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Book SynopsisVet Among the Pigeons continues the story of veterinary surgeon Gillian Hick's escapades among the animal population. Although by now, not such a green graduate, the animals and their owners keep her challenged in a way never described in the text books. While based in a mixed animal practice in Wicklow, Gillian also travels regularly to inner city Dublin to work in the Bluecross animal welfare clinic but finds that sometimes the two lives are hard to combine. From dairy cattle to turkey cocks, from lofty equines to the not so lofty, from six foot snakes to snuffling hedgehogs, Gillian encounters it all as she struggles to improve her own skills and justify her place in the veterinary profession, along with the help of an ever expanding young family of her own.
Trade Review'heartwarming ... a very honest portrayal of a demanding job'
-- Irish Examiner
'vet Gillian Hicks finds herself challenged in ways the textbooks can’t prepare you for!'
-- Donegal Democrat
'heartwarming and touching tales of Gillian’s escapades among the animal population'
-- The Countryman
Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1: LEAPFROG Chapter 2: JED AND HIS FLUFFY PYTHON Chapter 3: THREE LITTLE GIRLS AND THEIR DOG Chapter 4: A HELPING HAND Chapter 5: OUT OF THE HORSE'S MOUTH Chapter 6: THE BALD EAGLE Chapter 7: THE PYJAMA PARTY Chapter 8: SPECIAL INDULGENCES Chapter 9: TWIN LAMBS Chapter 10: BEAUTY - OR THE BEAST? Chapter 11: A DIFFERENT CONSULTATION Chapter 12: THE FILLY FOAL Chapter 13: A CASE OF BUMBLE FOOT Chapter 14: A NASTY FRACTURE Chapter 15: THE WHITE STUFF Chapter 16: A TEMPERAMENTAL VEHICLE Chapter 17: THE BEWITCHING HOUR Chapter 18: NEW ARRIVALS Chapter 19: NOT BAD FOR A FIVER!
