🪥Watch Our Video and Get Brushing!🪥
Keeping your pet's teeth clean may seem a little daunting, but watch our vet Rebecca with her own dog for some useful toothbrush training tips to help make cleaning your pet's teeth a little easier. Rebecca's dog used to hate having her teeth cleaned but just look at her now! It can take a while and lots of practice with each step for your pet to become accustomed to brushing, so please be patient; don't rush, build confidence and give lots of praise. Treat toothbrush time as a happy event for your dog.
✨Always use a dog toothpaste and toothbrush which are available at our clinics.✨
👍Cleaning teeth is important to help avoid painful dental disease from developing.
👍While familiarising your dog to brushing aim to make it a slow and positive experience.
👍Only brush if safe to do so.
If concerned your dog has severe dental disease or is painful, we can advise on other options if brushing is impossible.
Rabbit Awareness Week! Housing and Environmental Enrichments
Inquisitive, active and intelligent.... rabbits need to express their natural behaviour! Provide...... an earth pit....rabbits love to dig! Tree stumps, twigs & toys for playtime. Scatter food pellets in the hay & fill boxes or cardboard tubes to encourage foraging for food.
Housing needs to be raised secure and an adequate size for the number of rabbits and have platforms plus hiding places like cardboard tubes etc. Provide separate areas for eating, sleeping and toileting.
Visit www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk for full information on housing and outdoor run sizes.
🥕🐰Rabbit Awareness Week🐰🥕
Bugs Bunny always seemed to eat just carrots but our bobtailed friends need much more to keep them healthy and happy! Rabbit's teeth grow continuously so they need food to help grind and keep teeth at an even length. Feeding your rabbit an all in one pellet mix is best plus free access to unlimited good quality hay and grass to provide a high source of fibre, which helps the digestive system to function correctly and grind those teeth too! Fruit and vegetables can be given, but go easy as too much may cause stomach upsets. We are very happy to provide full advice on caring for and feeding your rabbits.
Birthday celebrations for our vet Rebecca!
Happy Birthday!🥳
Tommy the tortoise came in for post-hibernation anorexia. After a nice bath, some syringe feeding and a tasty strawberry, Tommy is feeling much better now!
.....and here is little Chico just 10 days after his surgery which as you can see was a great success!
Part two of Fern's spay procedure video. Part three later today.
We all understand how anxious you can feel when your pet requires an anaesthetic, but here's Jerry to put your mind at ease with a three part video featuring his own dog Fern who recently came in to be spayed. Watch part one below followed by part two and three tomorrow.
A friendly and dedicated team caring for your pets. Today finds Vet Jerry Moloney heading the teams of our Dunmow and Takeley Clinics.
