Dr. Perlinger and the staff at the Lakeland Veterinary Services gave the Eagle Hills 4-H Club Cloverbud project members tour of the facility Nov. 23.
Dr. Perlinger started the tour in the large animal clinic. He gave a demonstration of how the squeeze works and used the members as demonstration animals. He then showed them the corrals and the chute and explained how they move animals safely so that they can help the animal without putting themselves in danger. He taught the kids how they give large animals medication with the different tools they have.
After that, the small animal clinic was toured. He showed the operating suite. He explained how the operating table, operating equipment and some of the other tools work. Dr. Perlinger talked again about how they safely move animals from the surgery suite into the recovery kennels.
His staff talked about the different animals that were staying with them and how they are treating them. There was a polydactyl cat that has more toes than normal and the members thought that was interesting.
The final stop on the tour was the x-ray room. The members tried on the lead aprons and gloves. They were pretty heavy. They were shown how the x-ray machine works and how they must hold the animal to get the pictures they need. The members viewed some old x-rays and had to determine what was wrong with the animal.
