🎁🐾 Happy Boxing Day from All of Us at Longwell Green Vets! 🐾🎁
We hope you and your pets are enjoying the festive season and taking
time to relax after all the Christmas excitement! Whether it’s extra
cuddles, a winter walk, or snoozing by the fire, we hope today is filled with
joy and warmth. 🐶🐱
Remember, the holidays can sometimes bring unexpected surprises for
our furry friends. If you need us, we’re here to help—check our holiday
hours on our website or give us a call.
📸🐾 Behind the Scenes with Our Veterinary Nurses!
Wednesday, our skilled veterinary nurse Kelly preformed a Schedule 3 procedure for a brave 5-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) with a swollen toe. 🐶💙
Using our X-ray equipment, she took an image of the swollen toe to see what was causing Ruby so much discomfort. Thanks to their expertise and care, we’re a step closer to diagnosing and treating our furry patient! 🩻✨
What is Schedule 3?
It’s a set of tasks veterinary nurses can perform under a vet’s direction, like taking X-rays, administering treatments, and preforming small minor surgeries. It’s teamwork that ensures pets get the best care possible! 💪🐕
How To Protect Your Pets From Autumn Pests 🍂
Parasites like fleas and ticks may be more commonly associated with warm summer weather - but the dangers don’t go away entirely.
Find out how to protect your pet using the link in the comments
With firework night around the corner, check out our
top tips on keeping your pet safe, happy and calm. 💚
For more support and advice click the link in the comments
🐾🩺 Poppy & Daisy’s First Vet Visit! 🩺🐾
Last week, Poppy and Daisy had their very first trip to the vets! 🐶
They both had a full health check with Julia, one of our veterinary surgeons, and received their first vaccinations. 💉🐾
These little ones were super brave and loved soaking up all the cuddles they got! 🥰💖
Have you ever wondered what we get up to when we take a swab of your pet's ear and look under the microscope? 🔬
Here is a short video showing you the process of ear cytology.
This lab technique is incredibly useful in helping us work out what kind of infection is down the ear and helps us decide which treatment is most appropriate.
Here, you can see this patient has a lot of yeast down their ears so we want to make sure our treatment is targeted to yeast overgrowth.
Signs of ear infections often include itchy ears, shaking the head, red and sore ears, smelly ears, gunky ears.
Sometimes we can see more severe signs if the ear infection is really bad. It is often very painful for the pet so we want to treat it as soon as possible.
If you are worried your pet might have an ear problem, please don't hesitate to get in touch 💚
🐾 Ralph’s Day at the Vets 🏥💙
Ralph visited us last week for his neutering procedure and this is what his day looked like.
The morning of the procedure, he and his owner were greeted by one of our lovely nurses for his admission. After settling him into his spacious kennel (look at all that room!), Ralph received his pre-medication to help him relax and for us to administer his pre-operative pain relief. 💉
Once he was relaxed, our nurses placed an intravenous catheter in his leg to safely anaesthetise him for the procedure. Ralph was then prepped and taken into the theatre for his surgery.
Afterwards, Ralph enjoyed plenty of cuddles from the team and some well-deserved dinner 🍲.
We’re happy to report he’s now home, resting and recovering like a champ! 🐕💙
As part of our mission to reduce our environmental impact, we are trying to switch as many dogs and cats as possible to oral flea and worming medication rather than spot-on medication as oral medications tend to be less harmful for the environment and wildlife.
Giving cats tablets can be particularly challenging, but some of our flea and worming products are specifically formulated to be a tasty treat for the cat – and here is the proof! These videos show some of our staff's cats purring and enjoying their monthly flea and worming tablets! It's really as easy as that!
Get in touch by calling or speak to us in practice if you want to discuss switching your pet onto oral flea and worming tablets
You want them to have the best start in life, and so do we. 💚
Give us a call on 01179323660 to start your pet care journey with us today ☎️
Jasper & Fergus Day at the Vets 💚
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🪿 Meet Larry & Lottie 🪿
Larry & Lottie were rushed to the practice on Monday evening after being attacked by a fox and rescued from a neighbour.
The team at Longwell Green quickly assessed both ducks and found they both had severe wounds. The vets decided it would be beneficial for Larry to have an Xray as his wing felt abnormal. Once the Xray was taken and assessed, it was discovered Larry had broken a bone in his wing 😔
Lottie was also checked over and appeared to have some wounds across her body. A Xray was also taken to be safe, and we were pleased to discover that there was nothing abnormal on Xray
Larry had a support bandage placed on his wing to give the broken bone the best chance at healing ❤️🩹
Both Larry and Lottie have been amazing patients and the Team have become quite fond of them 🥰
They will hopefully be discharged this evening where their owner Molly (Longwell greens practice manager) will be continuing their care and starting some physiotherapy on Larry’s wing
