Happy International Day Of Veterinary Medicine! 🥰🥳
Today we celebrate and recognise the efforts of veterinary professionals and organisations everywhere. The day honours the dedication of everyone in the animal care and welfare community, from veterinarians and vet nurses to office receptionists and volunteers. 🫡
To celebrate all things veterinary medicine we've created a behind the scenes, day in the life of our veterinary nursing team* so you can see the plethora of roles and responsibilities that go into not only taking care of your pets but keeping the practice in the best shape it can be 💪🏼
If you've got 3 minutes, please, put your feet up and take a peak into the world of veterinary medicine 😍
*consent has been gained for patients featured.
Walkies in a Winter Wonderland
TGIF 🥳
It may be unlucky for some, but we're fighting the stigma that comes with Friday 13th and today we are celebrating that wintery weather, that festive cheer and the Christmas feeling that's slowly growing in all of us! ❄️
Our lovely staff have shared a beautiful collection of festive photos of their wonderful pets and we'd love you to grab a hot choc, put your feet up and get cosy while having a look 😇☕️
We also encourage you to comment with your own festive snaps so that we can snap the scrooge out of any of our followers who may not be in the festive mood just yet 😍🎄
Whose ready for another foreign body?!
This lovely boy Chip came in after presenting with lameness. 🐕
After careful investigations, the culprit was found and this huge grass seed was removed, after having tracked its way up into Chips paw! 🌾
No wonder he was feeling it! Ouch! Chip has since made a full recovery and is feeling a lot more comfortable! 🐶
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Foreign body friday! 🐈
This is Ozzy. A handsome young man that was brought into our Tiverton branch after his owners noticed him appear to be choking and wretching.
Our Tiverton team safely sedated Ozzy and found that the issue was a small fragment of bone that had gotten lodged in the back of his throat. Luckily, it was easily removed and no long lasting damage had been done by the foreign body and Ozzy has made a full recovery.
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This month seems to be the month of foreign objects! This time it's the turn of Tilly, a lovely labrador who came to us as an emergency due to coughing and wretching causing so much concern for the owner they were worried she was choking. 🐕
Quick action was taken by our Tiverton nurses who triaged Tilly and could immediately see the cause of the problem. The team then successfully sedated and removed the item which happened to be a stick that had lodged itself at the back of Tilly's mouth between her back teeth. 😱
As you can see there was some significant damage to Tillys soft palate, but fortunately it won't be a long term complication and since the removal of the stick Tilly has made a full recovery. (Watch until the end of the video for photos of the soft palate and stick)
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This is little Meg who had decided one afternoon to try her hand at sewing, except we think she misunderstood the assignment...😅
Poor Meg had swallowed the sewing needle as you can see, which luckily, due to quick diligence from her owners we managed to capture at the back of her throat before it managed to pass further along her digestive tract, potentially causing worse/more serious complications. 🤠
X rays were taken to confirm the location of the needle which you can see at the end of the video.🤓
Meg recovered absolutely fine and will have no long term damage, but we expect she will have a life time ban from the haberdashers! 🤭
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Meet Deedee 🐾
A beautiful Rottweiler who came to our Cullompton branch recently for her neutering procedure.
She started the day quite nervous, however after lots of TLC provided by our nurses, she was soon won over and as you can see in this clip, became a big softy and enjoyed lots of fuss from Cullompton’s head nurse Lucy.
Happy National Beach day! 🏖
We know the summer gets us brits swarming to the sea, but our four legged friends are often just as eager!* 🐶
Just look at these lovely lot enjoying the sun, sea and sand. 🏖
Celebrate this day with us and share your photos in the comment section.📸⬇️
*please enjoy the beach responsibly. Remember in high temperatures heat stroke can be fatal and please keep an eye out for if your dog drinks or eats pebbles/sand/seawater!
🥰 Happy International Friendship Day 🥰
Friends come in all shapes and sizes and we know all too well that for many that shape and size is four legged and furry all over 🐱🐶🐹🐰
We'd love to see all your animal companions so we can meet who you'll be celebrating this day with!
Post photos of you and your beloved pet below in the comments 📸👇🏼
MONDAY MOTIVATION 😍
How cute is this mumma 🥹.
This little lady was unfortunately found as a stray in the middle of giving birth! 😸
Luckily a kind hearted civilian handed her in where we provided a safe space and monitored her during the kittening. 🐈
Fortunately, all kittens were passed safely and this beautiful lady ended the evening with 3 new children. Mum and babies all doing well.
It's almost the weekend, so what better way to see it in by meeting our final nursing team! ✨
Here's a little thursday pick me up in the form of our Honiton nurses 💁🏼♀️
They may be a smaller team but they are no less mighty and we think a few of these favourite snacks will confirm that 😅 anyone else for pickles? 🤔 take a look....
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It's a new day, it's a new week, so we're introducing a new team! 💚
Continuing on from meeting our Tiverton nurses, everyone please say a warm hello to our Cullompton team who are always there to brighten up a Monday! Because we all know Monday madness is a real thing in this industry! 😽
And what's their Monday motivation we hear you ask!? Well that's simple, again it's all food related 😉...take a look!
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