Weekly News From Our Expert Vets

Corona Update From Your Vet

We hope you are staying safe and well. A couple of days ago, you would have received an email from your vet surgery, outlining the changes we have made to our services to continue to keep you, your pets and our team safe.

If you haven’t yet seen it, please take some to read this important update. We will keep you informed if anything changes, in the meantime if you need us or are concerned about your pet, please call us.

Your FAQs Answered

We have had numerous enquiries about COVID-19 and what you can do should your pet be injured or become unwell, how to access your pets medicine or whether or not your pets can catch Covid-19. This is why we have put together a list of our frequently asked questions to keep you and your pet healthy during the Corona Crisis.

🐾 Can a person catch COVID–19 from a pet?
🐾 How do I get to see the vet during this crisis?
🐾 What should I do if I’m isolating and need to see the vet?
🐾 Should I keep my cat indoors?
🐾 Are there any pet health concerns to keep in mind during the lockdown?
🐾 If vaccines are delayed is that causing a risk to my pet?
🐾 My pet needs neutering, what should I do?
🐾 Should I continue my pet’s flea and wormer medications?
🐾 How do I get my pet’s repeat prescriptions?
🐾 How do I get my VIP flea and worming treatments?
🐾 Should I continue to pet and fuss my pet?

All these questions answered here, along with some helpful tips and advice on how you can help your pet continue to be happy and healthy over the next few weeks.

Our Weekly Stories

Although certainly a different Easter than we anticipated when we started 2020, we hope you at least got to say hello to your family and friends via the various forms of communication we are becoming used to, during this past bank holiday weekend. Our wonderful vets were available over the Easter weekend to help all the pets that needed our expertise and care.

#Quarantinequiz

Since you liked our previous quiz, we have prepared one more for you! See the questions below, try to answer as many as possible (🙈 No cheating) and then watch the video to find out the answers! Let’s get started…

1. List 3 toxins in cats
2. As of 2019, what is the UK’s most popular dog breed?
3. What is the only bird known to fly backwards?
4. What % of cat’s bones is in its tail?
5. What is the largest thing a blue whale can swallow whole?
6. What four-legged land-based animal has its mammary glands between its front legs?
7. Where is a shrimp’s heart located?
8. What is the collective noun for a group of geese called?
9. What breed of cat has no fur? What breed of cat has no tail?
10. Can puppies hear when they are born?

The Magnificent Dan

This beautiful big boy is Dan de lion ! … Get it … 😁🌼🦁

He was in to see us as he was having some bad oral pain and a swelling in his mouth.
Unfortunately Dan did need some teeth out but with some pain relief and antibiotics he will feel better than ever without those sore teeth.