Frome Equine Vets

21/11/2025

We are pleased to welcome Charlie to the practice as our new Vet Tech. She is a very experienced ‘horse person’ having previously worked as head groom and travelled abroad with an endurance team. She is also the Field Master for the South and West Wilts Hunt and at home has a mix of hunters, eventers and youngsters to bring on. Her horse Smurf recently did his first 2* Long at Bicton in September. She also has 6 terriers and cocker spaniels to keep her busy! Welcome to the team Charlie.

27/10/2025

We’ve noticed there are more acorns than usual this year and so it’s worth noting, if you have them in your fields, that these are toxic to horses (and all parts of the oak tree actually!).

Horses don’t usually eat them, but if grass is getting sparse they may be more likely to- and occasionally some horses seem to get a taste for them.

Individual susceptibility to acorns is thought to vary, but eating lots of them can be life threatening so know what to look out for and how to avoid it!

24/10/2025

Those of you calling into the office may have missed our lovely Fiona in the last couple of months. Firstly when it was her and Gary’s wedding, and then they recently celebrated an amazing safari honeymoon together.

We wish all the happiness in the world to the new Mr and Mrs Carter 💕 ✨

15/10/2025

Alasdair and Vicky had a lovely morning today, it was time for all the horses and ponies annual dentals and health checks, and with an army of helpers, coffee and hobnobs the job was soon done 💪🏻 ☕️ 🍪 Thank you for looking after us and of course to your well behaved horses. 🐴

08/10/2025

This was a thoroughbred who was brought into the clinic a couple of weeks ago, who wasn’t working as well as he usually did and also had a ‘sore back’ on palpation. It was decided to radiograph his spine to check for Impinging Dorsal Spinous Processes (DSP’s) otherwise known as ‘Kissing Spines’ and there was evidence of these on X-ray (where we see the DSP’s are close/touching and there is bony remodelling).
Sometimes these findings are incidental , so to determine whether clinically significant we can ‘block’ their back where we inject local anaesthetic to numb the area and assess for improvement.

Treatment options include medication with steroids as show in the video here or a more permanent solution can be surgery to remove sections of bone from the DSP’s.

This horse was medicated and is reported to be much more comfortable after only a couple of weeks so hopefully he will be able to continue with his work after his rehab.

15/09/2025

🐴 We’re Hiring! 🐴
Our busy equine veterinary practice is looking for a part time or full-time Office Administrator / Insurance Claims & Veterinary Technician (Equine Focus) to join our team!

This is a varied role where no two days are the same — from keeping the office running smoothly to supporting our vets out in the field and helping care for horses.

✨ What you’ll do:
📌 Manage scheduling, records & client communication
📌 Handle insurance claims with care
📌 Assist vets during equine visits & treatments
📌 Confidently handle horses when needed

✨ What we’re looking for:
✅ Experience in office admin & insurance claims
✅ Background in equine veterinary care (a big plus!)
✅ Confident with horses & team-oriented
✅ Organised, detail-focused & enthusiastic

✨ What we offer:
🐎 Part time / full time
🐎 A supportive, passionate equine team
🐎 A mix of admin & hands-on horse care
🐎 Opportunities to grow your skills

📩 Sound like you? Follow the link to apply....https://careers.cvsvets.com/jobs/equine-administrator-vet-technician-frome-england-united-kingdom

Come and be part of a team where your work makes a real difference to horses and their owners! 💙

Office Administrator / Insurance Claims. Veterinary Technician (Equine Focused). We are a busy and friendly equine veterinary practice looking for a dedicated and versatile team member to join us. This role combines administrative responsibilities with hands-on veterinary technician support, offerin...

07/08/2025

One thing you notice in the hedgerows and fields at the moment is Ragwort as it is flowering NOW and it’s characteristic yellow flowers are very distinctive!

Most horse owners know that it should be pulled up and removed but the horses don’t seem to eat it, so why bother??

Although horses will avoid it if possible in the green they are more likely to eat it if it dried and made into hay accidentally. It contains toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids which cause irreparable damage to the liver, so repeated exposure has a cumulative effect and can result in liver failure in the horse.

Ragwort is also listed as an injurious w**d under the Weeds Act (Scotland) 1959, whereby authorities can insist on its control.

Removal is recommended to prevent spread (into hay meadows!) as it seeds easily, so it needs to be pulled up with it’s roots and removed from the pasture (as it can still set seed once pulled) and disposed of appropriately.

Recommended disposal is sealing in plastic bags for incineration or landfill. Or it can be disposed of in an environmentally appropriate way - but open composting is not recommended and temperatures must be high enough to kill the seeds.

31/07/2025

It’s been a good week at Frome Equine Vets as we welcome back our vet tech Harriet’s sidekick ‘Ruby’ from her maternity leave!

You all know we love our dogs here at the practice so it’s great to have her back as part of the team again 🥰