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Veterinary Practice News Editorial Blog:
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Snakes Finally In the Running
By Marilyn Iturri
Editor of VeterinaryPracticeNews.com and Veterinary Practice News
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| Previous first-place winner: a pine snake that swallowed two light bulbs. Copyright University of Florida |
It was bound to happen.
More than halfway through the entry period for our annual radiograph contest highlighting the weird things that animals will ingest if given half a chance, not a single radiograph of a snake had been entered.
Winners in previous years have all been snakes – a snake that ate two light bulbs, a snake that ate a snake that had eaten a mouse, and last year, a 65-lb. snake that ate its dinner plus the warming blanket the rabbit had been sitting on.
But right up until last week, no snake rads.
Then a veterinary technician at Phoenix Zoo in Arizona changed that. She sent a remarkable entry of a coachwhip snake that had eaten its cage-mate. A zoo visitor had reported what was happening, but the distraught keeper hadn’t been able to intervene in time.
Those snakes have some tough competition this year.
In two cases, radiographs show $10,000 rings in the innards of dogs. Two other dogs managed to swallow nail clippers.
Chain collars, hair ties, glass fuses, a plastic bug and rivets are also featured prominently in the submissions.
If you haven’t entered the contest yet, be sure to do so by Tuesday, June 30.
The grand-prize winner will receive a single-lens reflex Canon Rebel digital camera, and two runners-up will receive point-and-shoot digitals.
Eklin Medical Systems of Santa Clara, Calif., is sponsor of the contest.
Entries must be submitted electronically to VPNeditor@bowtieinc.com. Be sure to include a brief explanation of the case, including the presenting signs and resolution.
Questions? Let me know.
Entries become the property of BowTie News, a division of BowTie Inc., which reserves the right, without further consideration, to use all photos and text in any publication, media and related promotions. By submitting your materials, you agree that your contact information may be given to a contest sponsor, which may use the information for marketing purposes. You further agree that your photo, text, name, and city and state may be posted on BowTie-owned websites and, in the case of the winner, on sponsor websites as well.
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