Andrew Melling Vets Ltd

24/11/2025

👋🏻 MEET THE TEAM MONDAY 👋🏻

Name: Dr Holly Mellor

Position: Veterinary Surgeon

Holly started working at Andrew Melling Ltd after graduating in July from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh.
She has been loving all aspects of the job especially that we get to see and treat so many different species!
Holly is particularly interested in calf health and cow lameness as well as equine medicine and the occasional alpaca 😉
In her spare time she likes to go to the gym and swim as she grew up swimming for her local club. She also does some crocheting (granny hobby) and enjoys going to lots of gigs (waiting on an invite to one of Charlie’s performances) 🕺. Oh and she rivals Andrew with the fishing 🎣

Welcome to the team Holly 🥰

17/11/2025

RALPH HAS BEEN FOUND🥰🫶🏻🥳

Thank you so so much to everyone who has shared our posts and been looking for Ralph and an extra special thank you to the lovely lady who found him this evening in her parents garden.

All of us (and especially Dorothy) are so very grateful and relieved to have him home safe💖

NOW FOUND💖💖

🐱 LOST CAT 🐱

A member of staffs male cat has escaped his carrier outside medivet in Adlington this morning, he headed down Greenfield road.

He is from Horwich so not used to the area and will be very scared.

He isn’t wearing a collar but is microchipped with up to date contact details.

Please see picture below 👇🏻

If you are local to the area please share, and if you think you may have seen Ralph please ring the office or message this page.

Thank you 🙏🏻

17/11/2025

👋🏻 MEET THE TEAM MONDAY 👋🏻

Name: Dorothy Longworth

Position: Receptionist/ admin

Dorothy started worked at Andrew Melling Vets in 2000 which means she is quite literally a part of the furniture (and we would be lost without her!) She is another of our fabulous quad of receptionists and a face and voice you will all know very well.
She has loved working at Andrew Mellings for the last 25 years and being part of our wonderful team. She adores animals and finds it so rewarding to help care for them everyday - it truly never feels like work for her!
When she’s not at work she enjoys cooking for and spending time with her wonderful family and grandchildren, listening to music, and looking after her two lovely cats - Ralph and Luna 🐱She has a real love for flowers, nature, and travel. Whenever she can she likes to visit family and friends in Italy, where she was fortunate to live for a while, as well as Belgium and Switzerland ✈️

11/11/2025

Good Evening to all our clients.

Important Information to follow.
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Should you wish to collect medications on Saturday mornings between 9am-12pm, we kindly ask that you pre order them no later than 12 noon on the Friday.
(Special order medication needs a minimum of 5 days please).

This is to allow our team to book out and label the meds without you having to wait.

We do however understand that sometimes emergencies may happen and you nipping in for 1 bottle of emergency medication is absolutely fine.

Please help us to help you.

Thanks as always for your understanding.

10/11/2025

👋🏻 MEET THE TEAM MONDAY 👋🏻

Name: Charlie Munro

Position: Receptionist/ admin

Charlie started worked at Andrew Mellings in 2018, which means we’ve put up with her for 7 whole years! 🤣 She is another of our fabulous quad of receptionists and someone a lot of you will know well.
Her favourite part of the job is talking horses with our lovely clients 🐎
When she’s not at work talking horses she can be found looking after her own horses or competing in affiliated show jumping and eventing (or on stage pretending to be lady gaga!) 🎤🐴

09/11/2025

BIRD FLU UPDATE 🦠🐓🐣

As of the 6th November, Great Britain is in an avian influenza protection zone!
By law you must follow strict hygiene and bio security rules to stop it spreading.

What does this mean?
- if you keep more than 50 birds (of any type) you MUST house them
- if you keep less than 50 birds and they are for your own use, ie you do not sell or give away their eggs/ meat, you do NOT have to house them
- if you keep less than 50 birds but do sell them, their eggs/ meat etc, they are classed as poultry and must be housed

There have been cases locally to us and as a result protection zones are in place.

It is vital to keep poultry house and away from wild birds, maintain a high level of biosecurity, and avoid moving birds unless absolutely necessary.

For more information please visit the APHA website!

09/11/2025

Today, on Remembrance Sunday we remember both the people and animals who fought and continue to fight for our county, and many of whom lost their lives.

‘When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today’

Lest we forget

04/11/2025

Little Dobby gave us a fright last week. He choked on some food and ended up with bloat - which if not treated is deadly, quickly😢
Stuart the vet came out and fixed him by hosing some oil in to his stomach - the recovery was incredible! He went from severe pain in a dangerous situation, to trotting off across the field feeding fine - all from a pint of cooking oil (and a few jabs from Stuart)!

Thank you to Andrew Melling Vets for saving the day once again, and to the Red Lion for supplying us with some emergency oil! Who knew some oil could save a life so easily 😻

03/11/2025

👋🏻 MEET THE TEAM MONDAY 👋🏻

Name: Deborah (Debbie) Cunningham

Position: Receptionist/ admin

Debbie started working at Andrew Melling Ltd in summer 2021. She is one of our four receptionists and is probably a face and voice you all know well. Her favourite part of the job is working as part of a team and helping clients when they need her the most 🫶🏻
Outside of work Debbie is a member of a local choir, enjoys going to the gym, spending time outdoors, and travelling - she has visited every continent (minus Antarctica 🤯)

29/10/2025

FIREWORKS 🎆🧨✨

It’s that time of year again when fireworks start being set off in the lead up to Halloween, bonfire night, and New Year’s Eve.

If you have a horse that has never been exposed to fireworks before, it may be worth playing the sound to them to try and desensitise them and get them used to the noise.

If you have a horse that has a history of becoming stressed around this time of year please read the tips below 👇🏻

There are oral sedatives available, however they can have profound effects on the heart and cardiovascular system so the horse MUST have a heart check prior to any oral sedative being prescribed. Please call the office if you think your horse would benefit from some oral sedation.