The Aloha Vet‘s Dr. Scott Sims is one of Hawaii’s best-kept local secrets. Not your typical veterinarian, he treats both wild and domestic animals, and when islanders need help with their pets and livestock, he’s the one they call. Some clients live in hard-to-reach locations, but if an animal needs help, Dr. Sims always finds a way to get there, even if he has to walk, ride a horse, drive an ATV, fly a plane or swim. It’s a wild job that’s an adventure every day.
In the sneak peek below for the episode “Trouble in Paradise” airing Saturday, April 25, Dr. Sims and Dia head to the Makauwahi Cave Reserve to check up on some very large tortoises for some shell maintenance and light pedicures. These tortoises, the African Spurred Tortoises, are not native to Hawaii. Find out why they’re in Hawaii and how they’re vital to the reserve!
Elsewhere in the episode, Dr. Scott Sims hops in his plane to travel to Maui (where I’m from!!!) to check out a chicken with an eye infection and a goat with mastitis. But tension is high in Kauai when a horse named Kolohe is brought into the clinic with a life threatening case of colic.
“Aloha Vet” airs Saturdays at 9 PM ET/PT on Nat Geo WILD.
SNEAK PEEK