Andrew Melling Vets Ltd

02/12/2025

☃️ CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES 🎄

I know it’s a tad early, but now we’re into December we wanted to make you all aware of when we will be open over Christmas and New Year. Don’t worry we will post this again closer to the time to remind you!

Monday 22nd December - Open as normal
Tuesday 23rd December - Open as normal
Wednesday 24th December - Open until 1pm and then out of hours emergencies only
Thursday 25th December - CLOSED (Emergencies only)
Friday 26th December - CLOSED (Emergencies only)
Saturday 27th December - Emergencies only (the office will be open from 9-12 for the collection of PRE-ORDERED medication only)
Sunday 28th December - CLOSED (Emergencies only)
Monday 29th December - Open as normal
Tuesday 30th December - Open as normal
Wednesday 31st December - Open until 1pm and then out of hours emergencies only
Thursday 1st January - CLOSED (Emergencies only)
Friday 2nd January - back open as normal

Please note, there will be a vet on call 24/7 over the festive period should you need us, please call the office number as normal and you will be transferred through to the out of hours service.

If you anticipate needing any medication for over the Christmas break, this includes prescriptions, please call the office ASAP to ensure it is ordered and arrives in time as deliveries will be reduced over the festive period🎄

01/12/2025

👋🏻 MEET THE TEAM MONDAY 👋🏻

Name: Dr Stuart Bradburn

Position: Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Stuart qualified from the RVC in London in July 2005 and has worked at Andrew Melling Ltd ever since (this year was his 20 year anniversary 🤣) and we would quite simply be lost without him.

Stuart predominantly works on the farm side of the practice, he particularly enjoys reproductive/ fertility work and herd and flock health🐄🐏 His favourite things about being a vet are the variety of the job, being able to make a difference, and getting to meet all of our lovely clients.

When he’s not at work he can be found helping out on his family’s dairy farm, spending time with his dogs, doing DIY or any jobs Vikki finds for him to do🤣

30/11/2025

🦙FIRST ALPACA RHINOPLASTY🦙

Last month we received an emergency call from a client whose alpacas had been attacked by a dog off its lead. Sadly calls like this are not uncommon for us and are increasing in frequency year on year.

Our vets Holly and Vicky attended and examined the two alpacas that had been attacked by the dog. Dave had a large, deep cut to the outside of his jaw, and Norman’s nose was in a bad way as the dog had been hanging onto him for a good few minutes.

Thanks to some excellent stitching and stapling from Holly, we managed to close Dave’s wound and salvage as much of Norman’s nose as possible. They were both placed on strong pain relief and antibiotics and thankfully have both healed well.

This incident could have ended very differently had the owners not been alerted to the attack so quickly. It’s not uncommon for these types of calls to end in fatalities sadly.

PLEASE PLEASE keep your dogs on leads near any livestock, this includes cattle, sheep, alpacas, horses etc. Even if your dog is used to farm animals and horses you cannot predict how they will respond to any animal!

Thank you to Norman and Dave’s owners for allowing us to share their story 🫶🏻

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