0:00:02 > 0:00:05How do you fancy handling squealing piglets in need of vetty attention?
0:00:05 > 0:00:06PIG SQUEALS
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Would you muck in to help a huge pooey horse like this?
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Oh!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Could you cope with these fearsome creatures?
0:00:14 > 0:00:16KITTENS MEW
0:00:16 > 0:00:19No, they're the tiny homeless kittens!
0:00:19 > 0:00:24Anyway, I'm Alex Riley and this is all new Junior Vets.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Pets, wildlife, farm animals,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33all in need of expert help.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37And at Edinburgh's amazing vet school, six raw recruits...
0:00:40 > 0:00:43..have arrived to work alongside the school's top notch team.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Ah, as if I just did that!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52In the coming weeks this lot will be pushed to their very limit...
0:00:54 > 0:00:59..as they help to save the lives of sick and injured animals.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Six new junior vets.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08But I can only choose one...
0:01:08 > 0:01:09winner.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13This year's head vet is...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25PHONE RINGS
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Good afternoon, Dick Vet Small Animal Hospital.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Aaaaaannnd...here come my new, hand-picked recruits!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Welcome to Vet School.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Now I believe you've got what it takes
0:01:45 > 0:01:48to be the best junior vets in the country.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- But do you believe it?- ALL: Yeah!
0:01:50 > 0:01:53That's the spirit! And you certainly look the part. You look fantastic.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I'm glad you're up for it, because it's going to be tough.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's going to be VERY tough.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Now, at Vet School, you work in pairs.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Today's pairs are going to be Nyatepe and Molly,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Josh and Robyn,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Jamie and Bonte.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- OK, are you ready to go and help some animals?- ALL: Yeah!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13OK, let's get to work!
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Bonte's well up for helping animals,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21but I hope she knows this vet lark's as tough as it gets.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I've always thought it'd be quite a cool job to be a vet,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26but it looks like a lot of hard work.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Josh's house is rammed full of fluffy animals, apparently.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34He loves 'em! How much, Josh?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Animals mean everything to me.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37They're just like part of my family
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and I just want to look after them when I'm older.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Meet Robyn. She's the one on the right.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Now tell me how long, exactly, have you dreamt of working with animals?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50I've always wanted to be a vet since I was about two, but I don't
0:02:50 > 0:02:54like seeing animals in pain so that'd be the only problem with it.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57This is Nyatepe. He likes mending things.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59He's thinking of mending either people or animals when he's older.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I've got lots of medics in my family,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04but I think I would rather work with animals than humans.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Molly's told me she can be a bit sheepish around some animals,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12so, erm, why did you think coming to vet school was a good idea?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I want to prove to everyone that I can do it, because I haven't
0:03:15 > 0:03:19had much experience and that's why I feel that junior vet would help me.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24At home, Jamie looks after all sorts of rescued animals.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28But he's not keen on his mum's goat. What's that all about, Jamie?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Big animals, erm, scare me quite a bit and also,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I don't like blood, guts and gore.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41There's already a load of animal patients
0:03:41 > 0:03:43needing a bit of junior vet help.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47And a trailer load have just arrived at Edinburgh's Gorgie City Farm.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Nine wriggling piglets that look a bit of a handful.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54It's a huge first time challenge for brand-new junior vets,
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Molly and Nyatepe.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Oh! Oh my gosh! - Ha-ha-ha, so cool!
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I've always wanted, like, a pet pig.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05You know when you've finished tea and you don't eat it all,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08you can just, like, give it to the pig.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Aww, look at them all!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Oh, this is amazing!
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Aww, not so bad.- Calm down!
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Disease can spread like wildfire on a farm
0:04:21 > 0:04:24so these lot can only stay if they are fit and healthy.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28My junior vets will be working with farm vet Andy, but only if
0:04:28 > 0:04:30they can prove they're confident animal handlers.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35They've just arrived at the farm.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36So, we've got to weigh them,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39put numbers on them so we know who's who,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and give them a vitamin and mineral dose to make sure
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- they all stay healthy so they'll grow nice and quickly. OK?- Yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48But before we can do that, you've got to catch them.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Careful planning required here, you two.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56We chase them into the corner, one of us picks up the pig
0:04:56 > 0:05:01and the other one, give the dose and put the number and then
0:05:01 > 0:05:04the person that's holding the pig puts them into the weigh crate.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Do you want me to try catch it first?- OK, yeah.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Out! Come on!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13So Molly is the appointed picker-upper of pigs.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Hang on, that's not Molly?!
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- Looks like you've got one. - Ah, it's so heavy.- He's got him.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I felt like I can do this, and then I picked it up.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Aye, they're quite noisy!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29PIG SQUEALS
0:05:29 > 0:05:31But he was just like straight in, picked them up,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and I wasn't even ready for him.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Whoa, what's Molly going to do with that thing?!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42We had to like get the drench gun in the mouth and like squirt it in.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Yep, get in further. Get further in.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48But it was really hard, because they used to go like that.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Go in the corner of his mouth. Don't be shy.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55There we go. Now give him a good dose. There we are, lovely.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Now Molly's not just spray painting the piglet for a laugh.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03She needs to mark him up so we know he's been checked and vitamined.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Right, Nyatepe, do you want to put him into the weight crate for us?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Weigh that piglet, junior vet!
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Shut the gate quickly. You got the number, Nyatepe?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Er, it's 12.- Excellent.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18What would happen if one of the pigs was underweight?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Well, if one of the pigs was thin,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23that might show that there was something wrong with him.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25So it might mean that he's got worms inside him.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29He might have some sort of an infection or it might just be that
0:06:29 > 0:06:31his friends are all bullying him, and they're all eating his dinner.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33So we'd have to figure out what the problem was,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- so we could help put it right.- Yeah.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39'I'm tired out just watching this lot work.'
0:06:39 > 0:06:44- They look lively these pigs, don't they?- They certainly are.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- If I open the door will you be able to catch him, Nyatepe?- Yeah.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49No!
0:06:49 > 0:06:53'Whoosh! A flying pig all treated and back with his pals
0:06:53 > 0:06:57'and two junior vets caught red-handed.'
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Are you all right? Do we need to get you a bandage?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Er, no, it's just paint.- Right, OK.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Aren't you supposed to paint the pig, not your hand?- Yeah.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12'Lovely. Molly and Nyatepe are now proven piglet handlers.'
0:07:14 > 0:07:19'Later, eight more greasy piglets to capture, check and treat.'
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Corner him, corner him. Walk into the corner and just stop him there.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Now he can't get out. Ooh, he can!
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Jamie and Bonte are teaming up with equine, that's horsey, vet Matt,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36at the Faside Stud Farm.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41We've got a fantastic job today. We've got to sort out some foals.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Oh, wow!
0:07:43 > 0:07:47This is a really tough first vet job.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52They need to put a microchip inside a three-month-old foal called Spy.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It's a dangerous task.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57The places where you don't want to stand is right in front of them
0:07:57 > 0:07:59and you don't stand right behind them.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02OK, so the best place is to stand at their shoulders
0:08:02 > 0:08:03and give them a stroke.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Cos it was our first job I was slightly nervous.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Ah, he's a bit jumpy.- He is a bit.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16We were both a bit nervous cos they were like running about and stuff.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19This is also a new experience for Spy
0:08:19 > 0:08:22so he's a bit edgy as well.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I'd keep your distance, you two,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27until the experienced horsey types can settle Spy down.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Foals are small, but they can't half kick!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35And Spy is no ordinary foal.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39When he grows up he could well become a dressage horse champion
0:08:39 > 0:08:42and rub shoulders with fancy horses like these.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47But he could also be a target for horse thieves.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Popping a microchip into his neck will help find him if he's stolen.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Walk nice and slowly, nice and slowly.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58Tread carefully, junior vets. Spy and mum are still a bit nervous.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- That's it. Perfect. He's beautiful, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05It's all getting used to us. All this is new to the foal, you see.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Whoa, stay calm there, Jamie!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14It was a bit weird when he was coming up to me
0:09:14 > 0:09:16and like biting me on the neck.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20He liked you, probably. Giving you a kiss.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Didn't know what to do.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Mum and foal are getting restless.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Ooh!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30The team really need to crack on.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Do you want to do some disinfecting, Jamie, OK?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Why does it need disinfectant?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Because when the chip goes in we want to make sure that
0:09:36 > 0:09:38it's nice and clean.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Come on, Jamie, you can do this.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Just there?- Yep, that's it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Good man. Just a wee little dab.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Oh, oh, oh.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Good boy. That's it, Jamie, excellent. Good job.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Spy's now ready for his chip.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01This is a microchip. This is space age stuff.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And each time we check it, it will give us a number
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- and that will be unique to this foal.- So clever.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- That's really cool. - It IS cool, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Matt pops a nice clean, sterile microchip into Spy.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22There's a bit of a jolt, but it's over in a flash.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- I think it's just a shock, really. - Yeah.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26And I guess he wasn't expecting it
0:10:26 > 0:10:31because he hasn't actually had a microchip or an injection before.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Now Bonte needs to check Matt's handiwork
0:10:33 > 0:10:36with a special microchip detector.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38DETECTOR BEEPS
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Ah, that's cool. - Why's it such a long number?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45That's so we never run out of numbers for horses.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Result! The team's handiwork will help protect Spy
0:10:48 > 0:10:50for the rest of his life.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57And later, Bonte and Jamie are left wide-eyed with wonder
0:10:57 > 0:10:59when they look inside a horse.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Oh!- Is that what I think it is?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Ah, look, cute kittens. Loads of them.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15The nearby Edinburgh dog and cat home is over run with them.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19They were born here after their mums were found abandoned.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Today, two litters have arrived at vet school and new junior vets
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Robyn and cat-loving Josh need to help vet Nick
0:11:26 > 0:11:28give them a very important vetty once over.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34I was just like really hoping that they were all fine and well.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38It's really important that you guys examine these kittens.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40If they pass, and they're all healthy,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42they can start to find new homes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Was that cat's mum abandoned? - Yeah.- Oh!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46She was abandoned when she was pregnant.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48I felt really sad when we found out they were homeless
0:11:48 > 0:11:51because the kittens were so cute and I just couldn't imagine
0:11:51 > 0:11:54anyone to be so cruel to abandon a pregnant cat.
0:11:54 > 0:11:571.02 kilograms.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Because mum was a stray, the chances of the kittens being ill are higher.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Look out for anything unusual, Robyn.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Can you hear anything? - The heart's beating really fast.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It's really fast, isn't it, in kittens?
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Now what we're looking for is a nice lub dub, lub dub, lub dub, lub dub.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Josh, have a little feel down. There shouldn't be anything sticking out.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23- If you a feel a sort of soft lump... - Ey up! Josh has seen something.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- It's like he's got an extra thumb. - Well spotted!
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Cos I have at home, erm, we got a mum like it
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and she's got the extra thumb.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Do you know how many toes a cat normally has?- I think it's four.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40- Four on the back and five on the front.- How did that happen?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- It's just how she's been born. - Family trait.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Family trait, that's it. So do you think this one's good for re-homing?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- BOTH: Yes.- Good.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49There's one that's trying to escape.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51And later, Robyn and Josh find out working with kittens
0:12:51 > 0:12:54is trickier than it looks!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Don't know how I'm going to get it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01My junior vets are now out and about
0:13:01 > 0:13:05saving animals with top class vet types.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07But I'll be keeping my beady eyes on them
0:13:07 > 0:13:10so that I can pick my vets of the day when the work is done.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Now I want to let you into a little secret.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19I'm not a vet, but calm down, it doesn't matter,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I'm surrounded by them here!
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Over 20,000 animals get sorted out here at vet school every year.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33So this is the perfect place for my junior vets to train and work.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Because your average vet doesn't have one of these.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42A computerised tomography thingy!
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Wow! Look at that!
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Or one of these. A linear accelerator!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Oooh, fancy!
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I've no idea what that does.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Oh.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08One thing I do know is my junior vets will be facing some
0:14:08 > 0:14:12incredible animally challenges over the next few weeks.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17And, at the end of it all, the bestest,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21stand-out junior vet will be named head vet.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34At a top horse farm near Edinburgh,
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Bonte and Jamie are working with some very posh horses with vet Matt.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Their next patient is a mare called Lettie.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Now Lettie is pregnant,
0:14:46 > 0:14:50but the last time we checked she was only just a few days pregnant,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52so now we need to try and look inside,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55and see if we can see an embryo with a heartbeat.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- If we can't, then Lettie's not going to be pregnant...- No.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02..and we need to try and work out why that is.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05One in five mares lose their foals during pregnancy
0:15:05 > 0:15:09so Lettie's scan is vital to check if everything is still OK.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Right, let's get started.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19- This is an ultrasound machine and this can look inside you.- Cool.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23So, what we're going to do, is use this bit here,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- to see if Lettie is pregnant.- OK.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Have you got any idea where this is going to go?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I think I have a little bit of an idea.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Where do you think it's going to go, Jamie?- Up her bottom?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39It's going to go up her bottom. Quite right, yes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Best leave the hand-up-the-bum thing to Matt, I reckon, junior vets.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45He still needs your help, mind.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Pull your glove onto her tail. That's it. All the way up.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Done line a pro. You've done that before, have you?- No.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59With major obstacles out of the way, there's just one big job left to do.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I'm going to have to make her a bit cleaner.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- What are you going to do? - I've got to take her poo out.- Urgh!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Oh, lovely(!)
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Removing the poo will help them get a much clearer picture
0:16:10 > 0:16:11of Lettie's womb.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Wish me luck.- Good luck.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18This isn't painful for Lettie
0:16:18 > 0:16:21but it's very uncomfortable for our junior vets.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Oh!
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- There was like loads of poo coming out.- It was like a mountain.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29It was like...
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- Look, there's more. - Oh, lovely(!)
0:16:33 > 0:16:35BOTH: Urgh!
0:16:35 > 0:16:37THEY LAUGH
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Her bum was like higher than us. I don't think we could have reached.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41No.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- I'm getting there. There's less and less.- It's all dribbling. Urgh!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I can smell that and that's disgusting.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56With the dirty work done, the team can now insert the ultrasound probe.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Right, let's have a look and see what we can see, shall we?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00And it's all eyes on the screen.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Fingers crossed Lettie is still going to be a mum.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Amongst all this grey tissue is her womb,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and there's her womb there.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Is there anything in there? - Let's have a look, shall we?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Ah, is that what I think it is? - Is that it?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19That is actually a little foal.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23If you look really carefully,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27you might be able to see a little heartbeat flicking.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- Is that what that is there? - Yeah, there it is there. Oh, yeah.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- See it flicking?- Yeah. - So it kind of pops?- Yeah.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- So it's alive?- It's alive.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Lettie's baby is safe and sound.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44That's really cool.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- And it's no bigger than the end of my thumb.- No way.- Really?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51It's got a long way to go, hasn't it, before it's a fully-formed foal,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54like the one you saw earlier?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58There's only one thing left to do - take Lettie out into the paddock.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Yes!- Do you want to do that? - BOTH: Yes!- Right, let's go.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08So how do you feel our junior vets have gone on today?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Bonte is really, really practical
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and Jamie asked some really intelligent questions.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I think for the first exercise they've both done amazingly well.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Looking after the horses has been amazing.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It's not every day you get to have a chance to microchip
0:18:24 > 0:18:29a, erm, fool, fowl?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- What's it called again? - A foal.- Foal.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Yeah, it's been really good and we've learnt so much.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Well, thanks for that, Matt.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I won't shake your hand. I've seen the state of the floor in there!
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Ta-ra.- Oh, fair enough. See ya.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Earlier, junior vets Robyn and Josh met their very first patient.
0:18:52 > 0:18:541.02 kilograms.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56She's one of many homeless kittens
0:18:56 > 0:18:58that need a crucial medical examination.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01If they pass, they stand a better chance of getting a new home.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04You've seen how to examine your kitten.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I'll give you a kitten each and you've got to examine it
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and see if you can find anything wrong with it.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11OK, you two, think like vet detectives
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and look for signs of illness.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Sharp-eyed Robyn spots something's not quite right here.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Isn't this the same one as a minute ago?- I think it might be.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Cos it looks exactly the same.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28That's because it is, Robyn. They've already sorted this one, Nick!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Next kitten, please!
0:19:31 > 0:19:341.22.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39You don't want to handle them that much cos they look really delicate.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I don't want to give it away.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I can't believe how someone could be so cruel to abandon something
0:19:47 > 0:19:49so cute like this.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- All clean? - Yep, it's all clean.- Good.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- That sounds the same as the last one. Nice and strong.- Good.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- This is definitely a boy.- I think this is a female.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Well done.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Any signs of any ill health at all?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- You're quite happy.- They all seem quite healthy.- Good.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09You're giving them a clean bill of health.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Yeah, these kittens can go up for re-homing.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16I was really pleased that they were all OK, and they were all healthy.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20That middle kennel is theirs.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Now let's get this lot fed and watered
0:20:22 > 0:20:24so they can rejoin their mums.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25They'll probably be pretty hungry.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29So they have two between them?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Yeah.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31How many cats have you got?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Nine.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37It's been all new to me because I've never done stuff like this before.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Cos I've never had a cat.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Oi, watch out! One of your patients is on the prowl.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45There's one that's trying to escape!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I don't know how I'm going to get it!
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Well done.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Phew! Finally job done.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Kittens safe and sound thanks to my junior vets Catman and Robyn.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Ha-ha! Catman and Robyn!
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Anyway... Nick, how did they do?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Both of them have got good animal handling skills, actually,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and surprisingly so for Robyn
0:21:17 > 0:21:21because she's not had cats of her own before.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24It makes you feel quite proud of yourself that you've sped up
0:21:24 > 0:21:25the chances of finding a home.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Josh's powers of observation are good
0:21:29 > 0:21:34and he noticed the extra toes on the kittens, you know, straightaway.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I think it's really mean how people abandon them.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38If you get an animal, it's for life.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42And the good news is that nearly all of the kittens have now found
0:21:42 > 0:21:43loving homes.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52At a city farm in Edinburgh, Molly and Nyatepe are busy
0:21:52 > 0:21:56treating some noisy new arrivals with farm vet Andy.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Right, junior vets, let's get on with it!
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Ooh, he doesn't want to get picked up, this one, does he?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Corner him, corner him, walk into the corner and just stop it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Now, now he can't get out.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Ooh - he can!
0:22:11 > 0:22:12This one, this one here.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Nah, I'll do this one. This one's first and...
0:22:15 > 0:22:18They were quite fast but they all bunched up in one corner
0:22:18 > 0:22:20so it was quite easy to grab them.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Even as a vet of many years of experience do you find
0:22:24 > 0:22:26the catching of pigs a challenge?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Yes, and it's very noisy. They always squeal a lot.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34OK - this might look a bit scary but Molly's drench gun is firing in
0:22:34 > 0:22:39vitamins and minerals to help our piglets grow big and strong.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Who's next, who's next, who wants some vitamins?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Good work, Molly!
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Is he heavy?- Yes, really heavy. - Ha-ha ha-ha!
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Each squealing piglet has to be popped onto the scales
0:22:55 > 0:22:57to make sure they are all in good shape.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00How much does he weigh?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- 15.- 15 kilos.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0615 kilos. That's a right old porker!
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Are you leaning on it? It'll be weighing you and the piglets.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Ha-ha-ha!
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Oh, my goodness!
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Yeah!
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Lovely! Excellent, show 'em who's boss - fantastic!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Excellent!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30How do you think they are getting on?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33They are working well together. It's important they work together.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Do you want me to hold the gate?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I tell you, you're getting slicker and slicker each time you do it.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Each one's that little bit easier, isn't it?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- We're so fast now! - So fast!
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Yeah!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54All nine piglets sprayed and weighed.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Ninth one, ha-ha. - Fantastic! Well done!
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Thank you.- Well done!
0:23:58 > 0:24:01You must be exhausted Nyatepe, I mean, all that heavy lifting!
0:24:01 > 0:24:03It were incredible!
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Do you work out?
0:24:09 > 0:24:10They eat loads.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16- Are people going to eat these pigs? - Yeah.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20This is a working farm so all these little piggies are going to be
0:24:20 > 0:24:24eaten when they grow up, which in some ways is sad
0:24:24 > 0:24:26but then these pigs would never be born
0:24:26 > 0:24:27- if they weren't going to be eaten.- Yeah.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Because they have been bred and people are looking after them
0:24:30 > 0:24:32so that that can happen.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- I wish they didn't have to. - I know.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37It's sad in some ways but in other ways it's natural.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Do you try to not get too attached to them
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- otherwise you might get sad like when they've gone.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44It's important not to get too attached
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- because you'd struggle to do your job if you did.- Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51You know, I thought I'd be falling on the floor trying to catch them
0:24:51 > 0:24:54but I done better than I expected so I'm quite happy with that.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55You done good, putting it in their mouth
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- when they kept chewing it. - I know. They kept trying to bite it.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00It was really annoying. I thought I was going to hurt them.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Animals prefer often to be handled firmly.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05If you grasp them and you're hesitant
0:25:05 > 0:25:06and they wriggle and get away...
0:25:06 > 0:25:09But you could see by the end he was just on them straightaway and good
0:25:09 > 0:25:13strong hold of 'em, picked them up really nice and gently but firmly.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Molly did very well as well -
0:25:15 > 0:25:18the first time you're asked to do something like that,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20get a metal gun, get it in an animal's mouth -
0:25:20 > 0:25:23that'd make people nervous. I was very impressed with them.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Here we go.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32I'd say today was a great experience, a once in a lifetime.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35When you think, well, one day I could eat them
0:25:35 > 0:25:39and know that I actually helped them grow and made them taste tasty.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Good day's work.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50All my new junior vets are cleaned up,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53germ-free and back at vet school.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Now it's my job to announce the winners
0:25:55 > 0:25:57of my first vet of the day award,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59who'll be allowed to put their feet up and relax
0:25:59 > 0:26:01while the others, well, won't.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- Hello. How you doing? - Good, thanks.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- What a first day you've had! - I know...- Yeah.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Looking after, er, little baby and not-so-little baby animals.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Now looking after animals, there's always something that needs doing.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21There's always work to be done
0:26:21 > 0:26:25and after this some of you are going to be doing a very dirty job.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Urghh!
0:26:28 > 0:26:34However, two of our junior vets have earned a well-deserved rest.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Decisions, decisions.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Jamie and Bonte started off a bit nervy with the horses but
0:26:39 > 0:26:42finished the day riding high as vets in the making.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Robyn and Josh showed they are confident animal handlers
0:26:45 > 0:26:49with a lovely gentle touch as they cared for the kittens.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54But Molly and Nyatepe worked non stop with those wriggling piglets.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Brilliant team work!
0:26:55 > 0:27:02So my first junior vets of the day are pig wranglers extraordinaire -
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Nyatepe and Molly. Congratulations!
0:27:07 > 0:27:08BOTH: Yeah!
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Freedom!
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Not for you lot, though. Kennels need cleaning.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Urgh, it stinks!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20BOTH: It was really good.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I thought that we did quite good to win it
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and whilst having a good time as well.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27It makes us feel really happy that we were the first ones.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Fancy getting vetting yourself?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Well, get over to the CBBC website right now
0:27:32 > 0:27:36and you'll find a special patient needing your expert help.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Next time on Junior Vets,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44a wild boar kicks up a big fuss before surgery.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49This tiny dog needs a scan in this huge machine.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53And cow-sized heavy-duty head surgery down on the farm.