One of the highlights of Steve’s visit was the time that he spent with Gerald giraffe. Almost 2 months ago, Gerald sustained a fracture to one of the pedal bones in his right front hoof. During this time, Gerald has received numerous medications, supplements and cold laser therapy. The Digatherm Thermal Imaging camera generously donated by Metropolitan Veterinary Associates has allowed us to monitor thermal temperatures in his right front foot and leg to evaluate the success of our treatments. After trimming Gerald’s right front hoof, Steve applied a custom designed “shoe” based on a template made from Gerald’s foot. This process took several minutes and required that Gerald stay perfectly still while the adhesive set up. As you can see in the video above, Gerald was a model patient! In many cases, giraffe have to be under general anesthesia for the application of the shoe – thanks to the EPZs excellent Giraffe Training Team, Gerald allowed the shoe to be applied while he was standing and completely awake!