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February 27, 2012
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Two Tigers Sedated for Surgery

Jennifer compliments Cynthia on her hat while everyone is arriving for the two dental surgeries for Andre and Cookie the tigers.

Dr Wynn arranged for Dr Peak to do the dental work and for Dr Miller to examine Rufus, Calvin and Narla’s eyes.

I didn’t get pictures, but Dr. Tammy Miller, our eye expert, examined Rufus and concurred that his eyes are fine but he can’t see. She thinks it is from brain swelling and made recommendations for treatment. She stayed and helped with Andre the tiger.

Justin and Dr Wynn install IV line into Andre the tiger

Jeff is our marksman who stands ready if the tiger should awaken and escape

Dr Peak has been a wonderful dentist to the big cats here for years

Andre had broken off all four canines in 2003 when he went from NJ's Tigers Only Preserve to Wild Animal Orphanage — Andre had broken off all four canines in 2003 when he went from NJ’s Tigers Only Preserve to Wild Animal Orphanage

We rescued Andre a few months ago and had to wait for him to be healthy enough for this extensive surgery

Andre died on the table but thanks to four vets in the room, he was revived

Two teeth are completely done and the other two have temp fixes

Cookie tiger had been drooling blood so we thought that it may be her teeth, so she was sedated to have Dr.Peak check them out.

Cookie was having a hard time so we decided to bring Dr Peak to her

It looks like a tumor on the roof of her mouth and in her tongue

Dr Peak and Dr Wynn took biopsies to check for cancer

Canines need to be removed but we will wait for the cancer results-175517.jpg — Canines need to be removed but we will wait for the cancer results

Jennifer and Gale helped the vet vaccinate 5 cats and then tour work

The operant conditioning really helped us do the vaccines more easily

All of the big cats were excited by all of the transports going by

In 3 months we will complete the root canals after Andre is stronger

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