Cinder Hill Equine Clinic

04/08/2024

***ROAD CLOSURE***

If you are visiting us this week, please note that Cinder Hill is closed between The Ravenswood and the Chilling Street Junction. If you are coming from the Sharpthorne direction, you will be able to access us via Chilling Street.

We will keep you updated when this is to reopen but they are currently saying not until Thursday.

01/08/2024

*** Road Closure***

If you are visiting us at the clinic over the next few days, please note that Waterbury Hill (between Horsted Keynes and Station Approach) is closed until Saturday.

16/07/2024

You may have noticed if you have visited us at the clinic recently that we are doing our bit to help with biodiversity and the environment by allowing wild flowers to grow abundantly on the banks at Cinder Hill Equine. Some were encouraged from seedlings but most were already here, providing bees, butterflies and other pollinators with food through spring and summer. Wildflowers are in danger of disappearing altogether so it’s wonderful to see them growing so successfully here.

09/07/2024

You may have noticed we have a new vet out and about recently, please join us in welcoming Rosie to the Cinder Hill Team. Rosie grew up locally in West Sussex so she may well be a familiar face to some!

Rosie started riding at a young age and was an active member of The Pony Club and enjoyed eventing and hedge hoping at the weekends. Rosie graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest in 2021, and worked as a mixed equine and farm animal vet in The Midlands until joining Cinder Hill in May 2024. Rosie enjoys all aspect of equine work especially medicine and wound management.

In her spare time Rosie enjoys socialising with friends,competing in hunter trials, and walking her Labrador Bea.

27/05/2024

Heaven has gained a true angel this weekend in Georgie Campbell. Our thoughts are with Jesse, Ian, Debbie, Jo and Bertie and everyone who knew her 💔 RIP, enjoy riding all your special horses of the past up there

27/05/2024

Last but by no means least during Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month is Patient Care Assistant, Katie

Katie joined the team in January 2024, after returning from a 6 month stay in South Africa where she aided rhino conservation efforts and mammal research projects. In her spare time Katie enjoys hacking her own horse, Felix, alongside painting and photography.

22/05/2024

Next up during Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month is our Patient Care Assistant, Mollie

Mollie became part of the Cinder Hill team in June 2023, taking on the role of Patient Care Assistant following her graduation with a degree in Chemistry from Bristol University. She has a keen interest in assisting the vets with lameness cases. In her spare time, Mollie enjoys riding and show jumping her two horses, Poppy and Spirit as well as taking leisurely walks with her whippet, Willow.

13/05/2024

Next up during Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month is our Student Veterinary Nurse, Meg!

In April 2023, Meg embraced a new chapter at Cinder Hill following five years as a freelance groom. Meg grew up in Chelwood Gate and spent most her childhood riding her ponies on the Ashdown Forest. Recently, she celebrated breeding her first foal from her showjumping mare, Ginge. Meg embarked on her journey to become a Veterinary Nurse last year, and is enjoying learning new skills and knowledge along this new career path.

08/05/2024

Badminton Horse Trials 2024 is underway and we are very proud to have 2 clients competing in the 5* this year and wish them, and all of the other competitors, the best of luck.

It’s a huge team effort to get these horses to this level and even harder to keep them there and it’s great to be part of 2 such dedicated teams helping keep these amazing equine athletes at the top of their game and enjoying themselves so much 😀

Tom Crisp Academy rides Liberty and Glory (Lori) in her 7th 5* and Francis Whittington Eventing rides DHI Purple Rain (Prince) in his 5th 5* - some achievement for both of them.

08/05/2024

🖥☎️🖊Happy National Receptionists Day 🖥☎️🖊

Today we'd like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful reception and admin team for all their hard work. Our receptionists are receptionists, administrators and secretaries all in one!

As well as being your first point of contact when you phone, they also deal with vets diaries, client queries, insurance paperwork, admin, accounts, payments and invoicing. Their hard work keeps everything running smoothly.

Here is our reception team made up of (from left to right): Gerry, Madeleine and Lisa. Not forgetting our fantastic practice manager Gina who isn't pictured here!

06/05/2024

🐴🩺Meet our Head Nurse Amy🐴🩺

Amy started her journey to nursing working and grooming for top-level event riders at renowned events such as Badminton and Burghley, she transitioned to join Cinder Hill's nursing team in 2022. Despite her busy schedule, Amy is close to completing her Veterinary Nursing course and has enjoyed the challenge of studying alongside her work at Cinder Hill.

Since taking over as Head Nurse in March, Amy has done a fantastic job keeping the team organised and supporting the vets. Beyond work, she enjoys riding and competing with her horse Buddy, and also does freelance grooming at shows. Amy's passion for animals shines through both professionally and personally, making her a valued member of the Cinder Hill team.

02/05/2024

Strangles Awareness Week is coming up and we are delighted to be supporting Strangles Awareness Week again this year. Please follow their page for further information and updates. There is also a competition running through their page to WIN a fantastic prize bundle currently valued at over £6,000!

01/05/2024

🐴🩺This month is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 🐴🩺

We'd like to say a huge thank you to our Veterinary Nurses, Student Veterinary Nurses and Patient Care Assistants. These amazing people work tirelessly to provide gold standard care to our patients and support to our vets. A Registered Veterinary Nurse usually studies for 2 - 3 years for their qualification and once they are qualified, they are permitted to carry out certain procedures such as those outlined in the photo. They have such a huge and varied role and we'd be unable to function without them!

You may well have met some of our nurses out and about with the vets, but over the next month we will be introducing each of our Nursing Team to you!

30/04/2024

❤️ Meet Tui and Tess! ❤️

This weekend, Grace had a busy Saturday on call, when sadly Tess lost her mum during foaling. Thanks to the power of Facebook and Tui's amazing owners, Tui arrived in the middle of the night to foster Tess. Tui had sadly lost her own foal just 24 hours earlier, but she took to Tess like her own immediately.

Though bittersweet, we're grateful Tui gets a foal of her own, and Tess has a loving foster mum to care for her. 🥰

27/04/2024

🩺 Happy World Veterinary Day 🩺

This year’s theme is ‘Veterinarians are essential health workers’.

Vets competencies must be regarded as an essential and integral part of health at large. The application of veterinary science contributes not only to animal health and well-being but also to humans physical, mental and social well-being.

This dimension of a vets work often remains invisible to society, but protecting and improving the health of people and their communities is an essential part of the vet profession.

We thank our wonderful team of vets here at Cinder Hill Equine Clinic, as well as all the vets across the world for their dedication and passion they have for their patients and clients everyday.

18/04/2024

🐴 Are you thinking of breeding your mare this year? 🐴

We now have a stock of the Stallion AI Services 2024 Directory - The Breeders Guide.

This is an essential guide for both first-time and experienced breeders. The Breeders Guide contains useful information, articles, and updates on the most recent advances in reproductive technology, as well as a comprehensive list of stallions.

Please do pop into the clinic to pick up your free copy!

15/04/2024

Has your horse recently been tested for Equine Cushings Disease (PPID)?

The Royal Veterinary College are investigating the quality of life of older horses both WITH and WITHOUT PPID.

We'd like to hear from you regardless of whether the outcome was negative or positive. The short survey below should take approximately 10 minutes

https://rvc.uk.com/PPID-test-survey-2024SM

15/04/2024

⭐️Please join us in welcoming our new vet Izzy to the team! ⭐️

Izzy might be familiar face to some of you having grown up in West Sussex. Izzy qualified from the University of Liverpool and started her career at an equine practice in Dorset before joining the team here in April 2024. Izzy enjoys all aspects of first opinion work with a particular interest in wound management and ophthalmology.

In her spare time, Izzy can be found walking with her labradors Lily and Bear or enjoying socialising with friends. She also enjoys lots of outdoor sports including surfing and skiing.

Please give Izzy a warm welcome if you see her!

05/04/2024

🐴 Thinking of putting your mare in foal this year? 🐴

📑 Cinder Hill Equine Clinic is one of the BEVA approved practices for Artificial Insemination.

Cinder Hill Equine Clinic have a dedicated team of experienced stud vets that offer a large range of reproductive services including:

💉 Pre-breeding mare examinations
💉 Pre-breeding stallion examinations
💉 Artificial Insemination
💉 Embryo Transfer
💉 Preparation for OPU/ICSI
💉 Mare and Stallion infertility workups
💉 New born foal checks and on-going foal care

Our dedicated team of stud vets are available on call throughout the season should you have an emergency out of hours.

If you would like any more information on our breeding services and stud packages, please feel free to call the office on 01342811335 or email [email protected]

03/04/2024

❗️UPDATE ON IT ISSUES ❗️

We are still currently experiencing major IT issues. We do not have access to our emails so please call the practice if your query is urgent. Our computer system is accessible but is running very slow and we are unable to make changes to client details. We can still book appointments so please call us if you need us. Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.

02/04/2024

❗️IT ISSUES ❗️

We are currently experiencing major IT issues. We do not have access to our emails so please call the practice if your query is urgent. Our computer system is accessible but is running very slow and we are unable to make changes to client details. We can still book appointments so please call us if you need us. IT are working very hard to get the issues sorted so please bear with us. Thank you for your patience.

27/03/2024

🐣 Easter Opening Hours 🐣

Thursday 28th March: 8.30am-5.30pm
Friday 29th March (Good Friday): CLOSED
Saturday 30th March: CLOSED
Sunday 31st March (Easter Sunday): CLOSED
Monday 1st April: CLOSED
Tuesday 2nd April: 8.30am-5.30pm

🚨 Our dedicated out of hours team will be available 24/7 whilst our office is closed. Please still call the office on 01342811335 in an event of an emergency 🚨

11/03/2024

Well done to everyone at quite a soggy Charing Point to Point yesterday. Vets Katie, Grace and Caitlin and Student nurse, Meg were there all day supported by Vet Amy from Lingfield East. Thankfully our team were kept fairly quiet all day. Our next Point to Point will be at Godstone on 4th May!

07/03/2024

You may never have seen behind the scenes in a veterinary practice. So take a look at the work our vets and nurses do on the front line every day to look after animals in veterinary practices, hospitals, in the field and on call - so that they receive the best possible care.

Thanks to Molly Case for the poem you have written about our profession.

29/02/2024

Foaling season is underway 💕🐴

One visit that all the vets enjoy is checking in on these cuties!! We always make sure to do a full check of both mare and foal to make sure there are no hidden problems and give the owners peace of mind that they can just enjoy their new bundle of bounce 😃

If you have any questions about foaling; (both before and after) or are thinking of putting your mare in foal then give us a call 📞 01342 811335

We have a dedicated stud team available 24/7 to make sure you get the best advice and care at this exciting (and nervous) time

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27/02/2024

💊Prescriptions 💊

You may obtain relevant medicinal products from a veterinary surgeon OR ask for a prescription and obtain these medicines from a pharmacy. Your veterinary surgeon may prescribe relevant veterinary medicinal products only following a clinical assessment of an animal under their care. A prescription may not be appropriate if your horse is an in-patient or immediate treatment is necessary.

You will be informed, on request, of the price of any medicine that may be prescribed for your horse. The general policy of this practice is to re-assess a horse requiring repeat prescriptions for/supplies of relevant veterinary medicinal products every 6 months but this may vary with individual circumstances.

If you require a written prescription for medication to get fulfilled somewhere other than Cinder Hill, please ensure that 3 days notice is given. For repeat prescriptions, to enable us to have the drugs ready for your collection we ask that at least 48 hours notice be given whenever possible. Any medicines or written prescriptions should be collected within 7 days and must be paid for on collection.

23/02/2024

𝗜𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿?

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆?

Dr Veronica Roberts, European and RCVS Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine, is renowned across the world for her research into the diagnosis and treatment of headshaking in horses. Veronica is currently collaborating with the University of Dublin on a project and would like to recruit headshaking horses to be involved in a non-invasive study into a potential management strategy. If you are the owner of a headshaker and would be interested in your horse being involved, please complete the questionnaire (link below) from which suitable horses will be chosen. There is no cost to you if you opt to participate. Thank you.

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16/02/2024

Does your horse suffer from sweet itch?

Over recent years we have been offering the sweet itch vaccine. It is manufactured to control ringworm in horses, however, field studies have shown positive results in reducing clinical signs of sweet itch in some horses. This is a recognised off license treatment option.

The vaccine must be given before exposure to the Culicoides midge so before clinical signs of sweet itch start. 2 vaccines are given at an interval of 2 weeks. The first vaccine should be given around February.

If you would like to discuss the vaccine further with one of our vets, or book your horse in, please feel free to give the clinic a call on 01342811335.

29/01/2024

An online strangles survey launched by Josh Eustace, MSc student of MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law (on-line) through The University of Edinburgh is still open until the 28th February. 💛

https://www.redwings.org.uk/news-and-features/have-you-and-your-horses-been-affected-strangles

This survey is aimed at horse owners/loaners, employees or managers/owners of yards that have experienced at least one case of strangles since January 2020 and has been designed under the supervision of Dr Richard Newton, Dr Scott Pirie and Dr Marie Rowland, along with the help and support from Helen Whitelegg, Policy and Research Officer here at Redwings Horse Sanctuary. ❤️