Eden Veterinary Referrals

21/09/2025

Corns in dogs are painful, circular, thickened areas of skin—usually found on the paw pads, especially in sighthound breeds like Greyhounds and Whippets. They’re also known as canine paw pad corns or keratomas.

🐾 Key Points:
• Cause: The exact cause is debated. Leading theories include:
• Repetitive pressure or trauma (especially on hard surfaces)
• Foreign bodies embedded in the pad
• Genetic predisposition (especially in thin-skinned breeds)

🐾Symptoms:
• Limping or favoring a paw
• Reluctance to walk or exercise
• Licking or chewing at a paw
• A visible, hard, circular lesion in the center of the pad

🐾 Treatment:
Treatment of corns is via tendonectomy of the superficial digital flexor which alters the position of the digit and therefore the pad. This takes the pressure of the pad and therefore allows the corn to heal!

19/09/2025

Arlo says it’s FRIDAY!!!!

Arlo was very happy at his recent appointment. He’d been referred to us for investigation of a ‘hind limb skip’ a common clinical sign we find in our referred orthopaedic patients.

Arlo underwent several investigations to include advanced imaging and MSK US and was diagnosed with lumbosacral disease and secondary sciatica.

He was given an epidural with long lasting steroid which he responded to fantastically! His condition will be lifelong and require ongoing management but we’re hopeful this lovely boy will continue to have a great life! 💙

18/09/2025

Last week saw us say a very fond farewell to receptionist Courtney who has taken the fantastic jump to perusing her dream of becoming a veterinary surgeon!

Courtney starts university next week and we couldn’t be more thrilled for her!

She hasn’t left us completely though - You’ll still see her on Saturday consults.

Please join us in wishing her good luck!

16/09/2025

Handsome goofball Cooper happy to be signed off by our orthopaedic team today!

Cooper underwent staged bilateral elbow endoscopy and BODPUO procedures to help with his severe elbow dysplasia.

If you have a young patient with a forelimb lameness, please don’t delay in referring them , the sooner we can reach a diagnosis, the sooner we can act upon it! Luckily for cooper he was 7months old at the time of referral so we were able to perform surgery to help correct his condition.

We’re always happy to help our referring vets in anyway we can! Just drop us an email or give us a call for a chat about a case.

15/09/2025

Some of our referral vets have been busy attending conferences in Europe this weekend just gone!

Dermatologist Viorela attended the 35th European veterinary dermatology congress in
Bilbao-Spain last week.

These conferences are how our referral team stay current with new research, therapies as-well as meeting up with like minded individuals.

12/09/2025

Respiratory investigations at EVR!

Our medicine team frequently see patients with acute and chronic respiratory conditions. We are lucky to be able to provide comprehensive diagnostic investigations to include thoracic ultrasound, CT scans, bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).

BAL (seen in the video below) is a procedure where a bronchoscope is inserted into the lungs, a saline solution is introduced to wash the airways, and the collected fluid is then analyzed to diagnose infections or other lung conditions. This fluid contains cells and other components from the lung's lower respiratory tract, which can reveal important information about an underlying lung disease, especially when combined with other diagnostic tools like CT scans.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you feel your patient would benefit from referral to our medicine team!

11/09/2025

We love our final revisit appointments with our patients! During these appointments our patients are having their final checks and advisories before being discharged from our care.

Very Often these appointments are filled with joy for both the patient and the clients we serve!

Take Kaiser here, he was referred to us for a forelimb lameness which was later diagnosed as a humeral intercondylar fissure and went on to have a surgery. Here he was at his last post operative consult having a hug from Vet Georgie for being a very good boy and sticking to his rehabilitation regime!

We truly care about our patients and their families at Eden Vet Referrals. During their time with us they become part of our family and the whole team rallies for their return to health!

10/09/2025

Save the date - Our next CPD event is focused on Ophthalmology.

Monday 29th September- 7:15pm at Eden Vets!

With a chance to meet our new ophthalmologist, Lucy Hughes and learn how to deal with common ophthalmology conditions!

Her lectures will focus on developing a logical problem-solving approach to cases presenting with a red eye.

Please register via the link below! This is an event not to be missed!

Speaker - Lucy Hughes VetMB CertAVP MA PGCertSAOpthal MRCVS

10/09/2025

New outpatient Intradermal Skin Testing!!

We are pleased to announce this new service to make allergy testing more accessible to our referring vets and their patients.

Please seen below for inclusion criteria.

The cost is £850 and includes the sedation, procedure and interpretation and advice on allergy vaccine creation.

Patient over 18 months
• Off oral steroids for 3-4 weeks
• Injectable > 8 weeks
• Topical > 2 weeks
• Antihistamines > 2 weeks
• Stop essential fatty acids over 50mg
Free of skin lesions (face, ears, feet ect fine) (treat before sending) or send for full referral)
• No superficial pyoderma
Seasonal allergy we will do IDST straight (food trial may be discussed after)
• All year-round allergy a food trial must be done before IDST
• Cardiac/ renal issues investigated beforehand due to sedation risks

08/09/2025

Watch this space!

Our next CPD evening will be based around meeting our new ophthalmologist and learning about the common conditions seen in first opinion practice.

We look forward to seeing you there!

07/09/2025

***WARNING - scenes of surgery***

This week’s star patient is the lovely Max.

Max was referred to our internal medicine department following an acute deterioration after a 2-3 week history of vomiting, inappetence and lethargy.

After initial assessment and detailed history taking, Max was admitted for haematological and biochemistry blood panels and diagnostic imaging to get to the root cause of his illness.

Low and beyond Kate identified a foreign body within the duodenum (upper portion of the intestine as it exits the stomach). We hypothesised that Max had had a gastric (stomach) foreign body that had been sat there for the prior weeks causing constant irritation and upset. The foreign body then moved through into the small intestine where it really became a problem!

Max was transferred to our soft tissue surgical team where he underwent an exploratory laparotomy and enterotomy to successfully retrieve the offending plastic item. We still have no idea what it is and his owners are none the wiser either!

Max made a successful recovery and came in to see Vet Kate recently for his final post op check! Fingers crossed he won’t be eating anything unusual any time soon!

03/09/2025

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new discipline at Eden Vet Referrals: Ophthalmology.

From Monday, 8th September 2025, we will be offering dedicated ophthalmology referral services led by Lucy Hughes VetMB CertAVP MA PGCertSAOphthal MRCVS.

Lucy brings a wealth of experience in small animal ophthalmology and is looking forward to supporting you and your clients with all eye-related cases.

Please find our ophthalmology price list on our website which includes affordable package pricing, designed to offer clarity & ease for both referring vets and their clients.

Lucy will be at Eden Vets every Monday, and will be welcoming cases with immediate availability.

We sincerely thank you for your continued trust and we look forward to supporting you further with our new ophthalmology service.