A snake that cannot get rid of tears. An enlarged eye in a snake can occur due to a blocked nasolacrimal duct as in this case. Because snakes have a spectacle that covers the eye, tears can only drain through the nose.

Hedgehog Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife - getting ready for release !

For once a very nice water dragon at the clinic, without a damaged mouth!

Silvia Plüss, 3rd year-student from Vetsuisse-Fakultät Zürich did an externship at the bird of prey center from Stiftung PanEco Here is a very nice article on her experience and the close collaboration with Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife paneco.ch/ohne-partneror…

Parrots in Europe are on the rise - especially rose-ringed parakeets are doing very well in urban areas, as a recent publication reports. doi.org/10.1371/journa…

What special patient was this, that we recently had in our Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife ?

Wake up! Mummy had to undergo an anaesthesia, she will soon be fit again!

New study in Mammal Research with LJMU Biological & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, @UniSapienza, @IMIB, and Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife uses camera traps to assess the body condition of endangered Apennine brown bears 🐻. Thanks @parcoabruzzo! Check it out: doi.org/10.1007/s13364… #Conservation #WildlifeResearch #BrownBears

African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls ! doi.org/10.1038/s41559…

Giant tortoise reproduction is still a challenge in #zoos . In our paper we show that suboptimal temperature conditions + relative temporal shifts of interacting external triggers (temperature and photoperiod) could play an important role. Zoo Zürich doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21…

Today is world #snake day!

🐪 New research led by the RVC has found that kissing and petting young camels presents a high risk for human exposure to MERS-CoV, the virus carried by camels which causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Javier Guitian ➡️ Read more: rvc.uk.com/kissing-camels

Happy Swiss National Day ! (with a special thank you to our client, who provided the image!)

Don't chew on the external fixator! This macaw needed a lot of distraction following external bone fixation.

A reminder that war can have devastating effects that extend far beyond what is easily noticed - Stressed reptiles pay the metabolic price of war a recent paper reveales. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.43… Ecological Society

Our resident resident Sandro Stalder examining the lower side of a giant tortoise Zoo Zürich !

"Das universitäre Tierspital Zürich" - heute ab 11.10 h am Radio @srf «Ratgeber Tier» srf.ch/audio/ratgeber Universitäres Tierspital Zürich

"RHD - eine hochansteckende Seuche bei Kaninchen" - heute ab 11.10 h am Radio @srf «Ratgeber Tier» srf.ch/audio/ratgeber Universitäres Tierspital Zürich

Positioning a large #snake for an Xray can be quite a team effort!

"Vogelgrippe – ein Dauergast im Winter" - heute ab 11.10 h am Radio @srf «Ratgeber Tier» srf.ch/audio/ratgeber Universitäres Tierspital Zürich