Bluestone Equine Vets

23/05/2024

** We are pleased to announce we are now able to offer in-house Worm Egg Counts**
These are available for £10 each, reduced to £8 if 3 or more samples are brought in together. For more information please get in touch!

05/04/2024

How lucky are we to have such a kind and thoughtful client! We both love our jobs and take much pride in providing our patients and their owners with the highest level of care and compassion that they deserve. Special moments like this make the rainy days, unsocialable hours and life on call that little bit more worthwhile.
Thank you 🤩

22/12/2023

12/11/2023

Lest We Forget……………

08/10/2023

Tomorrow is the start of this year’s Equine Flu Awareness Week. For more information visit Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy. To book booster vaccinations or to start / restart a primary course call or text us on 07726668971.

01/10/2023

“All too often, pain in ridden horses is labelled as “bad” behaviour. The apparently ‘sound’ horse is ‘naughty’, ‘lazy’, ‘difficult’, ‘explosive’, ‘spooky’, ‘nappy’ and more. These labels are wrong. Pain affects all aspects of a horse’s performance, including it’s partnership with the rider and it’s potential to progress. It does not always create lameness. Relieving pain can lead to improved performance, a deeper partnership and greater potential.

In ‘Harmonious Horsemanship: Use of the Ridden Horse Ethogram to Optimise Potentail, Partnership and Performance’, Sue Dyson and Sue Palmer share their professional knowledge and experience.

You will learn how to use a list of 24 behaviours to check for musculoskeletal pain in the ridden horse. The book includes a gripping mix of research studies, contributions from industry experts and real-life case studies. Only by first recognising pain can we then address it through accurate assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

This book is full of practical tools and backed by robust science, teaches you how to use ridden behaviour to recognise subtle signs of pain, even in horses that appear to be sound. It is for anyone who cares about the horse, wether you are an interested amateur owner or an experienced equestrian professional. Together, we can make the world a better place for your horses.”

23/09/2023

Good luck to our clients competing at BE Chard Equestrian this weekend. Steph is fence judging both days so feel free to say hi when walking the course.

23/08/2023

We are proud to be the equine duty vet at tomorrow’s Melplash Show. Find us in the blue and white tent in front of the cattle lines and celebrate our 1st Birthday with a glass of Pimms!

01/08/2023

Bluestone Equine Vets is 1 year old today!
We would like to say a huge thank you to all our clients for their support in our first year.
Please join us in celebrating this milestone at Melplash Show with a glass of Pimms on us. We look forward to seeing you there!

29/06/2023

A new INDEPENDENT small animal veterinary practice opening soon in Crewkerne! We have had great times working with Emily and Ellie over the years and highly recommend Hamstone Vets, we wish them all the very best in their new adventure!!

Myself (Ellie) and Emily would like to welcome you to our brand new page!
For more information and to sign up to our waiting list please visit our website at: www.hamstonevets.co.uk

16/06/2023

A blast from the past! We found this photo from 2007 when Pam was a student vet assisting our now locum vet Sarah Coombs. Sarah is one of several vets who very kindly work for us in Pam’s absence. Sarah has an interest in endurance and is an FEI Endurance and Eventing Vet which she manages to fit in alongside her regular routine equine vet work and gig rowing.
Photo courtesy of the Dorset Echo.

28/04/2023

Vets are currently seeing an increased number of horses and ponies suffering from Atypical Myopathy (AM) otherwise known as Sycamore Myopathy. This severe and often fatal muscle disorder is caused by ingesting Sycamore seeds, leaves or seedlings.
For further information and advice, please read the Royal Veterinary College Owners’ Guide below and do not hesitate to contact us should you have any concerns for your horse or pony.

29/03/2023

**CASE STUDY**
Everyone meet Dinky!
Dinky is a 12 year old, Welsh Section A gelding. He has struggled with laminitis for several years and had chronic changes in his feet. We were tasked with a tough decision of trying to save him or saying goodbye, as he also had an aggressive tumour on the end of his p***s. Fortunately his owners are very dedicated and allowed us to do all that we could to save him. Firstly we had to see if we could get him more comfortable on his feet as he wasn’t able to walk around very well. Andrew Poynton, a specialist farrier was called in to do an aggressive remedial trim and put a pair of imprint shoes on his front feet. You can compare the changes on the X-rays before and after trimming, in the photos below. Dinky was also given pain relief and a blood test was taken for equine metabolic syndrome (EMS). Dinky’s blood test came back positive so he was started on a new drug to help lower the insulin in his blood stream, which in turn would help with glucose regulation and reduce the symptoms of laminitis. A few weeks later Dinky was able to walk and trot around at his own leisure and was a lot happier in himself. We then had to tackle the tumour. Dinky was started on antibiotics in order to clear up the secondary infection prior to coming in for surgery to amputate the end of his p***s. The surgery was carried out at our premises by Bryan O’Meara and was very successful. A new urethral opening was created higher up Dinky’s p***s to allow him to urinate. Dinky passed urine straight after the surgery and was bright and comfortable. The next day he enjoyed being made a fuss of by Pam’s daughter and was given antibiotics and pain relief for the following 10 days. Dinky is now back at home where he is sound, happy and with no signs of the tumour or laminitis recurring at this stage. His owners are thrilled that he has pulled through and we consider him to be a very special and lucky little pony.
If you are concerned about any of the above conditions in your pony then please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss.

08/03/2023

Happy International Women’s Day!!

02/03/2023

SWEET ITCH VACCINATION NOW AVAILABLE!
**Please contact us ASAP to book yours**

Insol Dermatophyton is a relatively new vaccine which has had great results in preventing sweet itch. The vaccine is given in two doses, 14 days apart and should be repeated after 9 months for optimal protection. It can take up to 5 weeks from the 1st vaccine to take effect, so it is important you contact us as soon as possible to book yours. We are happy to receive calls, texts or emails.

Other methods to help manage sweet itch include:
🐴 Restricting access to insect dense areas, particularly near stagnant or running water
🐴 Stabling through the day
🐴 Using a fly rug at all times

29/01/2023

After a week away skiing with her friends and family, Pam is looking forward to being back at work tomorrow. She was clearly never far away though given the BEV clothing she wore to keep herself warm and toasty! Welcome back Pam and thank you to Andrew for holding the fort! ⛷🐎

07/12/2022

Poor Coco found herself literally stuck in the mud earlier today. After a huge team effort we were all relieved to see her walk back to her stable for a little R’n’R and breakfast. It was incredible to watch Beaminster Fire Station in action, showing their dedication and skills when dealing with this type of situation - Thank you.

25/11/2022

Tomorrow alongside Chartered Physiotherapist Celia Cohen, we will be hosting and a part of this exciting CPD (Continuing Professional Development) event for ACPAT Physiotherapists.
The neck is a fascinating and somewhat complex area of the horse and has often been neglected in diagnosis and treatment.
This is the first time a course using these principles has, as far as we know, been run. Having been researched in man and beast but only applied until now in humans, this is covering new ground.
Multidisciplinary team work at it’s best!

22/09/2022

It was all hands on deck with these gentle giants today. Ryan and Leo were a pleasure to have in our care. We are privileged to be able to work alongside Bryan O’Meara and Luke Larder, both experts of their field.

21/09/2022

All ready for tomorrow’s inpatients. We have a busy day ahead working alongside Specialist Equine Vet Bryan O’Meara and Farrier Luke Larder.

25/08/2022

A huge thank you to all who came and said Hello today! It was lovely to put faces to names.
For those of you who are interested there were 459 polos in the jar and we raised £61.00 for the charity British Veterinary Professionals for Ukraine.

24/08/2022

We are ready for Melplash Show! Please come and say Hello. You can find us in the red and white tent in front of the cattle lines.
We have celebratory Pimms and lemonade and for £1 you can guess how many polos are in the jar to be in with a chance of winning some goodies! All proceeds raised are being donated to British Veterinary Professionals for Ukraine.
See you tomorrow!

01/08/2022

We are proud to support Melplash Show and look forward to seeing you there, please come and say hello. Pam will be the Equine Vet on duty for the duration of the day.

29/07/2022

28/07/2022

🐎⭐️ 100 registered clients ⭐️🐎
Thank you all so much for your support in this new venture. We will be sending out an email in the next couple of days with our contact telephone number and some further information.
If you are wishing to register please email [email protected] and let us know your name, home address, contact telephone numbers, the location of your horse / pony or donkey and if known the What3Words for this location.
Thank you again!