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Salt toxicity!Mylah stole some homemade Christmas gifts made from salt dough. Although you may think this is harmless, u...
06/01/2026

Salt toxicity!

Mylah stole some homemade Christmas gifts made from salt dough. Although you may think this is harmless, unfortunately salt dough is highly toxic to dogs due to its high salt content, which causes salt poisoning (sodium toxicosis).

Signs of salt poisoning include:
🧂 vomiting and diarrhoea
🧂 reduced appetite
🧂 lethargy
🧂 excessive thirst and urination
🧂 poor coordination
🧂 tremors
🧂 seizures.

She was sick at home and we had to induce emesis with a drug to make her sick, to bring up the rest. Thankfully she had no further symptoms after her misdemeanour!

The cocker head tilt, proudly modelled by little Dora! It was lovely to see one of Fidget’s puppies again. Hard to belie...
05/01/2026

The cocker head tilt, proudly modelled by little Dora!

It was lovely to see one of Fidget’s puppies again. Hard to believe she was born on 11th September!

Not your usual Christmas toxin…. Rat bait! Ernie was caught with his head in a packet of mouse and rat poison. His owner...
05/01/2026

Not your usual Christmas toxin…. Rat bait!

Ernie was caught with his head in a packet of mouse and rat poison. His owner wasn’t sure if he’d managed to ingest any of it or if he’d just sniffed at it. Due to the risks, we decided to make Ernie sick. There were definitely blue grains in the vomit confirming that he had eaten some.

The active ingredients in rodenticides are highly toxic to animals. They prevent blood from clotting and cause internal bleeding, organ damage, kidney failure and even death. Symptoms vary depending on the type of poison they’ve eaten.

Signs of internal bleeding can include; weakness, lethargy, vomiting or coughing up blood, nose bleeds, bleeding from the gums, blood in urine or faeces, bruising on the skin and difficulty breathing.

Rodenticides can be fatal but if treated quickly with emesis and the antedote, vitamin K, dogs can be saved. If you suspect your pet has had access to rat bait, act immediately and contact your vets!

Lovely Bertie, the working cocker pup, getting off to the best start in life with second lot of vaccinations, flea and w...
04/01/2026

Lovely Bertie, the working cocker pup, getting off to the best start in life with second lot of vaccinations, flea and worming treatment. We will look forward to seeing him grow.

Another raisin ingestion but this time we didn’t know about it for over 5 hours!Elvis ate half of a Christmas pud first ...
04/01/2026

Another raisin ingestion but this time we didn’t know about it for over 5 hours!

Elvis ate half of a Christmas pud first thing one morning but didn’t get come to us for a consultation until early afternoon.

We were worried we had missed the window of opportunity to make him sick, but decided it was worth trying... An emetic injection was given and thankfully a huge volume of fruit and nuts were brought back up.

We were concerned that some of the toxins would have been absorbed so we started activated charcoal and he was transferred to to spend 48 hours on a drip to protect his kidneys. Blood tests taken at Claro and then repeated at Swift Emergencies two days later thankfully showed normal kidney function.

Let’s hope Elvis has learnt his lesson!

Next up raisins! George helped himself to his human’s breakfast consisting of a hot cross bun containing raisins. (Not y...
03/01/2026

Next up raisins!

George helped himself to his human’s breakfast consisting of a hot cross bun containing raisins. (Not your usual Christmas food!). Luckily his owner noticed quickly and brought him down to the vets. George had to have an injection to induce emesis so he vomited it back up, and has thankfully suffered no ill effects!

Grapes, raisins, currants and sultanas are potentially poisonous to dogs. There is no toxic dose, so it’s impossible to know whether a dog is going to be severely affected or not.

Toxicity causes kidney failure and gut issues, signs include:
🍇 vomiting
🍇 diarrhoea
🍇 increased thirst
🍇 reduced appetite
🍇 blood in faeces
🍇 painful abdomen
🍇 lethargy.

Contact your vet straight away if your dog has eaten grapes or dried fruit, don’t wait for symptoms to develop, because the kidney failure can be fatal.

02/01/2026

Feline good!

It’s been a feline sort of Friday! Here are some of the gorgeous cats we’ve seen in the last two days. What a great start to the New Year…

In a series of posts in January, here’s the first of the many toxic items that have been ingested over the Christmas per...
02/01/2026

In a series of posts in January, here’s the first of the many toxic items that have been ingested over the Christmas period by our patients.

Firstly, chocolate 🍫

Ziggy snuck into a bedroom and snaffled a box of Lindt chocolates, complete with wrappers, and strawberry laces! Although he enjoyed it at the time, chocolate is toxic to dogs because of the theobromine and caffeine, and Ziggy had to brought to the vets to be made sick.

Dogs struggle to breakdown theobromine and high doses cause the nervous system, guts and muscles to go into overdrive.

Signs of chocolate toxicity include:
🍫 excitement, hyperactivity, restlessness
🍫 vomiting
🍫 diarrhoea
🍫 drinking and weeing more
🍫 rapid breathing
🍫 a high heart rate
🍫 shaking, trembling, tremors
🍫 seizures

Ziggy’s owner was aware that he’d pinched the chocolate almost straight after so he was rushed down to . He had an injection to make him sick and this was followed up with activated charcoal to absorb any remaining toxins. Thankfully Ziggy made a full and speedy recovery!

If you suspect your dog has eaten chocolate, please contact your vet immediately. You can also use a useful online tool, the “chocolate calculator” to see if you need to seek urgent veterinary care for your dog.

https://www.msdvetmanual.com/multimedia/clinical-calculator/chocolate-toxicity-calculator

Happy New Year 2026 to our team, our clients, suppliers and collaborating vets using our out-patient CT service. Thank y...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year 2026 to our team, our clients, suppliers and collaborating vets using our out-patient CT service.

Thank you for your ongoing custom and support throughout 2025.

From Laura and the team at Claro ###

Good morning, just a little reminder about our New Year opening times. We are open until 5pm today, closed all day Thurs...
31/12/2025

Good morning, just a little reminder about our New Year opening times. We are open until 5pm today, closed all day Thursday and the normal service resumes again on Friday.

For emergencies outside these hours, please contact one of our out of hours providers and their dedicated emergency vets and nurses will be able to help:

Bishopton Out of Hours: 01765 602396
Swift Emergencies: 01937 374888

Happy New Year everyone! See you in 2026….

Although we’ve had a hectic Christmas period including dogs eating Christmas pudding, rat bait and salt dough…. we’ve al...
30/12/2025

Although we’ve had a hectic Christmas period including dogs eating Christmas pudding, rat bait and salt dough…. we’ve also met lots of adorable new family members; including Cosmo, Shadow and Jet (who by the way are all looking for new homes) and gorgeous cocker Luther.

For your convenience, you can book vet or nurse consultations online at www.clarohillvets.co.uk.

We do reserve some appointments for urgent, on the day cases, so if we are fully booked online, please do contact us by one of the following methods and we will book your pet in for an appointment:

đź“ž 01423 228080 (8am-6.30pm Monday to Friday. Saturday mornings)
📱 07903 666034 (when the landline is closed)
📧 [email protected]

Address

Units 7 & 8 Thirkill Park, Thirkill Drive, Pannal
Harrogate
HG31GQ

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 6:30pm
Thursday 8am - 6:30pm
Friday 8am - 6:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 12:30pm

Telephone

+441423228080

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