At about 22:15 on Wedesday night my phone rang and a lady is frantic on the other end. She stays on a plot and breeds with Yorkshire terriers. Apparenlty she woke up to a noise in the camp next to the house. She went outside only to find about 4 or so of her yorkies ripping a puff adder of about 80cm to pieces. She rushed over only to discover that the puff adder had bitten one of her female yorkies in the side of the neck. She rushed around in her car looking for assistance. She phoned 911 (apparently they have an animal section), they informed her that she had to contact her own vet as they have no-one there to assist. She could not get hold of any help and phoned me (too late). I gave her BV's contact number and told her that might be able to assist. Unfortunately the dog died while she was on the phone with BV.
Why don't we start a list of contacts that can be used in case animals get bitten late at night. Her dog was bitten about 2 hours before she got hold of me and could not get any medical assistance from anywhere.
Does anyone know of a 24h medical centre for animals which will be able to help in such a case (in Gauteng area).