Martin & Manifold Vets Ltd

30/06/2025

☀️🐶 SUMMER FUN, SAFELY DONE! 🐾💦
Enjoy the sunshine with your furry friend while keeping them cool, comfy, and safe. From early walks to shaded rest stops and paw checks, these simple tips make all the difference.
Let’s make this summer pawsome – the safe way! 🐕🌳🍦

19/06/2025

Hot Forecast Due 🌅 Met Office Heat will build through the week. On Wednesday the highest temperatures values in the UK are expected to be around 27ºC.

Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?

One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...

We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!

But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.

You should:

💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car

In studies they found that:

🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion

The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.

Read more below:

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid

02/06/2025

A useful free webinar for any of our clients thinking about breeding. 💕🐾

14/05/2025

I reckon every day should be Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day….superstars the lot of them!
(Especially Emma and Luke!)
😘

How important is that phone call to your vets?

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”
Margaret Cousins

➡️We think it's hard to put into words the gratitude we feel towards our Veterinary Reception Team. Their work is exemplary and utterly important to the smooth running of a practice.

➡️These individuals are invaluable and integral members of our team.

They are often:

✅ Your first point of contact
✅ Your reassurance
✅ A sympathetic ear
✅ Excellent at triage of patients
✅ A pacifier in emotive confrontations
✅ An expert multitasker
‼️ And so much more

We are eternally grateful to Veterinary Receptionists across the country who help the practice run successfully - the role is challenging and the requirements and versatility of the job vast.

Please show your appreciation today for your reception team, they deserve it!

08/05/2025

Pet travel between GB and Northern Ireland is changing.
Check out.

www.gov.uk/taking-your-pet-to-northern-ireland

06/05/2025

At this time of year, we start to notice lots of posts circulating social media regarding rapeseed; these posts are shared extensively and can understandably worry many dog owners. The posts usually state that rapeseed is highly poisonous to dogs, and can cause signs including haemolytic anaemia, blindness, damaged nervous system, digestive disorders and breathing problems.
These posts are misinformation.

The signs mentioned are typically only seen in grazing animals, and most dogs actually remain asymptomatic after exposure to rapeseed. Dogs can develop gastrointestinal upset if they have ingested some of the plant, and there have been reports of skin reactions which resemble burns, but this is extremely rare and does not happen to every dog which comes into contact with it.

01/05/2025

May is Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month 💕

Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month

➡️RVNs, share your journey into veterinary nursing and your experiences. Have you experienced misconceptions about your job role? What do you love the most?⬅️

A recent US study found that many of the US public do not understand the job role of their vet techs, nor the qualifications they hold - the same is often true in the UK.

The Veterinary Nursing profession is regulated by the UK veterinary regulator, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

RVNs follow the code of professional conduct. These are registered, accountable and highly skilled individuals who can help enormously in management of acute and chronic conditions, support and education, and help
guide owners to make good ‘evidence based’ decisions about their pet’s health, aid in preventative health care, perform surgery under Schedule 3, perform diagnostic procedures, phlebotomy and much more.

Registered Veterinary Nurses hold high level qualifications and can go on to further study achieving Bachelor of Science degrees, Advanced Higher and Further Education Diplomas, Certificates, Masters and PhDs as well as many diversifying into behaviour, education and physiotherapy etc.

Value your Registered Veterinary Nurses

18/04/2025

As the weather gets warmer it is important that you keep an eye out for red mites in your coop.

Warmth gives the red mite the ideal conditions in which to breed, so numbers therefore proliferate extremely quickly in warmer weather. We suggest you regularly check your coop paying particular attention to perch ends, in the nest boxes and any cracks and crevices.

To find out more information about red mites, click here >>> https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/red-mites

17/04/2025

Easter Bleatings! 🐑🥰

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, from all at MMVets.

🐓 Thursday 17th of April - open as usual.

🐑 Good Friday (18th April) - closed.

☀️ Saturday 19th April - open as usual. 8:30am to 12:30 morning clinic.

🐣 Easter Sunday (20th April) - closed as usual.

🐾 Easter Monday (21st April) - closed.

🌻 Tuesday 22nd April - normal clinic opening hours resume.

Full emergency cover on 01285 707470 is always available when the clinic is closed.

Liz, Alice and Team x

16/04/2025

It's that time of year....

Spring is certainly in the air - and it's almost Easter... but there won't be much rest for the veterinary profession.

Around 500 000 pets are expected to get sick and we suspect there will be plenty of chocolate smelling vomit amongst those!

Remember:

❌ NO CHOCOLATE
❌ NO RAISINS
❌ NO SPRING BULBS

If you believe your pet has eaten something toxic please call your veterinary practice as soon as possible - the quicker we can, act the better.

We may need to:

➡️ Induce emesis (vomiting)
➡️ Administer medication
➡️ Give intravenous fluid therapy
➡️ Give activated charcoal
➡️ Take blood samples to check organ function
➡️ Administer symptomatic treatment

If your pet is admitted by a veterinary surgeon for toxicity a knowledgeable registered veterinary nurse will ensure your pet is monitored thoroughly, comfortable, medicated and perform any other procedures and diagnostic tests necessary.

Animals with toxicities can experience a range of serious and alarming clinical signs depending on the toxin so please do call up your practice if you have any concerns.

14/04/2025

Natural Diatomaceous Earth Powder is a desiccating powder for use in poultry housing. It's a natural organic powder, odour and strain free, pesticide free and can be applied directly onto your chicken and chicken house.

Find out more here >>> https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/natural-de-powder-1kg

11/04/2025

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠? 🐥

Before deciding which birds to breed from it is important you check the overall health of the potential breeding stock as any issues the birds have before hatching will unfortunately lead to issues after hatching.

To find out more about preparing for the breeding season, click here >>> https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/preparing-for-the-breeding-season