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4 Thursday May 11 2023 MOTHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE Sunday May 14th Beautiful Gift Range INSTORE WE ARE OPEN: Monday to Friday 8am-5pm and Saturday 9am-1pm Closed long weekends and public holidays WARREN agencies Jewellery & Giftware 79 Wrights Road, Middleton Ph: (03) 338 0171 sales@warrenagencies.co.nz ONSITE CAR PARKING BOOK NOW: 1 Hamill Road, Longhurst Phone: 027 408 3208 halobeautychristchurch.gettimely.com/#home For your FREE Gift Wrap Service GorDoN’s PiNK GiN 700ml $46.99 Moment Mum Graham NortoN Prosecco rosÉ $16.99 or 2 for $30 Treat yourself this Mother’s Day Kahlua 700ml $29.99 DaNiel le BruN $27.99 or 2 for $50 For Mum Gifts Offers valid Monday 8th May - Sunday 21st May 2023 213 Waimairi Road, Ilam. Ph: 03 358 5487 8 Tower Street, Hornby. Ph: 03 344 2044 www.superliquor.co.nz 03 322 4548 | Easy Parking 17 Lillian Street, Halswell www.maxwellfashion.co.nz Open Mon-Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm Check out our facebook page LAYBY WELCOME
Thursday May 11 2023 5 BIG EFFORT: Celia King and Kit Doudney collect rubbish along the Estuary during a previous Mother of All Clean Ups. ‘Pick up 5’ a new waste initiative • From page 1 “We’re hoping every year to see a reduction in the amount of litter we pick up,” Jenkins said. “We do have an issue – let’s solve it.” Heathcote Ward city councillor Sara Templeton has been involved with the clean-ups since they began. “I helped out at the first clean up back in 2015 when I was chair of the (former) Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board and have been a big supporter ever since,” Templeton said. She usually cleans up around either the Tannery or Windsport Park on Dyers Rd. “It’s been amazing watching it grow year by year . . . The Heathcote Ward has many waterways. Smaller ones that come down from the Port Hills, the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River and, of course, the estuary.” The event will include a new initiative this year – the High Five, I Can Pick Up Five campaign. It encourages everyone to pick up five pieces of litter outside their home. “The pick up five campaign is something people should be doing all year round,” Jenkins said. “If we all pick up five pieces of rubbish . . . that would be awesome. Then we’ll have the cleanest city in the country.” •To participate in the Mother of All Clean Ups meet outside the New Brighton Library at 9am. Bring closed-toed shoes, appropriate clothing for the weather, and a reusable drink bottle. MARLEY, MAX And A PEnGUIn Marley The week started off with Marley, a sweet 1 year old DSH that arrived from the after-hours clinic with an oblique right distal humeral fracture, no doubt a run in with a car. Marley didn’t seem to know he was in pain. He purred his way through the physical exam and blood testing, gobbled up his food and was a delight to care for. Marley’s owners adored him but their pet insurance hadn’t yet kicked in so surgical referral for a plate and screws was out of the question. Lucky for Marley, our new Veterinarian Jack, put his hand up to repair the fracture with pin and wire stabilisation. Surgery proceeded without a hitch and we were rapt with the post op radiographs. To date, Marley is doing really well, weight bearing on the operated leg, although going a little stir crazy with cage confinement. All going well, he’ll be watching the birds, climbing trees again in about 5 weeks time. Mr Sandymount the Yellow Eyed Penguin’s eye post cataract surgery Mr Sandymount Marley the cat Next up was Steve’s second cataract surgery on another Yellow Eyed Penguin from the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. Steve’s becoming a bit of a gun with bird’s eyes. It’s a great learning experience for our team as well as birds have different requirements under anaesthesia. His first successful cataract on Mr Sandymount was a huge success, with his vision being excellent. Here is a close up of his eye looking fantastic post surgery. A community group cleans up Humphreys Drive. Max Lastly we diagnosed FIP ( Feline Infectious Peritonitis) in our own special 7 year old ginger “Maximus”. A real shock for us as FIP is relatively uncommon and affects usually younger, pedigree cats. Max didn’t fit the signalment. He was behaving weirdly - sleeping in the garage, growling at Atticus (and us) and then he completely stopped eating. He also had intermittent fevers. Max lives for his tucker so we knew this was serious. We carried out a series of testing including blood tests, abdominal ultrasounds, biopsies and then we got the dreaded diagnosis. Thanks to Covid there has been heaps of development with antiviral drugs and now we have a drug that can attempt to beat this usually incurable disease. We had to specially formulate Remdesivir for Max and order it in. 72 hours after starting this impressive drug, Max was eating on his own, purring and for the first time in months, and attempting some interaction with Atticus. Plus he had moved back to sleeping with us. A total win. Maximus, our cat Vets pets really do get the weird nasty diseases…..but we are in the best position to help our furry friends. Dr Michele McMaster BVSc Read local Open 7 days Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place ph: 338 2534 e. reception@mcmasterandheap.co.nz www.mcmasterheap.co.nz
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