Three ferrets cause a stir in the Thurso vet practice during Monday night's episode of The Highland Vet.

In the small animal wing, one of the practice directors Ken Wilson has a busy day ahead when he faces up to the castration of three ferrets during the breeding season.

It’s the first ever ferret surgery for vet nurse Caitlin Souter who has her hands full with lively Hicks who is hell bent on escaping.

The Highland Vet is a brand-new documentary series set at DS McGregor's and Partners – the most northern mainland vets’ practices in Britain. Filmed across winter and early spring in locations often remote and challenging, it features the dedicated team – vets, vet nurses and staff members – from the local mixed vet practices in both Thurso and Wick, as they work hard, around the clock to help farm animals, equine, domestic pets and wildlife.

Vet Bridget Holt and vet nurse Vicky Shearer have an emergency call out away from the practice after they receive a report of a prolapsed sheep spotted on a hill farm near Melvich. But when the Highland weather turns, finding the sheep proves troublesome and during the search Bridget lands on her bottom.

Back at the surgery, practice director Guy Gordon has a mystery to resolve. Crofter Andrew has arrived with his six-year-old border collie Riley, suffering from a facial injury that has been coming and going for months.

Andrew is hoping exploratory surgery might finally help fix the painful looking swelling.

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Vet Shondie Maclean is out and about on large animal duties and her first job of the day is a call out to farmer James, worried that his nine-month-old Hereford calf might have a serious infection. On arrival, Shondie fears the worse too.

And young vet David Mackay has tricky surgery to contend with – seven-year-old cat Belle is in for dental treatment. This is normally a straightforward procedure, but David and vet nurse Lee Ann Mackay must think everything through carefully.

On a previous occasion, Belle had a bad reaction to anaesthetic and nearly didn’t make it.

The Highland Vet can be seen on Monday at 9pm on 5Select.

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