Feline Fridays
Want to try brushing your cats teeth?? We recommend doing this very slowly to start with, get your cat comfortable with each step for a few weeks before progressing but video shows you all the steps.
Happy brushing
Antibiotic Amnesty
What to do if you have leftover or unused antibiotics:
o Return them to your vet practice for safe disposal
o Inappropriate disposal of unused antibiotics could contribute to antimicrobial
resistance and pollute the environment through waterways, affecting our
wildlife
o Don’t ever give your pet, or any pet for which they haven’t been prescribed,
left-over or out of date antibiotics. Using antibiotics when not needed could
risk side effects, delay an accurate diagnosis for your pet, mean that your
pets condition may not be treatable, and contributes to antimicrobial
resistance
Our practice is taking part in the antibiotic amnesty until the end of December. Clients can
return any unused or out of date antibiotics to us for safe disposal.
#AntibioticAmnesty #onehealth
Independent Primary Care and Referral Centre looking for a new Veterinary Surgeon.
Sadly, our Australian colleague is relocating, and we are now looking to add another vet to our team. We are a 100% independent practice and are not part of a group or chain of clinics. MVP is owned by two committed directors, who are happy to support you, and are very keen to hear your ideas and value your opinion. MVP has been voted the best practice in Essex for 2 consecutive years by our clients.
We are proud of our highly dedicated, friendly and compassionate vets. We have trained receptionists, administrative team members and support staff. MVP is a student nurse training practice with a high number of experienced and long-term qualified veterinary nurses, supporting you and training the next generation. Our lovely 14 strong qualified nursing team are here to help and support you with their dedicated consulting nurse clinics in; preventive health care, nutrition, weight management, diabetes and behaviour. Along with a further 3 trainee nurses, our nursing team is structured with allocated teams in consulting, wards and theatre to make every aspect of your working day as positive and as easy as possible. We have a purpose-built veterinary clinic with amble parking, consulting rooms and dedicated feline and canine waiting areas and wards.
You will have freedom to work-up your cases with access to our on-site lab (with dedicated nurse attendance), digital radiography, dental radiography, 2 ultrasound machines, endoscopy and CT scanner with inhouse and external interpretation.
Main Purpose of role
Small animal general practitioner as part of an 11-vet team.
Taking patient histories, performing clinical examinations, formulating differential diagnosis lists and planning diagnostic investigations.
Communicating with staff and clients.
Key responsibilities and duties
Performing the patient’s physical examinations and advising the client clearly of findings and recommendations.
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✏️ Enzo was clearly getting ready to go back to school when he chewed on a pencil. Unfortunately it got stuck across the roof of his mouth so had to be sedated to have it safely removed and to check for any injuries.
Thank you for coming to see us!
We have had a lovely time with all the families that visited us yesterday. Career advise was flowing for our vets and veterinary nurses of the future. We had many involved conversations with our enthusiastic young pet owners and animal lovers (and their accompanying adults!) and a good general catch-up . We also had some very talented bandaging assistants and great discussions on behaviour and body language signs for dogs, cats and rabbits. We were only left with a few refreshments, which is a good sign! We wish all the children, a safe and fun next few weeks of summer holidays.
Step 3 in tooth brushing
Once your dog is happy with step 2, this may take a couple of weeks. Move onto a toothbrush doing the same action you did with your finger.
Finger brushes can be used between step 2 and 3 but a brush is what we are wanting to use long term.
Ideally you would brush their teeth every day but 3 times per week will go a long way.
We’d love to see you guys giving brushing a go, video any stage and post it below.
Step 2 for teeth brushing
Get some toothpaste on your finger and slide it all the way along the teeth. Upper and lower teeth and across the front. You don’t need to worry about the tongue side of the teeth, these are not really achievable.
Has anyone been practicing? Show us how you’re getting on.
Starting to brush your pets teeth??
Start slow with them just licking toothpaste off your finger.
You need pet toothpaste only as they swallow it so can’t use human toothpaste. It’s generally meat flavoured too so they like it 😁
Feline Fridays
Enzo enjoying coming to the vets and seeing our vet Laura.
Don’t forget we have a cat only clinic if your cat is not a fan of waiting around dogs. Just let reception know when you book that you’d like to attend the cat clinic. It’s Tuesday 9.30-11.30am
