Fareham Creek Veterinary Surgery

21/11/2025

What are the impacts if pet medications aren’t used properly or disposed of safely?

Unused or out-of-date pet medicines should never be put in household waste or
flushed down the toilet. Any pet medication, if disposed of or used inappropriately, has the potential to contaminate the environment, or harm your pet (or other pets) if kept for future use as it could lead to dangerous side-effects.

Some medications like antibiotics, wormers or flea treatments may also lead to the build-up of resistance if used when not really needed – this means that they may not work effectively in the future if your pet
needs them.

14/11/2025

Update: We are aware of reports regarding this dog and have arranged for her to be transferred somewhere safe, we have also spoken to the relevant authorities.

Stray dog, please share!

We have a stray female staffy (brindle colour) found in the Fareham area, she is wearing a red collar. She is chipped but the phone numbers listed against it do not work. We are trying all we can to find her owner (including calling other vets to see if they have her registered there) but so far we have had no luck 😞

If you think you know who she is or she may be yours please call us, photos and proof of ownership will be required.

12/11/2025

Safe use of Parasiticides 🪱🪳

Parasiticides treatments for pets are important, but so too is safe use and disposal ofthese medications. Your vet will guide you as follows:

- Only treating pets when necessary: based on lifestyle, infestation risk, and the prevalence of specific parasites in the local area, rather than applying this type of medication routinely.
- Safe application and disposal: It is important to apply spot on treatments safely, doing so indoors and avoiding bathing or letting pets swim afterwards to help prevent contaminating waterways.
- Disposal of packaging (vials, applicators) securely—do not to wash or flush packaging down drains.

09/11/2025

06/11/2025

What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when germs like bacteria become resistant to the medicines we use to treat infections. AMR means medicines, such as antibiotics, don’t work as well as they should and sometimes, they won’t work at all.
AMR makes it harder to fight off diseases and infections, which can make our pets sick for longer. In some cases, a pet may not recover at all.

01/11/2025

Calling all clients - our vet practice is taking part in "The Animal Medicines Amnesty" and we need your support!

Everyone has a role to both use and dispose of veterinary medicines responsibly to
protect pet and human well being, and the health of the environment. That’s why we are taking part in The Animal Medicines Amnesty to make sure unused medicines are disposed of safely. Getting involved is easy. Check to see if you have any out-of-date or unused pet medications at home. If so, simply return them to your veterinary practice for safe disposal.

Pet medicines should never be disposed of in household waste as this can contaminate the environment. They shouldn’t be kept for future use on pets either as this can result in dangerous side effects.

28/10/2025

Halloween is only a few days away, make sure you keep sweets & chocolates out of reach of pets! There are other seasonal hazards to be mindful of too 💊

28/10/2025

I did it 🥳🏃‍♀️

Run 10 completed this morning on the treadmill, that completes this challenge in aid of a very worthy cause. Thank you to the lovely clients who have sponsored me and also my colleagues who have been very supportive 🥰

27/10/2025

A quick reminder for any clients who have pets on a Virbac diet from us that Virbac will be unable to process any orders between Wednesday 29th October - Tuesday 4th November. If you are getting low on food and will need some within this time-frame please call us, tomorrow is the last date we are able to place an order for Virbac's prescription and life stage diets .

25/10/2025

This is one of the only reasons some of us look forward to the clocks changing 🤣

That extra hour in bed! 🥰

We hope your pets get the memo 😇

25/10/2025

If your dog is worried by fireworks now is the time to start preparing for when they become more apparent in the evenings.

Fireworks night can be distressing for your dog. Read our tips on how to help them through it.

22/07/2025

Today we say a fond farewell to Vet Mirka who is joining the amazing team at Optivet Referrals to follow her passion in opthalmology! Mirka has been a valued member of the team here and will be deeply missed by all of us and many of our clients.

Good Luck with your new adventure Mirka, Optivet are lucky to have you 😘