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00:19G'day, welcome back to the Animal Hospital.
00:22Most pets hate to visit the vet.
00:24Some scratch, some bite, some simply refuse to cooperate.
00:29I met a patient in Gabriel Haggard's clinic this week who had the perfect strategy for keeping a vet at bay.
00:35But he needed to be examined because he'd stopped eating.
00:39Have you got any suggestions as to what can be done, what might be done?
00:44Well what we're going to have a look at first is the mouth to see if there's, if we can.
00:49How do you get the mouth to come out so you can look at it?
00:51That's a good question.
00:53We're going to have a go.
00:56Stroking?
00:57Yeah.
00:58Well you do it, you're the boss.
01:00If he, if he, if I can.
01:02If he wants to come out.
01:03If he wants to come out.
01:05You warm him up.
01:06Yeah, come on darling.
01:08Come on, come on.
01:11He probably comes out because he's so dizzy by this time.
01:15Let me run it on here.
01:17Do it on there and then.
01:20Come on.
01:22Come on, out you come.
01:24I don't know.
01:25Well you seem to be getting better results than me.
01:27Have a go.
01:28Four hours later.
01:31He's showing.
01:33He's getting pretty excited.
01:36Let's just see if we can gently take a leg out there.
01:41Coward of interest.
01:43Coward.
01:46No, no chance, no chance.
01:50It's only not going to tempt him with food anyway because he's off, right off that.
02:00Give some water.
02:01He may need some water when he drinks.
02:03Do you have water?
02:09He's eating his own special.
02:15Maybe if he sat in some water.
02:18Have you got anything that he could sit in?
02:21Try a little kidney bowl or something there.
02:25No amount of gentle coaxing is going to get him out of there.
02:35You must come again when you've got a day to spare, Sammy.
02:38He probably comes out a certain way and then he won't go any further.
02:44Well, what do we do?
02:45Well, we'll keep him in and see what we can do.
02:48See if just getting him used to where he is, just in one place,
02:51if he'll be a bit more keen to come out from his shell.
02:54But if not, we're going to have to use some padded forceps
02:58to actually gently take his head out in order to be able to feed him.
03:03Once the tortoise was admitted, things took a rather surprising turn.
03:07Nursing supervisor Richard Thompson, who knows a thing or two about tortoises,
03:11spotted that this was no ordinary tortoise.
03:14It was very rare.
03:16In actual fact, it's illegal to import one, to sell one,
03:19or to own one without a special licence.
03:22What we've got here, we think, is a Kleinmann's tortoise,
03:25which is an extremely rare tortoise.
03:27Right, and what makes you think it's that particular species?
03:29Well, looking at it first time, I noticed that it had a little hinge on its plastrum here,
03:35on its undershell, which hinges at the back.
03:39And that's different from any other kind of tortoise?
03:41It is, yeah. Some of them have them at the front.
03:43Right. So how is he now, since he's been brought in?
03:46Well, he's perked up, but he's still not eating.
03:49But it may well have been that he wasn't kept in his perfect condition, as you say.
03:53So has she allowed you to take the tortoise on?
03:55She has. She signed it up at the Society,
03:57because of all the problems with the licences and things like this,
04:00and then we'll deal with it from here.
04:02The experts on these tortoises are at London Zoo,
04:05where they have a small breeding colony.
04:07Well, thanks for bringing this along, Richard, because this is really important.
04:11This is a definite Clyman's.
04:14And how rare is it?
04:16These are extremely rare. They're an endangered species,
04:19and they're even extinct in some parts of their range.
04:22So this is a very important animal.
04:25Right. Whereabouts would it come from originally?
04:27Their range extends. They come from Israel, Libya and Egypt.
04:32They're thought to be extinct in Egypt.
04:35So what do you think is actually wrong with it?
04:38It's quite cold. It's got superficial wounds to the shell.
04:43It's probably got parasites. It's also obviously under stress.
04:47We're going to have to try and get it feeding.
04:49How would you do that?
04:51Well, it's quite difficult.
04:53We have to make it very, very warm, because they like very hot temperatures,
04:56and also try and provide food that it can recognise.
04:59So food that it would recognise in the wild and stimulate it into feeding.
05:02If not, we're going to have to force-feed it.
05:04Right. Would you just use a syringe or something like that?
05:06Yeah, we'd need a syringe and just force-feed it into its tummy.
05:10Now, you've actually got another climb on this baby in this tank. Is that right?
05:14Yeah, we have.
05:16And will you put this one in straight away with the baby?
05:18No, no. We'd isolate it. We'd keep them separate,
05:21just in case there were any parasite problems or infection.
05:24And then hopefully we'd integrate into our main group,
05:27because it's an adult male. It's an important animal.
05:30There's only about 30 in the country.
05:32So now that he's actually here, what are his chances of survival?
05:35Well, hopefully very good. We've experienced working with this species of tortoise.
05:40So hopefully he'll be all right then, with the proper kind of care and attention?
05:44Yeah, we'll get to see its head eventually.
05:48Once these fellas roll themselves up into a ball, it's pretty hard to examine them too.
05:53This one's so relaxed, I think he's fallen asleep.
05:57One of the patients that came into David Grant's clinic this week
06:00seemed very relaxed as well, but once it was out of the bag,
06:03it did nothing but complain.
06:05Now, who have we got here?
06:07Miss Puss.
06:09Miss Puss.
06:11How old is she?
06:12It's a he.
06:13It's a he, I think.
06:14We call him Miss Puss.
06:15Miss Puss.
06:16Why's that?
06:17It looks like one of the kids used to call her Queenie, actually.
06:21Oh, dear.
06:22Because she looked like a girl.
06:24All right, so what's the story then?
06:26Because he looks like a girl.
06:27So what's he been up to?
06:29He's got very heavy breathing.
06:31He's not doing it now, but he has these coughing attacks.
06:34Sneezing at all?
06:35Well, at the moment, it's got into a really severe cough,
06:38and he really can't breathe.
06:40I thought it was like asthma, like totally no breath.
06:43And his chest is going up and down like this, is it?
06:45Yeah, it's very hard, like pumping situation.
06:47And is he off his food?
06:49No, not at all.
06:51All right, so you're a bad tempered old pussycat, are you?
06:55I think we'll take your temperature, old lad,
06:57because I think you'll go up the wall.
06:59I've got a bit of bad breath.
07:00And also what happened is she got...
07:02Now, then.
07:03It's all right, boy.
07:04Bad teeth?
07:05Yeah, bad breath.
07:07Oh, not good.
07:09Not good?
07:10Not that good.
07:11That's not the Colgate ring of confidence.
07:13All right, just hold on.
07:14I'll have a listen to this chest.
07:15It'll start moaning and growling, eh?
07:17Hold still, pussy.
07:18There you go.
07:19That's good.
07:21You can hear it a bit from the nose.
07:23I can hear it on the stethoscope.
07:25The breathing...
07:26Oh, you're getting...
07:27We'll put him back in his bag for a moment,
07:29in case he starts jumping about and destroying us.
07:32Go on, in you go, laddie.
07:33But that seems to me to be the problem on his breathing in
07:38rather than breathing out.
07:39It's normally with breathing out that the problem with asthma is.
07:42So I don't think it's asthma as such.
07:44What we should do with this fellow to start with
07:46is to put him on a course of antibiotics for a week
07:48and then get him back and see how he's doing.
07:51I think there may be some bronchial infection in there.
07:54Cats do get bronchitis.
07:58What we will do in a week or so, if he's not a lot better,
08:01is to have him into the hospital and x-ray his chest.
08:05But I don't want to do that straight away.
08:07I'd rather put him on antibiotics first.
08:10Once the owner had got the cat safely bagged again,
08:12he was charley charm himself.
08:15It is an unfortunate fact that some owners
08:17never manage to gain control of their pets,
08:19and that can be dangerous.
08:21A call came in this week from a family
08:23whose dog had taken over their flat.
08:26When ambulance driver Kieran Graham arrived with Steve Knight,
08:29the owner and her daughter had taken refuge on the landing.
08:33Well, is he actually out?
08:35Yeah, he's outside the door there.
08:37He's just here, is he?
08:39Right, so we can just keep that.
08:41He was in the living room before, wasn't he?
08:42He went everywhere.
08:43He's obviously pretty worried about it.
08:45Has he got a collar on?
08:47Yeah, he's got a collar on.
08:48So can you grab him by the collar?
08:50Oh, I don't know.
08:52When you had gone to the collar, he growled at you as well.
08:56See, really, he's not a lovable dog.
08:58One minute he wants to play with you,
09:00and the next minute he starts growling at you.
09:06What's the best way to handle it, think, Kieran?
09:08Just play some quietly and just see what we can do.
09:11Hello, mate.
09:13Hiya, mate.
09:15Oh, hello.
09:22All right, all right, all right.
09:26Come on.
09:28You got that glove?
09:29Yeah.
09:30Come on, mate.
09:35Come on.
09:37Come on.
09:39It's all right, mate.
09:40It's all right.
09:41It's all right.
09:47It's all right, mate.
09:49It's all right, mate.
09:50All right, mate.
09:51Come on, come on.
09:52Come on, come on.
09:54All right.
09:56There, there, there.
09:57Come here.
09:58Come here.
09:59It's all right.
10:00It's all right.
10:01It's all right.
10:09There.
10:12Can I turn?
10:13Yeah, I've got him.
10:14Yeah?
10:15It's all right, mate.
10:16It's all right, mate.
10:17Come on.
10:18What's his name, love?
10:19Ben.
10:20It's all right, Ben.
10:21Come on.
10:22So he's making you sort of afraid to walk around your own home, really, is he?
10:25Yeah, I mean, we have a go at him.
10:27I mean, I get the paper to him and everything.
10:31But he seems to make him worse when you have a go at him.
10:36He's quite aggressive.
10:37Yeah, yeah.
10:39He was stroking an husband come in last week or the week before.
10:42And he said, hello, Ben.
10:44He growled at him.
10:46And he said he shouldn't do that to his owners, you know what I mean?
10:51Has he actually bitten you or?
10:53Well, nearly.
10:54He bit me boy on the lip.
10:56Really?
10:57Yeah.
10:58Yeah.
10:59Situation is at the moment, now you've called us out for the dog.
11:01He's turned nasty.
11:03He's not a rehomeable dog.
11:05We can't send him to a rehoming centre to get him a new home.
11:08No.
11:09So if you don't want to keep him anymore, unfortunately, we have to put him to sleep.
11:13We need your permission to do that.
11:15Is there anything you can do?
11:16Well, we could try.
11:17I'll have a word with the vets and see if you're prepared to have him back again.
11:21But he could come home and, you know, turn on you.
11:25Next time he might take a lump out of you, you know?
11:28Yeah.
11:29Come on.
11:40All right, Ben.
11:41Come on, mate.
11:43There you go, Ben.
11:57The owners didn't want Ben back and the RSPCA doesn't rehome animals that are possibly dangerous.
12:03So the only option was to put the dog to sleep.
12:06It's all rather tragic, really.
12:10Now, you may remember another dog that was brought into the hospital last week.
12:14She looked very sick and had a chronic skin condition.
12:18Adult, it could be more than two or three, perhaps.
12:23That's pretty terrible, isn't it?
12:25Poor little dog.
12:27She was in a dreadful state.
12:29But after a few days' treatment, she started to pick up.
12:32And Peter McGurk, the man who'd brought her in, came to take her home.
12:36She's got quite a lot of medication she needs to go home on.
12:39First of all, there's some antibiotics.
12:41You need to give one tablet twice a day for two days.
12:44Yeah.
12:45And then the shampoo.
12:46There's all the instructions in there, but I just rung through it quickly.
12:49Two days later and Duchess was back at the hospital for a check-up.
12:52She's doing very well.
12:53Is she?
12:54Yeah, very well.
12:55What makes you say that? Tell me.
12:59Tell me how you've been getting on at home.
13:01She's been doing very well. She seems a lot more lively.
13:04Yeah?
13:06Yeah, she seems to be looking around a bit more, doesn't she?
13:08Yeah.
13:09How itchy is she?
13:10She's still itching slightly, but not half as much as she was at first.
13:13And the smell is going?
13:15Yeah, the smell is slightly going there, yeah.
13:17And the hair looks as though it's growing back already, actually.
13:19Look at that, Rob.
13:20See that little fine downy hair on there?
13:22Yeah.
13:23This is encouraging.
13:24Well, I've got the biopsy results back.
13:26I've got that faxed through this morning.
13:28I think, basically, what we've probably got here is an allergy
13:33with an underlying infection and a yeast infection.
13:37As she is, she's got a better chance than she had a week ago.
13:41I was just going to say that you were very cautious.
13:44You said you only thought you'd give her a 50-50 chance.
13:47Yeah, I thought she might die.
13:48Really?
13:49I thought she might die.
13:50If you walk ahead, I'll do the count for you. Ready?
13:52Yeah.
13:53Ready now?
13:54There's a doctor.
13:55Now, you hold that leg up.
13:56She has very cold feet.
13:58Yeah.
13:59As she is, that's interesting.
14:01At a week or two, I want this to be like that.
14:05Yeah.
14:06Okay?
14:07There is an improvement. There's no doubt about it.
14:09You're a good old dog, aren't you?
14:10Her eyes have cleared up a bit as well.
14:12They were all much better.
14:14Right, we're on the path. We're on the path.
14:17And if she carries on making progress like this,
14:20I'm going to be a happy man.
14:22Great to see her looking better.
14:24Since that was recorded, the RSPCA have tracked down Duchess's real owner.
14:29She is now in the care of the RSPCA,
14:31and they're deciding whether to prosecute.
14:34We've seen and heard a lot since we've been here about homeless animals.
14:38Often, this ward is full of nothing but stray cats.
14:42This little kitten was found in a warehouse.
14:45But I was really surprised by the story
14:47Nurse Lynn Spencer told Mary McHaffey the other day
14:50about how one dog became homeless.
14:53Suki came in on Sunday.
14:55She'd been in the park with her owner,
14:57and she had swallowed a ball,
14:59and it was actually stuck in her throat,
15:01so she was having quite difficulty breathing.
15:03We had to use a general anaesthetic
15:05because we couldn't actually reach the ball,
15:07and she was slowly going blue, basically.
15:10So it took about four people to actually anesthetise her
15:14and get the ball out.
15:16And her, is she now? I mean, she looks fine.
15:19We kept her in overnight for the first night,
15:21where she was actually fine to go home the next day.
15:23And was her owner very distressed then at the time?
15:25At the time, he seemed to be quite upset
15:27and quite worried about the dog.
15:29He didn't have a phone, so he was going to phone us,
15:31but he's actually never called us.
15:33And she says it's such a lovely dog.
15:35Well, he seemed really concerned on the day,
15:37and I'm really surprised that he hasn't actually phoned back.
15:39I mean, if it was me, I'd want to know how my dog was,
15:42but he just hasn't got in contact at all.
15:45The next step was to send Kieran, one of the drivers,
15:48round to the address the owner had given.
15:52That's what we're in.
15:59Yeah, that's what we're in.
16:01So there's absolutely no other way to contact them at all?
16:04There's not. They're not on the phone.
16:06The only thing we can do is if we can get one of the neighbours
16:08to let us in through the door. Of course.
16:10And we can leave a card in his letterbox. Right.
16:12And get him messages to phone the hospital as soon as possible.
16:16Kieran did get in to leave a note,
16:18but although neighbours had seen the owner about, he didn't respond.
16:22That was three weeks ago,
16:24and since then there have been repeated efforts to contact her owner,
16:27but he still hasn't come to collect her.
16:30I was amazed, but apparently animals are abandoned here like this fairly often.
16:35All the hospital can do is to assume that Suki's owner doesn't want her anymore.
16:40So she's off to the rehoming centre tomorrow.
16:44She's such a lovely dog.
16:47Let's hope things work out better for her next time.
16:50Now, not surprisingly, a lot of the people who work here
16:53end up taking unwanted animals home.
16:56Inspector Mark Martin is no different,
16:58except when it comes to the sort of animals he takes home.
17:02Well, in the back here I have a very small corn snake.
17:06The problem with keeping snakes is they're extremely good escapologists.
17:11Not poisonous, is it? It isn't poisonous, no.
17:14It was found wandering around in south London over the weekend.
17:17What are you going to do with it next?
17:19I'll take this one home and look after it for a little while, feed it up, see how it comes on.
17:23It's a little bit matte, so it's probably a little bit dehydrated.
17:26Yeah, so it probably needs to shed.
17:30Once it's fit and well and I'm happy with it, I may keep it.
17:34If not, hopefully we can find a good home for it.
17:45Right then, this one here?
17:47Yep.
17:49OK, we'll take him out.
17:51If you'd like to just hold the snake up.
17:58Which way then?
17:59Straight through here in the corner.
18:01All right. This is where they all hang out, so to speak, is it?
18:04OK, what we'll do is we'll take the snake out of the bag in a minute.
18:08What I'll do is quickly just sort this out.
18:12Make sure the snake's got water at all times.
18:15There we go.
18:16That's lovely. Fantastic. Just pop him in.
18:18Anywhere?
18:19Yep, anywhere will do.
18:20There's a cricket in there for him already.
18:22I believe the cricket's probably in there from the last occupant.
18:24All right.
18:25That's lovely. OK.
18:26Doesn't want to let go, does it?
18:28Just needs something to hang onto.
18:30That's lovely. OK. So, pop the top back on.
18:33So that's home now, is it, for the foreseeable future?
18:35That's home for the duration until we can find another home.
18:38I have to point out that this is actually your bedroom, isn't it?
18:41There are snakes in here.
18:42Is that why they're going to creep out and crawl on your bed?
18:44No, not at all.
18:46Neither of the two snakes here are dangerous.
18:49They pose absolutely no threat to me whatsoever.
18:52I mean, I haven't enough knowledge to know what snake is dangerous
18:55and what snake isn't dangerous.
18:58If there was a snake in here that was dangerous,
19:00I'd probably end up sleeping in another room.
19:02So what's in here?
19:04There's a small Moorish gecko.
19:06They're quite common in Europe.
19:10There we are. Can you see him there?
19:12Yeah.
19:13This one came over in a lorryload of clothes from Spain.
19:16Really?
19:17He's in very good condition now.
19:18He came and he was very, very thin
19:20and he also was quite well... very dehydrated.
19:23So I managed to hydrate him well and he's eating well now.
19:26I hate geckos for one reason and one reason only.
19:28They lick their eyeballs.
19:30So in terms of the Harmsworth then,
19:32are you the kind of guy who takes all the non-cats and dogs home with you?
19:36I am a fan of snakes.
19:38I'm a fan of reptiles in general,
19:40but I have more of a passion for spiders.
19:44This is a Mexican red-kneed tarantula.
19:46I didn't personally rescue this one.
19:48This was rescued from West London
19:50for one of our RSPCA inspectors over there.
19:53A gentleman had gone into a house to decorate
19:56while he was in there slapping some paint on the walls.
19:59This came marching across the floor towards him.
20:01Is this one poisonous, he says cautiously.
20:04All spiders are venomous.
20:06If this spider was to have bitten me,
20:08it would be nothing worse than a bee sting.
20:10However, as I'm sure you're aware,
20:12some people who get stung by a bee or a wasp do react.
20:16So you've got to be careful.
20:18But in general terms, it's not dangerous.
20:21It poses no threat to me.
20:23So you're going to rehome this one?
20:26No.
20:27The snakes and the lizards we're looking for homes for,
20:30but this is mine.
20:34Now there's a man with a real passion.
20:38Sometimes pets are brought into the clinic
20:40with a whole range of symptoms,
20:42and it's not always immediately obvious what the real problem is.
20:45Then the vet must turn detective,
20:47sifting through the evidence to find an answer.
20:50But it often pays to make the first question a simple one.
20:54Is he friendly?
20:56Well, he usually is.
20:58Usually?
21:00He'll growl at you at first.
21:03That's all right.
21:05Tell me what you worry about.
21:07For the last two weeks, he's lost a lot of weight.
21:10Right.
21:11But he's still eating.
21:13In fact, I think he's eating a bit more.
21:15He's drinking a lot.
21:16How much is a lot?
21:18He's having about three bowls of water more a day.
21:21How many bowls does he normally drink?
21:23Two.
21:24So he's doubled his water intake, more or less.
21:28He started with a cough and sneezing,
21:31and then he got all that sort of foam coming from his mouth.
21:34Yes.
21:35And you can see his red bones.
21:37So what's the most noticeable thing, you think?
21:39The weight loss.
21:40And the drinking?
21:42And the drinking, yes.
21:44So he's very much a first-year dog.
21:46Some days he's just not got a lot of energy in him,
21:48but then another day he'd be a bit more fancier, you know?
21:51But it's the weight loss I'm worried about.
21:55Hold his mouth.
21:56Hold his mouth, I'm worried about his mouth.
21:59It's only other dogs he don't like.
22:01And the vets.
22:02Other dogs and the vets, let's be honest about it.
22:04That's all right.
22:05Right, shall we stand him up?
22:06Come on.
22:07Be nice.
22:08Be good for him.
22:10Like that's good.
22:12But I can't understand.
22:13He's lost so much weight in about two weeks that he's eating.
22:17Yes.
22:18Well, there are various reasons for it,
22:23and we're going to have to investigate it.
22:25Stop it.
22:26I want to feel your skin.
22:31He hasn't lost any hair, has he?
22:33No.
22:34He's not sort of shedding a lot of hair.
22:35Not really.
22:36No.
22:38Stop being blind.
22:41I think the easiest thing to do to start with is a urine test,
22:45but that involves you in a little bit of activity,
22:48like getting a urine sample.
22:50And that would just do a quick screen for diabetes,
22:52because diabetes is one of the possibilities here.
22:55And after that, we need to do a complete routine blood test,
23:00not only of his white blood cells and red blood cells,
23:03but also of his kidneys and liver and all that sort of thing.
23:08Getting blood samples was straightforward,
23:10but collecting the urine was more of a challenge.
23:14Go on, mate.
23:15Give me your toilet.
23:24Superb.
23:28One minute from now.
23:34What happens is that they all change colour,
23:38and then you compare the colours with the different colour scales here.
23:44There we go.
23:46Now then, we've got an alkaline pH, no protein, no glucose.
23:57What does all this mean?
23:59Well, it means that it's probably not diabetic.
24:03All the other tests are fairly negative.
24:06There is an alkaline pH, which is dogs' urine should be acid.
24:11So that might suggest some cystitis or some problems with the bladder.
24:17His main problem is drinking a lot,
24:19and there's quite a few diseases that cause that.
24:21So we need to rule them in, rule them out with our blood tests.
24:26Bit of a mystery, that.
24:28We'll let you know the results of those blood tests next week.
24:31Vets here often have to treat animals that have been involved in serious accidents.
24:36But one emergency David Grant had to deal with this week was rather different.
24:40It was his own cat that he had to operate on in this theatre.
24:46Oh, David, what happened?
24:50Well, she's been hit by a car. I think she's been smacked in the face, actually.
24:54And she's lost her right eye.
24:57Are you going to have to take that off?
24:58I'm going to have to remove it.
25:01She's got a broken jaw, which I can fix.
25:05She's got a nasty gash in her tongue.
25:07And the worrying thing is a split up in the palate at the top.
25:10She's going to be a bit tricky to fix. I'm not quite sure how to do that yet.
25:14And where did you find her?
25:15My wife found her in the garden.
25:18So she's obviously staggered back home.
25:20It must have occurred this afternoon.
25:22I'm quite shocked when this happens.
25:23Have you ever had to operate on any of your own animals before?
25:26Yes, yeah.
25:28Barney, my dog, I've operated on him several times.
25:32Do you find it difficult?
25:34Well, you're too wound up thinking of the techniques to actually think of the emotion.
25:38I mean, don't ask me to speak afterwards.
25:44Right, now let's see what we can do.
25:49Removing the damaged eye was unpleasant, but comparatively straightforward.
25:54Then David got on with mending Penny's jaw.
25:58And then we've got this fracture here, which I'm going to try and fix now.
26:04How will you do that?
26:06With a jaw fracture, you can...
26:10These two big teeth called canines, you can wire around them.
26:14You use the teeth as sort of points of anchor.
26:18And you go around the tooth, and that just pushes the jaw together.
26:27That looks quite good, Lizzie. What do you think?
26:30Yeah, very good.
26:33So you've no idea how long it should take to recover,
26:36because you don't really know what else is wrong with her yet?
26:39No, we'll have a very worrying time for the next 24 hours.
26:42And then the problem with this cat is that she is a terrible patient.
26:47You just cannot imagine what she's like when she's in here.
26:50You've only got to go sort of within about three feet, and she goes mad.
26:54All teeth and claws.
26:56And if you're going to try and syringe-feed her, which is what we're going to be having to do,
27:01we're going to have a problem.
27:04Poor little thing.
27:06Right. OK, Lizzie, she can come around. Thank you very much.
27:11A few hours later, Penny was recovering in intensive care,
27:15but the next few days will be touch and go.
27:18We all hope Penny pulls through.
27:20We'll keep a close watch on her and let you know how she is next week.
27:24Don't forget, if you want information about rehoming an animal,
27:27everything you need is on CFAX page 625.
27:31That's all we've got time for now, so see you then. Bye.
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27:57This programme contains some strong language.
28:13And Rolf Harris.