The thyroid gland is often a point of concern in older pets (and humans, actually). As a result, thyroid hormones are something we suggest monitoring in routine annual screening tests on our older dog and cat patients. Although something we come across quite often in cats, we have a little canine patient, at the moment,
As general veterinary practitioners, we have the challenge of running a busy preventive healthcare schedule and also being the local emergency department. This makes life really varied for us and keeps us on our toes. Actually, it’s one of the reasons that being in veterinary practice is so fulfilling as we never have time to
In our newsletter this month, our focus is on heart disease in pets. There have been huge advances in both diagnosis and treatment of this common disease during my career and it’s wonderful to be able to make some real changes to both improve and extend the life of cardiac patients nowadays. When I first
In this article, we’re going to talk about some of the things we can do to take the stress or ‘fear-factor’ out of bringing your cat in for a visit. From speaking to a number of people, it seems as though this is one of the reasons we see fewer cats than dogs in practice.
What a Headache – Sticks hangover cure doesn’t work so well! At this time of year, a few of us have a tendency to overdo the celebrations with Xmas and New Year. If your solution to the resulting hangover is to turn to Ibuprofen or Panadol, you might want to consider the four-legged friends in
Grass Seeds Galore! My apologies for reprinting some content from an article from last year but the message is the same and it’s a really important one. Over the last couple of weeks, when I bring back my dogs from their daily run, the evidence is clear – it’s grass seed season again! Although those
Feline Aids – What You Need to Know. We had a recent case which reminded me about Feline Aids and what you need to know about this potentially fatal disease in cats. ‘Fizz’ was inherited by his new owner, Bonnie Balogh, after friends had found him abandoned. Bonnie decided to take him on and brought
Maisie survives her snake-bite scare! When Sue Agar realized that her Labrador, Maisie, had killed a large Brown snake in the garden, she called us straight away. On advice from the reception staff, Sue jumped in the car and brought her straight in. Although Maisie wasn’t showing any clinical signs, a quick blood test showed
We’re really excited to be able to offer a new method of blood testing for kidney disease in pets. I mentioned in a recent story that we recommend ‘pre-anaesthetic’ blood testing in all pets undergoing surgery. Any of you who come to us on a regular basis for your ongoing pet healthcare would know that
Itchy dogs (and, to a lesser extent, cats) are a real problem for our clients at this time of year. It happens every Spring and keeps us busy providing treatment and advice. For pet owners, treating the allergies can be a big challenge and, potentially, a major source of frustration. Many of these itchy pets
Offering a wide range of pet-care options from vaccinations up to complex medical and surgical treatments.
