ALLPET.COM
877-687-3601/www.AllPet.com
Recently, Kumar, a
13 year old, 235 pound Malayan tiger needed a root canal! Dentist, Bert Gaddis
made the house call to the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama.
Kumar was sedated
during the procedure and intubated on a gurney while the root canal was
performed. A number of zookeepers alongwith veterinarians were present during the procedure and monitored Kumar’s
vital signs and various other health checks while the tiger was unconscious.
According to the zoo’s
veterinarians, dental problems aren’t uncommon amongst zoo animals. Routine complete
dental exams are performed at the zoo, and that is how Kumar’s broken lower
canine tooth was discovered. When the
zoo discovered Kumar’s issue, they called in Gaddis to perform the root canal.
Gaddis has also performed root canals on a white handed gibbon, a westernlowland gorilla, a river otter and a white tiger. He has also performed extractions
on a California sea lion, red fronted lemur, and assisted a Nile hippopotamus
when it needed an impacted baby tooth pulled!
No comments:
Post a Comment