MINight VET Chester/Wirral

01/01/2025

EDIT: Owner found. Thank you for everybodies help.

⚠️⚠️Seeking the owner of a lovely cat brought in by a member of the public. She was found in Bromborough around Forwood Road/Mainwaring Road and has been involved in an RTA⚠️⚠️

We have of course administered first aid, but require contact with her owner.

She is a domestic long hair cat, tortoiseshell, female. No chip.

Please share to try help reach her owner.

If you think she may be yours please contact us on 01244 853 823

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from our team MINight VET Chester/Wirral!

We hope you have a fantastic 2025 & rest assured we are here for your pets should they need us.

25/12/2024

A beautiful sunrise this morning over the practice this Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas to you all 🎄and a thank you to our fantastic team who work around the clock every day of the year.

11/12/2024

🎄Salt dough ornaments🎄

At this time of year, we start to see an increase in the volume of calls regarding salt dough ornaments. Whilst they make a great gift and can look lovely out on display, did you know that they can be very dangerous to your pet?

These ornaments often contain large amounts of salt, which when ingested can lead to toxicity.
High levels of salt may result in vomiting and diarrhoea, depression, tremors, excessive thirst and dehydration. There may also be weakness, in-coordination and wobbliness as well as high blood pressure. In severe cases muscular rigidity, seizures, coma and kidney failure can occur.

In order to keep your pet safe this Christmas, please ensure that all salt dough decorations are kept well out of reach and reach out for advice if you are concerned.

10/12/2024

We're so proud of all of our colleagues. We love this fantastic video featuring colleagues from here at MINight VET Chester/Wirral, ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists & Cranmore Veterinary Services 🥰🥰

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GhBw1c2Jm/

04/12/2024

You may receive an email from 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: https://www.gov.uk/get-your-dog-cat-microchipped

Typically you would only pay a fee on first registering your pet or if you contact the company to update your details .

It is important to keep your pet’s microchip contact details up-to-date including if you move address or change phone number/ email address. Please contact your microchip provider direct to update your details.

29/11/2024

21/11/2024

We're pleased to report that our practice was able to care for these 2 kittens last year after we had them signed over to the practice. The fact that MINight VET Chester/Wirral reported the cases to the RSPCA (England & Wales) and the RSPCA's hard work enabled a succesful outcome of guilty pleas by the previous owners and sentencing. A big thank you also to our fantastic colleagues ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists. They are the most delightful cats and we're so glad they're in really loving safe homes now.

A couple from Ellesmere Port have been sentenced after their two five-month-old ginger kittens were physically abused and left with severe injuries.

13/11/2024

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07/11/2024

Important information for those of you who may use the joint supplement Yumove for your dogs & purchase via Amazon ⚠️⚠️⚠️

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

27/10/2024

Halloween can be a scary time for most pets - we have created this poster to display in your window/door for trick or treaters which can be downloaded and printed 👻🦇

29/09/2024

Animal PoisonLine is run by the Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) and is the only 24-hour specialised emergency telephone service in the UK dedicated to helping pet owners who are worried their pet may have been exposed to something harmful or poisonous.

Based on the information you provide our vets and scientists will be able to tell you if you need to go to the vets for immediate treatment or whether we can save you the trip.

We have experience of thousands of toxic substances in all animals and cover everything from human drugs, household and garden products, plants, agricultural chemicals to venomous bites and stings.

We recommend saving our number into your phone so you do not have to search the internet when you need us!

30/08/2024

We thought we'd share one of our recent cases with you.

Luna was a transfer of care from one of our member practices for ongoing care of inappetance and vomiting. She was hospitalised and provided with intraveous fluids (a drip), medication and monitored overnight by our team.

The following morning our vet Louise was concerned about her lack of improvement despite supportive care. Louise subsequently performed an ultrasound examination of her abdomen which confirmed the presence of an intestinal foreign body. Luna was taken to theatre and, fortunately enough, Louise managed to ‘milk’ the foreign body (a large rock!) through her intestines and out of her bottom! A special feeding tube was placed into Luna's oesophagus to allow us to feed her immediately after her surgery due to her not having eaten for almost a week.

Luna was hospitalised for the next 2 days on a combination of intravenous fluids, pain relief, antibiotics, anti-sickness medications and feeding via her o-tube, after which she demonstrated a fantastic improvement and was discharged home to her owners bright, happy and with a tail wag!

09/08/2024

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Meet Parsley 😍

Parsley was recently referred to our Cardiology service from MINight VET Chester/Wirral after experiencing sudden onset breathing problems. She was stabilised overnight and one of our cardiologists, Liz Bode, evaluated her the following day.

Parsley was found to have certain subtle changes in her heart that could have caused the sudden breathing issues, but she was certainly a challenging case as her heart was a normal size on heart scan. Parsley responded very well to management within hospital and was discharged home 48hours after admission.

This is Parsley at her recheck examination, she is doing very well at home and taking her medications. Liz will see Parsley back relatively frequently to see if her heart disease progresses and to determine whether or not Parsley will require lifelong medication.

We think you will agree that Parsley is a sweetie 🥰🥰

Routine appointments with our cardiologists can now be booked online. Visit our website to find out more about our cardiology service:
https://chestergates.org.uk/for-vets/

29/07/2024

⚠️ alert: Like us, animals can struggle in this hot weather.

Make sure your pets have plenty of fresh drinking water and shade, and avoid exercising them during the hottest parts of the day.

Take a look at more top tips 👉 https://ow.ly/rAT450PHngG

Met Office BSAVA

20/07/2024

⚠️⚠️ very important information ⚠️⚠️
Share this fantastic video by Cat The Vet to bring awareness to other dog owners.

13/07/2024

https://www.vetrecordjobs.com/job/80828/veterinary-care-assistant/

Chestergates Veterinary Specialists Full Time Veterinary Care Assistant We are looking for a full time VCA to work in the hospital. Candidates...

08/05/2024

Happy National Receptionist Day!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

We would like to thank our wonderful MiNight Vet Receptionists for everything that they do! The reception team are always going above and beyond for all our clients, their pets and all the MiNight vet team. Thank you for being exceptional! ❤️❤️❤️❤️