Not only does the lion cub require a checkup but she also needs a surrogate mother and Dr Chris has the perfect yet very strange solution. Chris is in Cairns and his first case is to try to solve the mystery medical condition of Snoopy, a Jack Russell terrier, who at times suffers strange and potentially deadly attacks.
Plus, a baby parrot that has badly damaged his leg during a crash landing following a botched maiden flight. He has a busy time in the tropic north treating a large crocodile that lost a fight and a monster phython which is eating local pets. Chris is called to a local crocodile park to treat a 5. Lisa must deal with Golden Retriever who collapsed while running in the park and is now in serious trouble.
Chris is shocked when a Currawong is brought into the clinic after being speared by a wooden skewer. The spear has been there for weeks and must be delicately removed. Lisa is confronted by a hysterical little girl whose beloved dachshund woke up paralyzed. Pluto the singing Dalmatian was Chris' first ever paitent and he's back at the clinic and appears to have lost his voice. However, Dr Chris Brown fears that the cause may be something sinister. A small dog is suffering from a large heart mumur that without immediate surgey could be fatal at any moment.
Chris entrusts this operation to the one person that can pull it off, Dr Andrew Marchevsky. Tim Faulkner travels to a Tasmanian Devil Sanctuary to deal with a baby devil born at the wrong time of the year. As the city slicker vet, the staff take the opportunity to hand Chris the more unusual cases to deal with. Dr Chris Brown needs to use all his detective skills to find out why Zaza, a pygmy bearded dragon, has a tail that mysteriously keeps falling off.
Plus, one of Bondi Clinic's more colourful clients has a serious breathing problem. Chris is heading to South Africa on a special mission. He is visiting the Shamwari Game Reserve to assist in a contraceptive programme for elephants, but things go wrong when a bull elephant is darted.
Chris is attending to an extremely rare case. Charity the lamb was born without hooves on her right side and without some form of intervention, her life will be cut short. Chris suggests something untried on a sheep in Australia : prosthetic hooves.
Dr Chris Brown is called out to visit 42 year old Galah, Pretty, who has a fast growing lump on his leg that is deeply concerning to his owner Maurizio.
Chris also responds to an SOS from a suburban family held hostage by a massive unwanted houseguest. When goat Monty enters the Bondi Vet Clinic, the vet nurses are all smitten until they discovery what the cute four week old is harbouring on his skin.
Meanwhile, Dr. Chris heads to the Melbourne Sealife Aquarium to assist in their shark artificial insemination program which includes catching the shark! Miniature horse Charlie has a severe problem with his mouth which Chris needs to investigate, but getting access to Charlie's teeth becomes a near impossible task.
Chris receives a call from a school principal with an unwell four-month-old Staffy. Tests reveal something so rare that only 20 cases have been recorded worldwide and the pup must undergo surgery immediately. Ziggy the cat has a big problem - he weighs almost a third more than he should.
Chris needs to re-educate both the cat and the devoted owner, to ensure the cat's deteriorating health is not compromised further.
Plus, a young French Bulldog's airways are so blocked it is having trouble breathing and needs surgery. At the Australian Reptile Park, Tim Faulkner helps train-up his staff to handle some of the world's most venomous snakes In this very special episode, Dr Chris Brown travels to England to fulfill a dream he's always had about working in the UK. Chris is invited to a clinic in Cornwall presented with all sorts of animals. In a captivating and heart warming episode, Kelpie 'Jasper' is brought to Dr Chris Brown in a terrible state.
A brain scan shows his problems are inoperable but Chris refuses to give in. A green turtle epidemic in far north Queensland is distressing locals who are finding the marine reptiles stranded on beaches starving to death. How will Chris help? Also, a three-month-old puppy needs major heart surgery and a miniature schnauzer has bitten a deadly puffer fish on the beach but is fighting through the poison.
Sash emergency vet Lisa Chimes has dealt with plenty of tick cases but she will never forget this one. Dr Chris Brown makes an emergency visit to the Australian Reptile Park when two Tassie Devils babies are struck down with a mystery illness leaving them close to death. Blinky the Koala has a painful eye condition. He later gets topless helping another puppy with a rare condition requiring some pool therapy. Plus an extraordinary story of love and dedication at SASH.
Dr Chris is on a rescue mission to save the life of an orphaned foal. Meanwhile, there's trouble at the Australian Reptile Park when three young emus decide to flex their muscle. Chris swaps the city for the country as he heads to the Kyabram Vet Clinic in country Victoria to help out a friend. There's little time for pleasantries though.
Plus, a cat is rushed to SASH and has been struck down by a paralysis tic for the third time in 12 months. At the Bondi Vet referral hospital Sascha a young Rottweiler has been rushed to emergency with fears its bloated stomach is beginning to twist. Can the team save young Sascha? Chris has been invited to visit an extraordinary veterinary hospital in Abu Dhabi that cares for injured falcons which are treated like royalty.
Chris must then must perform delicate surgery on one. Chris is presented with a cardboard box at his surgery and what he finds inside is deeply disturbing: a tiny kitten with shocking injuries. Can he fix the little cat and find it a loving home? Chris is in China volunteering at one of Beijing's busiest veterinary clinics.
His first patient is a hamster with a worrying lump on its chest. Surprisingly, it's his first ever hamster patient. Dr Chris is confronted with an unusual patient - an albino echidna - but there's a question mark over whether this rare creature is a male or female so Chris must anaesthetise it to find out.
Dr Chris is in country Victoria working with a local vet clinic to help out an old friend. He barely has time to hang up his coat when he is sent out to help a pregnant cow through a difficult labour.
In the Bondi clinic, Dr Chris treats a tiny kitten who has been born with a badly twisted back leg. At just three days old, she's one of the youngest kittens Dr Chris has ever seen at the clinic. In Queensland, Tim arrives just in time for a rare event—hatching baby loggerhead turtles. Plus, Chris must treat a three-day-old kitten with a badly twisted back leg, and three adorable little pups have been found running loose on the side of a busy Sydney road.
Dr Chris travels to the Cook Islands to work with a vet clinic in Rarotonga. He soon learns how hard it is looking after injured animals with basic facilities and limited supplies. Chris is in the Cook Islands for a fortnight volunteering at a local vet clinic.
He is working with basic facilities which prove trying when he is presented with a young cat missing part of its nose. Dr Chris is in country Victoria working with a local vet clinic when he is called out to help a three-legged cow with deformed hooves.
If Chris cannot help, the cow will no longer be able to walk. Also, a kilo pig needs his dangerously long tusks trimmed. Chris makes a special trip to Karara in Queensland to see Stubby, a tiny 3-week-old piglet born with only one trotter. In order to survive, Chris needs to work out a way for her to walk normally. Chris travels to Edgars Mission on the outskirts of Melbourne where he is faced with a very woolly fugitive, a sheep that was rescued after 5 years on the run.
The thick matted wool could be hiding all sorts of health problems. Chris travels to remote Christmas Island to help a seabird named Bill that is unable to fly. Bill is a rare Abbott's Booby and she's missing critical flight feathers. Chris heads to South Australia to meet a three month old baby Cheetah, Kwatile, the first cheetah born at Monarto Zoo in eight years.
Jack the koala has suddenly developed nasty bumps all over his face. A concerned Chris takes the little two year old to the local clinic for an immediate biopsy. Penny, a dairy buffalo has severely deformed horns, which are growing into her skull, dangerously close to her brain. Chris must carry out the painstaking job of carefully removing the horns. Dr Chris Brown heads out to sea to help save an endangered Grey Nurse shark which has been spotted entangled in a fishing line.
He is also called on to assist a young duck in trouble. A critically ill swan has been found caught up in a soccer net in a suburban backyard. The bird is emaciated and running out of time. Can Dr Chris save the swan before it is too late? Dr Chris helps out at the Marlin Coast veterinary hospital in Cairns. His first patient is a young dog who has had a nasty encounter with a hedgecutter.
The Iguana hasn't been himself and isn't eating properly. A little joey has been brought into the clinic for surgery after its mother was hit and killed by a car.
It's a heart stopping moment when Dr Chris finds if the risky surgery has been a success. Tim Faulkner joins the rangers at Devil Arc to find out if the Tasmanian Devil breeding program is working and whether it can save the species from extinction.
Plus, Chris helps a crook crocodile. Chris heads to Dolphin Marine Magic where one of the greatest friendships between man and animal exists. Trainer Greg is concerned Bucky the dolphin has cancer. Can Chris save their friendship? The little schnauzer is unable to walk and is in a critical condition. But this is the first time inmates have been involved with a birth behind bars. Lucky to survive, he has now endured seven operations to try to fix the gaping hole in his mouth.
All have failed and time is running out. Chronic infections are now destroying his quality of life. Like Boris, his owner Jess is refusing to give up. She's written to Chris looking for one last chance. It's a dangerous combination and one that is making life hell for his owners Mark and Jess.
They're worried Chester could bite someone and end up in serious trouble. What can Dr Chris come up with to tame the savage terrier? The complication? This is an unplanned pregnancy and Jen suspects the father is her own dog, Token.
X-rays prove Jewel is having a football team of puppies. Get ready for a long night of anxiety, sadness and ultimately joy as Dr Chris helps Jewel through her ordeal.
The only problem is the three chicks are growing up and destroying the boat. If Dr Lisa doesn't carry out emergency surgery, she will be dead within hours. Back at the Bondi clinic Dr Chris is going hopping mad pun intended! This little Bunny has an unrequited love for a much bigger, older woman called Archelina. The problem is that the randy rabbit just won't leave his disinterested girlfriend alone.
For Bunny, there's two choices: the snip; or find a new friend. What will Bunny's fate be? Little Garfield has been mauled by another dog. His hysterical owner, Rita, is beseeching Dr Chris to save her tiny terrier. Although this little fella is white and fluffy, he is one tough cookie and refuses to give up without a fight.
Maddie, a blind and diabetic 12 year old terrier is brought into the clinic to see Dr Chris. Her doting owner is forced to decide whether to restore her sight with cataract surgery, surgery that comes with numerous risks because of Maddie's age and condition.
Six weeks ago Dr Chris gave Mr Wilson an eyelift to stop him from going blind and it's now time to see whether the operation has been a success. While he's in the area, Dr Chris pops into Mogo Zoo where he catches up with some old friends and gets plenty of loving from some unusual animals.
In an after hours emergency six month old Boxer puppy has been rushed into the Bondi clinic to see Dr Chris. Buddy's system is shutting down because of a severe allergic reaction to a sting from a wasp.
His face is badly swollen and his airwaves are constricting. If Dr Chris doesn't act quickly in just a few hours the puppy will not be able to breathe at all. Dr Chris is also forced to make an emergency trip to see a valuable breeding mare - Harriet. She is several days overdue and her owners are now worried the foal could have died or is in a breech position.
Meanwhile over at SASH, a much loved family pet, 11 year old golden retriever Jesse, has been brought into see Dr Lisa, after it was hit by a car and suffered a broken back. Surgery to fuse her spine should have her walking again but a week later Jesse still has no movement in her back legs.
Her devoted family refuse to give up hope. A tiny puggle with a foot fetish refuses to let anybody clip his nails. Named Dazza - after the Brisbane Broncos rugby league star, Darren Lockyer - this little pocket rocket is making a last stand. Can Dr Chris tackle this problem? And we check up on the progress of one of your favourites, Rosie, the beautiful golden retriever who underwent a major operation to fix her deformed front legs.
In his most difficult night in the clinic Dr Chris is forced to deliver Bella's six pups by caesarean. Two kooky cousins Hilary and Genevieve are worried their spoilt Pomeranian. Six month old Marie has swallowed some string from a bikini and is vomiting and in severe pain. A mother duck has decided to hatch her nine babies on a high rise balcony.
An emergency night call for Chris as a little schnoodle cross schnauzer and poodle is rushed in after being run over by a taxi on a busy road. Chris turns detective to find out how the tiny Splodge is managing to escape from his backyard by climbing straight up a three metre brick fence. Sydney is being lashed by a huge storm and a tiny penguin has been washed up on Bondi Beach.
The little fella is malnourished and having trouble standing up. A hit and run victim collapses in a designer dress shop. Willow, a seven year old Husky, can only drag herself along the ground. Chris comes to the rescue but will Willow ever be able to walk again? Chris has a bizarre beginning to his day when vet nurse Leisl asks him to work out the sex of her bearded dragon. Chris gets in the middle of a domestic drama!
Why is a two week old lamb sitting in the reception at the Bondi clinic? And how did it get there? Can Chris help this country cousin so far from home? A Labrador puppy has been raced into the clinic suffering uncontrollable convulsions. The terrified Archie has eaten enough snail bait to kill him. Has Chris got him in time or will the poison shut down his system?
At the clinic, three month old rescue puppy Tyson is being fostered by a family for just one week. But when foster Mum Melissa takes the puppy to Chris for a routine check-up she is confronted with terrible news - Tyson needs major heart surgery or he will die. Despite the expense, the family decides to adopt Tyson because they know no one else will give him a home in his condition. Will Tyson survive the open heart surgery and have a happy future with his new family?
Chris has rushed to the Australian Reptile Park to handle an emergency. Two Tasmanian devil babies, Lara and Lily have been struck down with a mystery illness and are close to death. Two boxer puppies are found by police wandering the streets. One has been hit by a car and is coughing up blood. Chris is called to rescue the brothers. First, he must treat the hit and run victim but then it becomes his mission to track down their owners and prevent them going to an animal shelter.
The trouble is Chris is bonding with the puppies and is going to find it hard to let go. This episode focuses on a miniature horse that is suffering from dwarfism disease and was not meant to survive past six months. However his loving owner and a dedicate band of vets have beaten the odds and kept two year old Koda alive.
Australia's smallest horse is also a regular visitor at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and lights up the lives of hundreds of sick kids. Two heartbroken little girls and their Mum are pleading for Dr Chris to save their beloved bunny Alice, who is only 14 weeks old, and the girls' very first pet.
The family came home to find something shocking had happened to little Alice. This will be one of Dr Chris' toughest cases. Jasper, a beautiful kelpie, is brought to Chris in a terrible state. A knock to the head as a puppy has caused severe balance problems but his condition is now deteriorating rapidly. His loving owner Heidi already has a baby to look after but she is constantly assisting Jasper and cannot bear the thought of losing him.
Jen brings in her son's dog Jewel to Dr Chris to find out if she's expecting. The complication? This is an unplanned pregnancy and Jen suspects the father is her own dog, Token. X rays prove Jewel is having a football team of puppies. YA king cobra at the Australian Reptile Park needs urgent attention to remove scales stuck to his right eye. But getting hold of one of the world's most venomous snakes is a frightening experience.
Blind in one eye, the cobra is angry and dangerous. Chris has some challenges ahead of him! First is a beautiful pig who is about to become pork chops if she keeps digging up the family property with her broken nose ring. Her owner, Allison, loves Lola and has asked Chris to find a way to stop the execution. While the solution is simple - a new nose ring - sedating an angry pig turns out to be a tough challenge. Then, naughty Alfred has kidnapped his big brother's guinea pig and taken her onto the trampoline.
Unfortunately the game has ended in tears with a paralysed Sugar rushed into the clinic. Will Sugar ever walk again and will Hugo ever forgive his little brother? Honey the Spoodle has taken a death defying leap out of a car doing 40 kms an hour to chase down a cat. Somehow she has survived but just how serious are her injuries? Meanwhile in nearby Coogee, the search and rescue police have been called out to try to help a kitten trapped underneath a car bonnet. But the stray has other ideas and disappears into the night despite all the locals joining in the search.
Will Chris find the stray and will she be ok? Chris finally has a weekend off vet duties and is heading to Newcastle to catch up with his parents, but a call from his dad sends him on a fascinating detour.
Chris as he heads to Africa to tag Rhinos. Audiences are exposed to unusual, unexpected and extraordinary "tails" of animals, and of course their owners, all through the eyes of these dedicated vets, adored by their clients, both the quadruped and bi-ped types. Each episode delivers not only a carefully crafted mix of human and animal interest stories, but will also feature a variety of animals that undergo elective procedures to long-term treatments involving the most intricate and technologically advanced surgery.
At the clinic, three month old rescue puppy Tyson is being fostered by a family for just one week. But when foster Mum Melissa takes the puppy to Chris for a routine check-up she is confronted with terrible news - Tyson needs major heart surgery or he will die.
Despite the expense, the family decides to adopt Tyson because they know no one else will give him a home in his condition. Will Tyson survive the open heart surgery and have a happy future with his new family? Chris has rushed to the Australian Reptile Park to handle an emergency.
Two Tasmanian devil babies, Lara and Lily have been struck down with a mystery illness and are close to death. Two boxer puppies are found by police wandering the streets. One has been hit by a car and is coughing up blood. Chris is called to rescue the brothers. First, he must treat the hit and run victim but then it becomes his mission to track down their owners and prevent them going to an animal shelter.
The trouble is Chris is bonding with the puppies and is going to find it hard to let go. This episode focuses on a miniature horse that is suffering from dwarfism disease and was not meant to survive past six months. However his loving owner and a dedicate band of vets have beaten the odds and kept two year old Koda alive. Australia's smallest horse is also a regular visitor at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and lights up the lives of hundreds of sick kids.
Two heartbroken little girls and their Mum are pleading for Dr Chris to save their beloved bunny Alice, who is only 14 weeks old, and the girls' very first pet. The family came home to find something shocking had happened to little Alice. This will be one of Dr Chris' toughest cases. Jasper, a beautiful kelpie, is brought to Chris in a terrible state. A knock to the head as a puppy has caused severe balance problems but his condition is now deteriorating rapidly.
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