James has a real emergency on his hands when a colleague's dog is badly injured. Cheryl puts her detective skills to the test on Coco the chihuahua, who is making some rather strange noises. And vet Cat gets the thrill of removing a gooey lump from the head of a much-loved moggy.

It's a first for Cheryl when she performs an extraordinary operation on a 16-year-old goldfish called Baraka. Vet Cat gets a visit from Scout, a nervous greyhound with a poorly paw. James helps Jack the cat, whose waistline is playing havoc with his aching bones.

James gets thrown in at the deep end with some serious surgery on a water-loving moggy called Smallie. Cheryl helps reunite two netherland dwarf rabbits, Bumble and Winnie. And Rory spots a solution for a friendly french bulldog called Blue.