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| Cavy Cakes by Karen. The hay isn't edible, but these guinea pigs definitely are. |
Yesterday I had just
finished a guinea pig consult and walked into the treatment room to type up my
notes when I was confronted by a herd of cavy cakes!!! The owner of Louie, a
guinea pig we are treating for pododermatitis, just happens to be a genius in
the kitchen and she constructed these miniature cavy cakes, which deserve to be
shared (at least visually) with the world.
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| Karen's muse and companion, Louie. |
Such a work of art were
they, we felt they should not be eaten. However, we were advised that they had
a jaffa-flavoured centre that had to be experienced. So we did some cavy-cake
surgery and down the hatch they went.
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| The cavy cake in the foreground is modelled on Louie and the others are modelled on his housemates. |
Definitely the culinary
highlight of the week.
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| Surgical approach to a cavy cake (as as a pathologist might say: "Figure C reveals the cut surface of the lesion..." [NB just in case anyone was unsure, these cakes are designed for human consumption. Guinea pigs should NOT be feed cakes, chocolate, icing etc etc. - stick to hay, grass, vegies and herbs for your cavy colleagues]. |
Meantime the Huffington
Post discusses the implications of animals being treated as the victims of
crime in court. You can read more here (thanks for the link, Mick).
In other less serious
news, Pat informs us that country star Taylor Swift was photographed carrying her cat to her car (see the picture here). It’s
the sort of photo that would make most vets cringe. Swift claims there was
method to her madness:
"The kitten freaks out about being put in the cat carrier," Swift, 24, tells Access Hollywood. "So I was like, 'OK, alright, we're just going to do this!' It was like a 10-foot walk from my door to the car."
The key phrase here is “freaks
out”. Cats do tend to be highly strung and DO tend to freak out when they are
surprised, hear unfamiliar noises, see an unfamiliar environment etc. Vets aren’t
being kill-joys when we insist that people transport cats in carriers. Anyone
who has been a vet for more than five minutes has seen carrier-less public cat
carrying go wrong. Like, even during a ten foot walk from the waiting room to
the consulting room. A startled cat is capable of busting a Cirque du
Soleil-esque manoeuvre to escape the grip of the most feline-savvy owner faster
than Taylor Swift can open her car door (even if her surname is Swift). So...we're hoping that TS will read our blog and role model responsible cat carrying from now on!
