Alison Pickering 14/07/2024 Alison Pickering 14/07/2024

The Fascinating World of Asian Civet Cats: From Surgery to Coffee

What is THAT?! 🧐🤯 Not your average patient! Gili Island Vet Vlog.

Island Vets never know what unusual, unexpected, or completely bizarre animal will walk through their doors next! So here is an out of the extraordinary animal patient that will keep you guessing! Vet Dr Alison encounters her first Asian Civet cats that have been rescued from failed pet adoptions and the Kopi Luwak trade

Dr Alison also helps an adorable kitten who had an unfortunate accident involving a coconut tree and Barbie the Persian Cat makes a miraculous recovery after nearly losing her eye

Alison Pickering 08/07/2024 Alison Pickering 08/07/2024

A Day in the Life of a Vet on the Gili Islands

Welcome to the Gili Islands in Indonesia, a tiny archipelago that is only accessible by boat where cats rule the sandy streets. Join Dr Alison, a slightly cat crazy veterinarian from New Zealand, and her intrepid husband Graham, where we help out the local vet clinic, Luni Lombok, an animal charity dedicated to caring for the strays and street cats

Alison Pickering 17/07/2023 Alison Pickering 17/07/2023

It’s a Dog’s Life!

Suzie the rescue dog lives the dream life in Tutukaka, New Zealand. We are pet and housestting, looking after Suzie while her owners are away. Join us on today’s doggy adventure in Whananaki, and find out if we were successful finding oysters or catching snapper…

Alison Pickering 04/07/2023 Alison Pickering 04/07/2023

A Wild Night of Doggy Mischief

It was a stormy night in Tauranga, with gale force winds creating havoc everywhere. The winds scattered huge polystyrene blocks from a house construction site across a farm, and also dislodged a small block of rat poison from a high up shelf.....

And guess who found the tasty treat? Two naughty terriers! Luckily, their owner also saw the broken up bait block and rushed Fred and George to the vet clinic straight away.

Rat poison is very dangerous for dogs, it can make them bleed to death inside. Some dogs need blood transfusions and intensive care to survive. Luckily rat poison doesn't cause trouble immediately, but after a few days it can cause fatal internal bleeding by interfering with the blood clotting system. At this early stage, both George and Fred were fine, happy and proud of their adventure. But we didn't know which one had eaten the poison…..

Alison Pickering 19/06/2023 Alison Pickering 19/06/2023

Doktor Blong Dog

Working as a Veterinarian (doktor blong dog) in multicultural Vanuatu is guaranteed to provide all sorts of entertainment, especially given my French is rusty, my Chinese non-existent, and the local Ni Van staff were laughingly teaching me Bislama. I was the only vet on the island for three weeks, while the regular vets were on leave. As you can imagine I have many stories to tell about this adventure!