Bridges Veterinary Surgery

24/12/2024

We are thrilled to announce that our care assistant Carly had made it into the top three finalists for the Burgess Excel veterinary awards 2024!

Carly is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about rabbit and guinea pig care and welfare, and has been recognised for having a positive impact on the care of Rabbits at the surgery.

We are very proud of her and wish her lots of luck for the final in January 🤞

20/12/2024

Dog hamper draw

20/12/2024

Cat hamper draw

20/12/2024

Thank you to everybody that donated to our Christmas hamper raffle!

The winners are....

Cat hamper - number 68 Norma Pearce
Dog hamper - number 60 Rowena Criddle

Well done! Your prize can be collected during opening hours, please confirm your telephone number when collecting.

You have all raised over £100 for ARC - Anna's Rescue Centre 🐈

Merry Christmas 🎄

18/12/2024

****🎅Christmas opening hours 🤶****

Please remember to order all repeat prescriptions and prescription food by Saturday the 21st December at the latest.💊

We require 24 hours notice before collection of medication or food, to ensure products are delivered to us in time to be dispensed and checked. Controlled medications can often take up to 5 days to be delivered.🚚

Merry Christmas 🎄

08/12/2024

We love Christmas, but what we don’t love is rabbits being given as a Christmas gift. Rabbits are not just for Christmas, they are pets that deserve our care and commitment for many years 🐰🎁🙅

Contrary to popular belief, rabbits do not make good first-time pets for children and are not a good Christmas present idea. Rabbits are a 10-year commitment and can equate to over £11,000 over their lifetime!

This is one of the reasons why so many rabbits are abandoned every year, and UK rescue centres are facing a huge crisis - the worst ever.

Rabbits are living, breathing animals, not objects or playthings. Don’t add to the current welfare crisis, please think twice about giving rabbits as Christmas presents.

06/12/2024

Unfortunately, we will be closed tomorrow as the entire garden centre Is shut for staff and customer safety reasons.

Our staff have tried to rearrange as many appointments as possible, we have left voicemails for those clients we could not contact.

If you have an emergency whilst we are closed please call valley vets on 02920001454.

Thank you for your understanding.

Bridges

CUSTOMER NOTICE
Due to the Red Weather Warning in place for Saturday morning, we have made the decision to open our Stores later to ensure the safety of both our Staff and Customers.

We will be opening at 1pm on Saturday 7th December.
We will assess the situation in the morning and update our customers further once we know more, please keep an eye on our Social Media channels for updates.

*DELIVERY INFORMATION
For Customers expecting their Christmas Tree delivery on Saturday 7th December, unfortunately we will not be making deliveries until the Red Weather Warning has passed. We will endeavour to get all our Christmas Trees delivered to our Customers on the day requested, however this may be delayed, please bare with us!

06/12/2024

We have more extreme weather on the way. Please keep safe and only go out in it if you have to.
Especially don’t forget the outdoor pets, make sure their homes are protected, warm and dry 💨 🌧️ 💨

RED WARNING - WIND

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUS!! SHARE AND KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED!!

A period of extremely strong winds will develop during the early hours of Saturday morning as Storm Darragh moves across the Irish Sea. Gusts of 90 mph or more are possible over coasts and hills of west and south Wales, as well as funnelling through the Bristol Channel with some very large waves on exposed beaches.

The strongest winds will begin to ease from late morning, though it will remain very windy with Amber wind warnings still in force until the evening.

AREAS AFFECTED

South West England

Bath and North East Somerset
Bristol
Devon
North Somerset
Somerset
South Gloucestershire

Wales
Bridgend
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan

02/12/2024

Have you seen our Christmas hamper raffle? 👀

We have one dog hamper and one cat hamper up for grabs, complete with a Christmas dinner! 🍗

Numbers are £1 each (cash only please) and the winners will be drawn via a recorded random number generator on December 20th. 🎫

All proceeds this year will go to ARC - Anna's Rescue Centre who rescue, rehome and rehabilitate stray and unwanted cats and kittens 😸

25/11/2024

****Important information from our out of hours providers, Valley Vets****

FLOOD UPDATE

We are now working from our Cardiff branch
temporarily at 180 Merthyr Road, CF14 1DL.

Our out of hours service will also be temporarily operating from our Cardiff branch from this evening.

Our team are available to take calls so please continue to call 02920 001454 should you need emergency veterinary care.

We are in the process of calling all clients who have appointments booked in with us in the next few days to offer appointments at our Cardiff branch.

Thank you so much for your patience and understanding!💛

24/11/2024

24/11/2024

🚨 Please read 🚨

URGENT UPDATE- VALLEY VETERINARY HOSPITAL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

Due to the current weather conditions we have had to make the decision to close our hospital site. We will still be operating an emergency service from Park Vets, Sanatorium Road, Cardiff, CF11 8DG

All current inpatients and team members have been evacuated safely.

Our phone lines have temporarily been diverted to VetsNow, Newport, who will be providing emergency cover whilst we relocate our team safely.

In case of emergency please contact our usual number - 02920 001454

We will provide further updates through the day.

20/11/2024

Our Creative director/Nursing Assistant Carly is busy designing our Christmas displays! 🎨

She would love some pictures of your pets to be featured in them! They don't need to be Christmas themed, but if you have Christmas themed ones we would love to see them.

Please send your pictures to [email protected] with the subject: Carlys Christmas displays.

We can't wait to see what she comes up with! 🎄🤶

15/11/2024

🖤🖤🖤🖤

All homed 💜💜💜💜💜🏠Five still available ❤️A Whole bundle of kittens Surrendered last week, and again, we’ve got more Black Cats than any other cats in the whole charity! Please adopt a black kitten

13/11/2024

Meet the team!

You may have seen some new faces at Bridges recently 👀

Gave a warm welcome to

Alison, who is our new part time Veterinary Care assistant.Alison is covering one of our nurses whilst she is on maternity leave.

and

Erin ,who is our new full time Veterinary Surgeon.

They have loved starting to meet you and your pets 😊🐈🐰🐹🐱

10/11/2024

❤️💜🤍

01/11/2024

Antibiotic resistance is scary 😨 🎃

Our practice is taking part in the 2024 Antibiotic Amnesty. Throughout November 2024 we are asking pet owners to return any unused or leftover antibiotic
medications to us for safe disposal (veterinary only, please take human medication to your local pharmacy)

- What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develop defences that protect them from antibiotic medications, making treatment less effective
-Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing problem worldwide, affecting both human and animal health.
- Antibiotics are essential when treating many conditions in
animals and people, but bacteria are becoming resistant to many antibiotics that we rely on in human and veterinary medicine.