Bishops Castle Vets

29/06/2024

🌟 Congratulations Sophia! 🌟 Sophia has recently passed her SQP exams and is now a registered Animal Medicines Advisor!
She has worked very hard over the last 12 months for her qualification 👏🏻 Sophia can now prescribe and advise clients on parasite control in farmed and companion animals. 🐄 🐶

27/06/2024

Beautiful views on the road this morning ☀️😎

16/06/2024

Well she's made it to Brighton all 55 miles of it!

What an inspiration this lady is 👏 👏 thank you for all her messages and support.

If you haven't yet sponsored her but want to now she's completed the challenge here's the link.

www.justgiving.com/page/sally-coombes-1711399766055

Massive well done Sally 🚲 🚴‍♀️

04/06/2024

🚲🚵‍♂️🚴‍♀️It is less than 2 weeks to go before our Sal takes part in her challenge to raise money for the British Heart Foundation🚴‍♀️🚵‍♂️🚲

Please get your sponsor money to her or follow the link below to keep her motivated and complete her challenge!

www.justgiving.com/page/sally-coombes-1711399766055

Thank you!

Look what our fantastic member of staff Sally is doing......🏃‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

Please support her if you can by following this link to her Just Giving Page

www.justgiving.com/page/sally-coombes-1711399766055

Thank you!

24/05/2024

📣***𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧***📣

BISHOPS CASTLE AUCTION
WEEKLY 🐑SHEEP🐑 MARKET DAY
IS MOVING TO FRIDAYS!

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.

Weekly sales of Prime Lambs, Cull Ewes and Store Lambs
52 weeks of the year (bank holidays not included)
Strong buyer support promised!

For further details/entries, please contact:

☎️Bishops Castle: 01588 638755
☎️Auctioneer: James F Evans 07851 552438
☎️Auctioneer: Jonny Dymond 07803 412617

For information on all our upcoming Livestock and Machinery Sales, please visit: https://www.hallsgb.com/auctions/

14/05/2024

Get in touch if you would like to find out more 😊🐴

27/04/2024

Today is World Veterinary Day!

So today we take a moment to appreciate the incredible team of vets that we have at the practice. Dedicated, caring and always going above and beyond, no matter what time of day it is, with the wellbeing of your animals (and you!) at the forefront.

Of course, there is a brilliant team of people working hard front of house and behind the scenes to help, support and enable the vets to provide the service that they do.

So thank you ! ,🙏👏

26/03/2024

Look what our fantastic member of staff Sally is doing......🏃‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

Please support her if you can by following this link to her Just Giving Page

www.justgiving.com/page/sally-coombes-1711399766055

Thank you!

16/03/2024

More newborns keeping us smiling this weekend.......🐾

15/03/2024

Lovely sight for a Friday afternoon calving!

Twins -Happy Weekend All!

12/03/2024

*** Lost near Caersws, Powys this morning the 12th March.

Betty.

She was lost in Caersws SY17

Betty is an elderly dog on medication and so we hope that she can be found ASAP. ***

06/02/2024

*Stud Season 2024*

🐎 Experienced in all aspects of stud work including chilled and frozen AI, we can provide a great service to your mares (and foals!).

🐎 AI packages can either be pay as you go, or an all-in fee to include scanning, hormone treatments, uterine flushes etc

🐎 We are able to come out to you in the comfort of your own yard or can offer accommodation for frozen packages etc.

Please get in touch if you would like to find out more about breeding and we can start preparing for the season ahead !

26/01/2024

Hope you all have a chilled out weekend! 🌞

This is Rye who was in today for surgery to be castrated. As you can see he wasn't too phased by the experience and even managed to catch up on plenty of kip!

20/01/2024

🐈‍⬛️🐈‍⬛️ It will be law to have your cats microchipped from June 2024!
Further information can be found on the Gov website or a good summary can be found here https://www.cats.org.uk/help-and-advice/neutering-and-vaccinations/microchipping-your-cat

Cats in England must be implanted with a microchip before they reach the age of 20 weeks, and their contact details must be stored and kept up to date in a DEFRA-compliant database like ours.

Cats must be microchipped by 10 June 2024, and if found un-microchipped, the cat's keeper will have 21 days to have one implanted, or they could face a fine of up to £500.

19/01/2024

𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐮 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

From 1st January 2024 vaccination rules for Equine Influenza (flu) have changed for many of the equestrian disciplines in accordance with advice from British Equestrian (BEF).

Vaccination intervals after 1st January 2024 have reduced date ranges between the first two vaccinations (V1 and V2) in a primary course and the third vaccination (V3). Any horse restarting their vaccinations or commencing a new primary course with effect from 1st January 2024 will be affected by the changes. Vaccinations that are up-to-date and correct will not be affected.

Competition horse owners should ensure that their horse or pony is vaccinated for Equine Flu in accordance with the rules of the appropriate sporting governing bodies under which they are competing (e.g. FEI, British Eventing, British Dressage, British Showjumping, The Pony Club, British Riding Clubs, etc).

* Please note: 𝐕𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. It is 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 to ensure that your horse or pony’s vaccinations are up to date and comply with requirements. Any lapse in the vaccination history, even by a few days, will be considered by the relevant governing body to be a breach of its rules. This may result in your horse being unable to compete or penalties being imposed.

Regardless of whether your horse is competing in BEF member bodies affiliated sports or not, Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons advises that you follow the BEF advice, which is supported by research evidence and complies with the recommendations of vaccine manufacturers.

Our office teams and vets are happy to offer advice and check your horse’s vaccination record prior to a competition.

08/01/2024

🐑🐑🐑

⚠️Liver Fluke and Worm Burdens⚠️

Now is an ideal time to bring us a representative sample of muck from your ewes (if you havent scanned yet, that provides a perfect opportunity). We can check for worm and liver fluke eggs to guide treatment and preventative plans on farm ahead of lambing.

Worm or fluke infections will significantly affect ewe (and lamb!) health before, during and after lambing so it's an important area to address.

We can do this in house (liver fluke egg in the photo), all we need is a fresh sample from a random selection of animals within the group.

Please give us a call to find out more. 🐑🐏

04/01/2024

It's the time of year now to start thinking about the Insol vaccine for Sweet Itch. We will aim to contact clients who had it last year but please get in touch if you would like some more information or to book in.

**Sweet Itch Vaccine** Chronic sweet itch sufferers - we have been using a vaccine for the past few years which has very good results for horses or ponies that suffer with sweet itch. The vaccine works by modulating the immune response by the skin to the stimulus of the midges.
Horses and ponies require 2 vaccinations 14 days apart. Ideally these are given before midges start to appear so in February or March.
If you would like to know more about the sweet itch vaccine then please get in touch.

27/12/2023

Introducing some of the team..😁 LEON

Leon started training at the practice in August 2023 and qualified as an ATT (Approved Tuberculin Tester) in October. He has since enjoyed getting to know the bovine clients of the practice. As time goes on he hopes to train to provide more skills such as scanning and blood sampling.
When not at the vets he can normally be found with his faithful hound Alf, on his families mixed hill farm in the South Shropshire Hills. He also enjoys hiking and camping in his free time along with playing pool and attending YFC in the pubs of Clun Valley.

24/12/2023

We would like to wish all of our clients and their two or four legged friends, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄🎅

23/12/2023

Introducing some of the team.. 😄 HENRY

After receiving a Biomedical Science degree from Cardiff, Henry then studied Veterinary Science in Liverpool, where he graduated in 2023. Henry has a keen interest in all creatures great and small, with a particular love for horses and dogs. Henry enjoys the variety associated with mixed practice and has a keen interest in surgery. Outside of work, being the son of a Kiwi, Henry has always loved rugby and plays cricket every summer for Alberbury CC.

22/12/2023

Introducing some of the team 😄 KATE

Kate has been in veterinary practice for about 5 years now and moved to Bishops Castle in January 2023, joining us as a Student Veterinary Nurse. This was a big learning curve as Kate hadn't any large animal or farming background but has always been willing to muck in!
Kate has three, one-eyed cats and a dog at home that keep her and her husband busy.
Kate loves all aspects of her job but especially inpatient care and phlebotomy and has a particular interest in exotics. Kate loves the variety of work at Bishops Castle, and you will no doubt see her with your pets at some point soon!

10/12/2023

Ahead of the Christmas and New Year period, here are our festive opening hours.

We hope you all enjoy a Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year 🎄🎅🌲

02/12/2023

StreetVet is a multi award winning charity providing care for pets whose owners are experiencing homelessness. Take a look!

06/11/2023

31/10/2023

FOUND

We have had a young male neutered black and white cat handed into the surgery.
He has no microchip.
Found in Bishops Castle just outside SPAR.

Please phone on 01588 638356 if you think he might be yours.

26/10/2023

MISSING CAT

Please give us a call at the surgery if you have seen “Aladdin” missing in Horderley area - Male, neutered and microchipped, he is friendly but very timid.

21/10/2023

FOUND

Sadly we have had a deceased cat bought into the surgery.

He is a black and white entire male cat. He does not have a microchip.
He was found in Clun near where the Garage used to be.

Please contact the surgery on 01588 638356 if you think he might be yours.