Park Vets

Pinch punch first of the month! National Walk Your Dog Month is officially over and our winner for joining us on Strava this month and recording dog walks is Kat Jones! We have a hamper here with some goodies ready for your pup - get in contact with us to arrange collection! We’ve decided to keep our Strava going for anybody that’s interested and has enjoyed seeing what other local walkers are doing! Follow the link to join us if you haven’t already! https://strava.app.link/Hm8tQcCGPGb

🐶❤️ARTIE’S CYST-ORY ❤️🐶 (Warning: contains surgery, blood and scalpels!) Artie’s unique head isn’t just a case of a funky hairstyle, he has structures called dermoid cysts. Dermoid cysts are a type of congenital cyst meaning Artie was born with them. They are more commonly found with Rhodesian Ridgebacks. They occur when the outer layer of skin (the epidermis) doesn’t close properly and are normally found over the spine or, less commonly, over the nose in line with the dorsal midline. These cysts aren’t painful but they can rupture and if this were to happen they would release keratin, potentially causing an inflammatory response as the body would see it as an abnormal structure and work to get rid of it. The easiest way to deal with these cysts is to remove them via surgery. In Artie’s case because of where they are, especially the one closest to the eye, the decision was made to remove them in stages to avoid potentially taking off too much skin and leaving his right eye unable to close properly. Artie will have his next, and final, surgery 6 weeks after being fully healed from this surgery and we’re all excited to see his new, and even more handsome, face after all the cysts have been removed!

Merry Christmas from all of us here at Park Vets 🎅 We hope you and your families all have a lovely weekend! A reminder of our opening hours this festive period and what to do for any emergencies in this time. Please call on 02920382211 for any emergencies to be directed to Valley Vets Out Of Hours if we are closed. 🎄

Can you believe it's Christmas next week! Here's a reminder of our opening hours this Christmas and New Years. As always, in emergencies please call us on 02920382211

✨ OUR AMAZING CALENDARS ✨ Wouldn’t these look great on YOUR wall?? 👀 These beauties are £15 CASH only with proceeds going to the Cinnamon Trust who help pet owners who are elderly or terminally ill and their beloved animals 🧡🧡🧡

A little “how to” demonstrating the administration of eye drops! Starring nurse Jade and her golden retriever Ernie! 👀💧

Phew! How have we all managed in this heatwave?? ☀️☀️ Here’s lovely Emlyn enjoying his frozen lickimat! Anything cat safe and freezable can be added for a cooling snack 🧊

As everyone knows, it’s hot hot hot! 🥵 Here’s staff pup Gwilym enjoying a frozen Kong and (almost) sitting on his cool mat 😂 You can fill your Kong with wet dog food, pâté, Kong paste, soaked kibble.. anything that freezes well and is dog safe! 😋

Gorgeous boy Elf, another staff cat, enjoying an ice cube in the hot weather recently! 🧊 Only when held by his owner vet Lorna of course, because he is a prince 👑

Be like Jenson at his post surgery check up and do a happy dance, it’s the weekend!!! 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻

Who doesn’t love some behind the scenes action?! 🎥🎥 Here’s an insight into the procedure of taking bloods! 🩸 Starring the wonderful Charlie whose owner wanted to check his organ function due to him drinking and urinating more. Thankfully Charlie’s bloods were all normal! 🌟

Park Vets

Take a look at our practice behind the scenes 🎥

This lovely lady Nellie came into us for a routine scale and polish. First, she was admitted by one of our vets who talked through the consent form with the owner and answer any questions or concerns that she had. Nellie had an IV catheter placed by our wonderful nursing team before having a premedication consisting of pain relief and sedative. Nellie was taken to our dental suite where she was given a general anaesthetic, Laura our vet then performed a full oral examination to assess Nellie’s teeth. Laura then carried out a scale and polish as there was no indications that any of the teeth needing extractions. Nellie was woken up and discharged to her owner with directions of how to maintain her teeth with brushing. Nellie was such a brave lady!

Barney has been undergoing a weight management programme with our RVN Jane. "Barney is a beautiful bearded collie; Barney has suffered from joint issues and he has days where he was very stiff and painful. Our orthopedic surgeon advised that Barney loses weight as this would help. Barney and his owner have been amazing and sticking to his diet he is now 8kg or 18lbs lighter, together with our clinics and support, Barney now has a new lease of life and is feeling better. Barney you are brilliant!"

This is one of our wonderful patients Jemima, her owner recently sent us this video to show us how well shes doing along with a lovely message 🥰🥰🥰 "My gorgeous Jemima. She’s been under your treatment as long as I’ve had her - 15 years!!! She was a rescue cat that I got at 6 months old, and she is the sweetest thing ever, and still as spritely as ever, even though she is diabetic (and has been for 5 years) and is now 16. She gets insulin with every meal now and I have found that Park Vets has been wonderful throughout her diagnosis and treatment."

Ear mite up close

Ear mite under the microscope