Woodlands Vets

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from all of us at Woodlands! We hope you have a fantastic day!

24/12/2024

Happy Christmas Eve!!

Jingles McSprout’s parting message…

19/12/2024

Please see the poster for our opening hours at Warden Hill.
**Our Brockworth surgery will be closed from Monday 23rd December to Friday 27th December and will re-open Monday 30th December.**

If you need medication or food, your last chance to order is 12pm Friday 20th December for delivery by Christmas Eve.

Any orders placed after 12pm Friday 20th December will reach us after Christmas.

17/12/2024

Owner located.

We’ve sadly had a deceased cat handed in to us this morning.

Found on Linden Close, Brockworth. Black and white DSH, adult female cat. No collar or microchip.

Please contact Woodlands if you have any information about who this lady belongs to.

13/12/2024

Urinary stones:

Urinary stones can form because of incorrect pH levels in the bladder.

The images below show an image of a cats bladder with a urinary stone measuring 0.23cm. This little stone was irritating the bladder and causing pain and bleeding. If enough urinary stones form they can block the urethra completely leading to an urgent situation where the cat can’t pass urine at all.

One of the ways we can treat urinary stones is with a specially formulated urinary diet. Urinary diets help to redress the pH balance, thereby dissolving the stones and preventing them reforming.

The second image shows the same bladder stone after a couple of weeks on the urinary diet. Amazingly the stone is now measuring 0.1cm and will soon be gone completely!

12/12/2024

While we’ve been grappling with the new computer system, Jingles has been testing out the new photocopier…

Thank you all so much for your patience while we get to grips with the new system!

11/12/2024

Come and pop your pets name on a star and we will add it to our Christmas Tree! ⭐

10/12/2024

Jingles McSprout brought his pets to see us today!

We have diagnosed Tinsel Toes with Grinchitis! Treatment ongoing…

Thankfully Dotty the Dalmatian got a clean bill of health!

09/12/2024

As of Tuesday evening Woodlands is switching to a new computer management system.
Please bear with us while we transition over as things may take us a little longer than usual!

06/12/2024

A huge and massive thank you to all our lovely clients who have dropped off tubs of sweets and goodies to us!
Every year we raffle off all the chocs and goodies you bring us so that every member of staff gets a little something extra to take home for Christmas, so it really means a lot.

Thank you!!!

05/12/2024

Meet Jingle McSprout!

04/12/2024

Christmas season is in full swing and we’ve had 2 chocolate toxicity patients this week.

It’s the time of year when we often have more lovely treats around the house for us, but which are sadly toxic to our pets.

Theobromine is the ingredient in chocolate which causes all the problems. Dark chocolate has a higher concentration of theobromine so is very serious, but enough milk chocolate can also cause significant problems.

We do have a formula that allows us to ascertain whether a pet has ingested enough chocolate to reach toxic levels but if you know your pet has eaten chocolate the best thing to do is bring them straight to us and we can give them a medicine that makes them sick. If it’s been more than a few hours after eating chocolate we sometimes also send pets home with activated charcoal to prevent further absorption of toxins across the gut lining.

So keep those chocolate treats up high and out of the way and if you are concerned your pet has consumed chocolate give us a call as soon as you can!

Here’s Lily looking a bit sad after having to vomit up a galaxy bar!

02/12/2024

Christmas season has officially started and we have a new little helper! 🎄

He doesn’t have a name yet so comment with your suggestions!

28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American clients!

In honour of our lovely American vet, Hannah, we’ve each made and brought a dish for Thanksgiving dinner today!

🦃 🇺🇸

28/11/2024

**ALL CLIENTS PLEASE BE AWARE**

You may receive an email from Petchip.network - https://petchip.network/petchip-network advising that your pet’s microchip registration has expired and you need to pay for it to be updated – PLEASE IGNORE. THIS IS A SCAM. The email comes with a link taking you to a page showing your pet’s name, microchip number, your contact phone number and looks very convincing. PLEASE IGNORE.

There is a list of approved databases on gov.uk: Get your dog or cat microchipped - GOV.UK

GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.

20/11/2024

We’ve had a stray cockatiel handed into us this afternoon. Found in central Cheltenham. Does have a ring.

Please contact Woodlands with proof of ownership if you believe this chap to be yours.

15/11/2024

For anyone who has purchased YuMove from Amazon:

There has been a recall on counterfeit YuMove products sold on Amazon. Please see the article below from YuMove.

We’re doing everything we can to stop the sale of illegally copied YuMOVE products. You can find the latest information and FAQs here.

11/11/2024

We will remember them.