are very important to the environment.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Anything we can do to help them survive is a good thing.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12The birds have probably found somewhere else to nest,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15but that doesn't mean they might not return one day.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Yeah, as soon as they get out of those cars.- Buzz off, Inel.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Junior vets Josh and Sebastian are helping vet Noel
0:20:26 > 0:20:27give Chip the dog a new hip.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Hopefully this surgery will end Chip's painful joint problems
0:20:31 > 0:20:33and he'll have a much better life.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35CLANGING
0:20:35 > 0:20:39And this is a critical part of the operation.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Oh, come on. Keep the noise down, Noel.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45It was quite loud and it wasn't very much a vet surgery any more,
0:20:45 > 0:20:46it was more like a building site.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52It was weird because me and Josh was like, "Oh, my goodness.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55"What's he doing?"
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Noel, what's happening?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59So I hit a little glitch.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Whoa! Is Chip going to be OK?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I was like, "Oh, no! It's gone wrong."
0:21:06 > 0:21:11Don't panic yet, Josh, the question seems to be, does the new hip fit?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15So this is a stem that goes into the thigh bone.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21The neck wasn't long enough, so I cut a little horse shoe that made
0:21:21 > 0:21:25the neck longer and then we're going to pop it back inside
0:21:25 > 0:21:29a brand-new socket giving Chip a brand-new hip.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32So the new hip joint wasn't quite the right size,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35but Noel's adapted it. Very clever.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- We knew that Noel would sort it out. - You see?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41This is what happens when you team up one of the country's top vets
0:21:41 > 0:21:44with the junior vets.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Glitches get, er...unglitched.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53But it's too early to celebrate success just yet.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57This is the crucial bit. Things could go badly wrong right now.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06It's definitely beaky and feathery around here,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10but where are Hajar and Natalie going now?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13If you come down this end we've got our latest pride and joy.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15THEY GASP
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Oh, it's so cute. Is that an emu chick?- It is.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22In the wild, it's dad emu that sits on the eggs
0:22:22 > 0:22:24and cares for the hatchlings.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27So where's this little chick's daddy, Alistair?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29We've hand reared it
0:22:29 > 0:22:31because, as an egg, it was laid in the middle of winter,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35so it was too cold for Dad to be sat on the floor keeping eggs warm.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Ah, bless.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40We're going to give it a health check.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Couple of reasons, being a long legged bird that spends
0:22:43 > 0:22:47a lot of time on its feet we want to make sure its legs are all right.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51This check is for our chick's own good, but he doesn't know that.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Poor little fella.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54So this is, "Dad, come and save me."
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Even though it's been hand reared it's not used to being handled.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Would it peck you?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04We were really nervous when it came to looking after it.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07But we had a job to do, so we had to keep our cool.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Where are the wings?
0:23:09 > 0:23:14The wings... If I can find them. The wing is basically there.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16If someone wants to hold that out, that's the wing just there.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- That's tiny!- They don't fly, they don't need wings.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Emus can't fly, so they're designed to have good strong legs
0:23:24 > 0:23:28so they can scarper at speeds of nearly 50km an hour.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Right, junior vets, do you think the legs look all right?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36I know I'm holding them tight,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39but they look nice and straight, aren't they?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42We were really pleased when we found out they were straight
0:23:42 > 0:23:46because if they grew wonky then they would have trouble walking around.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Have you got some suggestions for names?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Do you think it's a boy or a girl?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I've got a great name.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Inel...Junior.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59He likes it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- I think Elly. - It's like I'm not here.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Dave.- Dave?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07What do you think, emu chick?
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Nah, you don't like that, do you? You want to go with Inel Junior.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Yeah. Yes!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18It's been decided, guys. It's been decided.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Right, junior vets, are we giving Inel Junior the full bill of health?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24BOTH: Yes.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Inel looks fine.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- Inel Junior.- Thank you. It's catching on.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38It's the crucial bit of Chip the Border collie's surgery.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Junior vets Josh and Sebastian
0:24:40 > 0:24:44and the team could be about to change his life.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Can Noel fix Chip's new hip in place?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49That's the new head of the thigh bone.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I'm going to put that into the new socket.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You ready? OK, here we go.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02That looks really painful.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05There was a lot of pressure in the room,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07both us and probably Noel as well,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11because it's really important, anything can go wrong.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14There you go. Pop in.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Excellent. We got the hip in.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Phew! Noel seems happy. Chip's surgery is almost over.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Oh, that's cool.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- What do you think? Did I do an OK job?- Yeah, brilliant.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- You see this socket there?- Yeah.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- You see the head there?- Yeah.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- Looks pretty cool, doesn't it? - Yeah.- New hip, huh?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38He created all of these things
0:25:38 > 0:25:41and it was just amazing to see something like that.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- You want to do that one day?- Yeah.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Good man. I hope you will.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Get a dog out of pain, right?- Yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49That's all we want to do.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51And you did it, lads.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Cos just 36 hours later, check out Chip!
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Looking forward to a much more active happier life.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02It was amazing knowing Chip wasn't in any more pain now
0:26:02 > 0:26:05because everything's done right.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08He's a great dog
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and it was great to know that he's going to be all right.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Now that's what I call junior vetted.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Brilliant junior vetting from everyone today.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Josh and Sebastian were men of steel
0:26:21 > 0:26:24as they helped Supervet Noel give Chip a new hip.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Josh and Sebastian did fantastic today.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29I was really impressed with them.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32The thing that blew me away, the most exciting bit for me,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36was when they saw the hip in place.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It was like this light bulb came on in their head,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and even though we were all scrubbed up and all masked up,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43you could see their eyes widening.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47And for me that's just a moment of pure magic.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51And Hajar and Natalie never got in a flap.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55They took to bird vet work like flamingos to water.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Oh, I tell you what, girls, what a day.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Particular highlight for me, finding out about Inel Junior.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- Eh, what if it's a girl? - What about if it's a girl?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07What are you going to call it?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Inela, obviously.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Right, let's get the flap out of here.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Thank you, junior vets, this lot are loving your work.