Feline brother and sister, Gilly and Freya were admitted to our clinic for suspected lily ingestion. Their owner had received a lovely bunch of flowers that just happened to contain lilies, and either Gilly or Freya was seen investigating and having a taste of the flowers. Knowing about the dangers of lilies to cats, Gilly and Freya's owners quickly rushed them to our clinic and admitted them to hospital for treatment.

Mimi is an 8 year old domestic long hair cat that was found collapsed, bleeding from her mouth and was suspected to have been hit by a car. Our veterinarian gave Mimi fluid therapy, pain relief and performed a blood test. Once stabilised, Mimi was transferred to an emergency centre for overnight care.

Licorice is a 9 ½ year old Domestic short hair who was first presented to our clinic for coughing in 2008. Licorice's coughing did not respond to antibiotics and became worse to the point she was having trouble breathing. She was admitted to hospital and our veterinarian decided to perform chest radiographs and a Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) which is when they take a fluid sample from her lungs.

Ada is a healthy 22 week old domestic short hair kitten that had been previously diagnosed with conjunctivitis and came to us for a second opinion. Our veterinarian placed a drop of local anaesthesia into her eye before examining it. It was important to make sure there were no signs of a foreign body, ulcer or damage to the eye before using any eye drops. Ada's eye didn't show any of those signs so she was placed on a course of eye drops 3 times daily to help alleviate the conjunctivitis.

Venus is a little 22 week old Burmese kitten who visited our clinic because she was feeling lethargic and had been off her food. Our veterinarian checked her stomach and poor little Venus cried out in pain. She also had a very high temperature and was dehydrated. Venus was placed on intravenous fluid therapy and had an x-ray of her abdomen that afternoon.

Socrates is a 15 year old male Burmese cat who visited us for his senior check-up. His owner advised us that he had noticed some weight loss in Socrates. During the senior consultation, our veterinarian took some blood and urine samples from Socrates to check his kidney function. Both urine and blood results suggested an early onset of renal disease.

Tex is a 9 month old grey domestic short hair cat who boarded in our Cats in the City cattery for 15 nights. When Tex first came in, he was very timid and shy, and just wanted to stay in his igloo. However, after a few days he began to settle in and was rubbing up against his door, wanting lots of attention.

Kissa is a 5 year old Bengal cat that was presented to the clinic with a swollen sore paw after taking a fall off a balcony. She was admitted to hospital for pain relief and a general anesthetic to perform radiographs. The x-rays showed that Kissa had fractured one metasarsal (toe) bone on her left hind paw.

Ben is a seven year old Burmese cat who was brought to Fitzroy Veterinary Surgery because his owner noticed he was struggling to jump up onto the bed. On examination Ben expressed pain when our veterinarian palpated (felt) his hips and joints.

Cub is a gorgeous 11 week old domestic short haired cat who was brought into Fitzroy Veterinary Hospital because he had eaten part of a Lily flower. The owner had returned home to find the lilies on the floor along with some vomit containing the plant and undigested food.