Kettering Vets for Pets

24/12/2024

🎄🎄🎄Good evening everyone🎄🎄🎄

We just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their kind messages of support this year, especially with our practice moving premises and also in the run up to Christmas. We have been blown away with all the lovely messages of support, the cards and goodies that we have received, especially in such challenging times for everyone. We are all honestly so touched to have the love and support from you all that we do, so a big big THANK YOU.

We know that the festive period will feel very different for so many people and it will no doubt be a difficult day for some to navigate, including some of our own team. Please know that we hold all of you in our thoughts.

With Christmas now just a few hours away we want to wish you all (and your fur family too of course) a peaceful and restful day tomorrow and very best wishes to everyone.

Finally, we have been adding the last few special photos to our memorial tree this afternoon and wanted to share a photo with you all. Our beautiful guardian angel memorial candle will be lit tonight in front of our memorial tree in honour of all past pet family, keeping all our beloved pets in our hearts and in our thoughts always. Thank you to everyone who shared a very precious photo to make our memorial tree so very special, it is such a honour to have so many precious photos adorn our tree, we will be keeping our tree up into the new year.

Merry Christmas to you all 🎄

With very best wishes

Chris, Sarah and team ❤️🐾

19/12/2024

🎄🎅🏼 Christmas Opening Hours 🎅🏼🎄

Good Evening everyone, please see our festive opening hours below.

🎄Christmas Eve - 8:30 - 4:30

🎄Christmas Day - CLOSED

🎄Boxing Day - CLOSED

🎄New Year’s Eve - 8:30 - 4:30

🎄New Year’s Day - CLOSED

All other days we are open as normal. For emergencies outside of our opening hours please contact our dedicated out of hours service at Northampton Vets For Pets on 01604 753300.

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas 🐾

18/12/2024

🎄Prescription Requests 🎄

Good morning everyone,

As we rapidly approach Christmas please could we ask that all prescription requests for food and medication are submitted by 5pm on Friday 20th December. Items requested after this time may not be available for collection until after Thursday 2nd January due to our suppliers being closed over the festive period.

Many thanks
Team Kettering 🐾🎄🎅🏼

11/12/2024

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Anyone in Kettering lost their beautiful Bunny?! This fluffy little escape artist was found near Weekly Road in Kettering, and has been bought into our practice.

If you think it might be yours, or you know who's it might belong to, give is a call on 01536 206531

08/12/2024

Hugest thank you’s to everyone who braved the awful weather to join us for our open day birthday event yesterday. It meant the world to us to see so many familiar faces, with a few new ones joining us too.
Thank you to our team who were supporting with meeting and greeting and setting up our practice so everyone could see just how fabulous our facilities are!

If anyone did miss out on the Furever Friends Pet Photography session, fear not, Laura is back today at Pets at Home to run an extra session and raise money for Santa Paws charity.

Wishing you all a calm, safe and peaceful Sunday

Chris, Sarah and team xx

07/12/2024

*** Birthday Open Day Event ***

Today is our practice 15th Birthday!!! What an absolute privilege it has been to be part of the Kettering Vet Community for 15 years. The people and pets of Kettering will always hold a special place in our hearts, it was a long held dream for Sarah especially to have opened our practice in her home town.

As we celebrate today we have some very special thank you’s to say. Firstly, thank you to all our wonderful clients, the love, support, loyalty, friendship and encouragement that we receive from you all always blows our minds. The trust that you place in us to help look after your VIP family members is not lost on us and is the hugest honour, so thank you. Secondly to our team, past and present, everyone who has been a member of our team during the last 15 years has given their very best, their dedication to support our practice and our clients. Our current team, we are so blessed that you are all continuing this journey with us, thank you for all that you do to support our practice and our patients and clients.

Finally, we gave had a number of enquiries as the whether our open day is still happening today. We gave had people advising that they cannot make it due to the horrible stormy weather. We will have team here to support the open day, the pet photographer has made it in too. However, it is really important to us that you all stay safe. So first and foremost, please look after yourselves. If it is not safe for you to travel, please stay home tucked up safe and sound. The last thing we want is anyone struggling with driving to us. We will hold another event over the spring summer so please don’t worry. For those who can attend, we very much look forward to seeing you later

Take care everyone

Chris, Sarah and team ❤️🐾🎉🎄📸❤️ xx

04/12/2024

*** OPEN DAY / BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

🥳 We are celebrating our practice 15th Birthday on Saturday 7th December and what better way to celebrate than hold an open day afternoon to enable visits to our fabulous new practice facility

📸 We have organised for a special pet photographer 🐶 Furever Friends Pet Photography to be here to capture some special Christmas themed photos, we have also arranged for a 15% discount for any photos purchased from their website so a great opportunity to source some lovely Christmas gifts

🎂 We will be able to offer tours of our new practice so our clients can see the amazing new facilities that we have here for their pets

🎉 we have cupcakes and pup cakes, hot chocolate and lots more, what better way to start our birthday and Christmas celebrations

🥳 Our open day birthday celebration will run from 2pm to 5pm on Saturday 7th December

We look forward to seeing you soon

Chris, Sarah and team xx

02/12/2024

***Special Announcement***

On Friday of this week we will be putting up our practice Christmas tree.
As many of you will know, it is a long standing tradition for our practice, to have our Christmas tree as a memorial tree for pets who are no longer with us but always in our hearts. We think of our pets who have passed every day and we understand that Christmas time can be especially hard. Our memorial tree is to celebrate and honour their lives. So, instead of tinsel and baubles, we will be decorating our tree with special photos of the beautiful pets who are no longer with us but will never be forgotten. Our tree will be the most special and beautiful tree, as a fitting tribute to our dearly loved pets who have passed away. If you would like to have any photos of your beloved pets on our memorial tree then please either send them to [email protected] or post them here and we will pop them on for you.

As always we are here to support and hope that our memorial tree provides some comfort too.
thank you.

Stay safe and take care

Kettering Vets4Pets 🌲 ❤️ 🐾 ###

27/11/2024

*** IMPORTANT MESSAGE RE PHONES ***

Good morning everyone. We are having technical issues with our new phones this morning. BT have advised that there may be a period of outage this morning for approx 30 mins, somewhere between 8.30am and 12.30pm. Please initially try our normal number 01536 511500, If however at any time during morning you experience difficulties getting through on the phone, please either call 0345 600 2485 (option 1) or email us on [email protected] or WhatsApp message on 07360 494619. Our team will still be here ready to support you. We have been assured by BT that the phones should be working normally again by this afternoon.

We apologise for any inconvenience, this is something beyond our control, and thank you for your continued patience and support.

Wishing you all a lovely day ahead.

Kind regards

Chris Sarah and team ☺️

20/11/2024

*** Thank you ***

Well we finally did it, we got our practice moved across to our new location and are now up and running at Unit 2, Kettering Retail Park, Carina Rd.

Monday morning was a little glitchy with both the computers and phones playing up a little, thankfully things are now settled to how they should be 🤞 so thank you everyone for your patience with our team and continued patience whilst we get settled into our new home.

We all just want to take this opportunity to say the hugest thank you to you all. The love, support and encouragement we have received has been so special and unwavering. So many cards, gifts, messages and kind words that have meant the world to us, we truly have the most wonderful clients and we all feel very blessed.

Our practice is a very special place, the long held dream of ours to provide our patients, clients and team with the facilities you all deserve.

We so look forward to welcoming you all over the coming weeks.

Take care everyone

Chris, Sarah and all the team xx

14/11/2024

*** Relocation Update ***

Just a little reminder to everyone that Friday 15th will be our last day of practice at Telford Way. It is a bittersweet day to be closing for the final time at our Vista Park address, we’ve had 15 happy years being part of the Kettering Vet Community, 15 years getting to know all our clients and patients, making many friends along the way and building our wonderful team.
The sweet part of course is that on Monday 18th we will be opening our new doors at Carina Road and goodness have we got a really special practice to share with you all ☺️

Our state of the art facility has been completed and signed off tonight. The paint is still tacky but the build project has had Eddy’s (Pawject Manager) paw of approval so now we can start packing up and moving across.

We do have to advise you all that there will be some disruption to our service over the weekend. We are closing Vista Park at 6pm on Friday 15th, our out of hours service provider Northampton Vets4Pets we will supporting any patient enquiries/appointments over Friday night, Saturday and Sunday whilst our wonderful team act as removal team moving things across to the new unit and setting up our new facility. We do ask that any medication due for collection is picked up by 5-6pm on Friday 15th where possible, thereafter all medication orders will be available at the new site from Monday morning. We apologise for any inconvenience, we promise we have done our very best to keep disruption to a minimum.

We are very excited to share the next stage of our journey with you all next week. We have had so many messages of love, encouragement and support, so our heartfelt thanks to you all for your kind words and positive wishes encouragement, it has honestly meant the world to us all.

We are looking forward to seeing you all on the other side of the weekend… here’s a final sneak peak of our new reception and waiting area that we will be welcoming you all to.

Stay safe and have a good end to the week, have a restful weekend and see you all very soon.

Chris, Sarah and team ❤️🐾🐈🐶 🐰 🐭 🐀 🐹 🐢 🐔 🐾❤️

02/11/2024

Just a reminder, if any of your pets struggle to cope this weekend, the wonderful people at Classic FM will be playing pet friendly PetClassics this weekend - see link below.

Please feel free to share

Stay safe and take care

Kettering Vets4Pets ❤️ 🐾 ❤️

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01/11/2024

*** Relocation Update***

Just to share with you all another quick peak at the work that is going on behind the scenes with our relocation.

The build teams are working so hard to get everything completed and in perfect shape for our first day at the new site, 18th November, we are happy to say that everything is on schedule (🤞) so not long to wait now ☺️☺️☺️

We are over the moon with the progress and so excited for the next chapter and so looking forward to sharing our fabulous practice with you all ☺️🐾❤️

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Take care and stay safe

Chris, Sarah and team ☺️

25/10/2024

*** RELOCATION UPDATE***

We thought you would all like a little update on where we are at with our relocation project.

As you can see from the photos below things are moving on at pace. Our project/build teams are working so hard to keep everything on schedule to open our new site on Monday 18th November. We are so pleased with the progress, our design has really come to life and is really shaping up to be the most fantastic practice for all our patients and clients. Our team honestly cannot wait to move across and welcome you all to our new facility ☺️ 🩺 ❤️

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Stay safe and take care

Chris, Sarah and team ❤️ 🐾 ❤️

25/02/2024

When Kelly from our Colton store's Pets Grooming salon discovered a lump on the tail of nine-year-old Rufus she suspected something wasn't right, so alerted his owners Les and Andrea so they could get it checked out. They brought him to Vets for Pets Leeds Colton where it was confirmed he had a cancerous tumour which needed surgery.

Les, who adopted Rufus from Dogs Trust in Leeds as a puppy, said: “Rufus is such a big part of our life; we’re absolutely besotted with him. We probably wouldn’t have noticed the lump if not at the groomers as the tail isn’t somewhere you would usually stroke and feel. Kelly loves Rufus and really looks after him, so we want to say a big thanks for spotting it. Who'd have known what would have happened if she hadn’t noticed.”

Rufus had to have his tail removed, but is now making a good recovery. He's been visiting Kelly for a groom every six weeks for the last three years. She said: “You get to know everything about a dog as you groom them. I’ve discovered similar things before on other dogs so I mentioned it to the owners so they could get it checked out. Dogs are my life and you do worry; I’m so pleased they caught it. Now he’s got a fully docked tail like a little bunny rabbit. It’s lovely and suits him – when he gets washed he wiggles his bum.”

21/02/2024

Arthur's owner Louise says he "looked like a brand-new tortoise" after having his beak filed at Sutton in Ashfield Vets4Pets.

Louise adopted the four-year-old Horsefield Tortoise from a family member in October. Although she has had other pets, Arthur is her first tortoise, so she has been doing some research on how to best care for him.

Louise said: "I noticed Arthur's beak was unusually long, so I brought him in to Vets for Pets; I bring all my pets there. When he came out, I thought 'you beautiful boy, look at you – you look so handsome!"

Vet Steph, who looked after Arthur, says that tortoise beaks continuously grow and normally grind down themselves while they're eating. She said: "Arthur needed a little help as his jaw isn't perfectly aligned; his lower jaw is further out than his top jaw, so I filed it around half a centimetre. He was really good; a real cutie."

18/02/2024

Owner Claire says she couldn't be more grateful to Vets4Pets Hamilton after their quick diagnosis saved the sight of six-year-old Alba.

Claire knew there was something terribly wrong with her miniature dachshund cross when she called her in from the back garden last summer and Alba ran headfirst into a closed patio door. She rushed her to the vets, where investigations led the team to diagnose her with uveitis – an eye condition which causes inflammation of the middle layer of the eye.

Claire said: "It all happened so suddenly; Alba must have heard my voice and guessed where to go. It was quite scary seeing how bad she was. We couldn't be more grateful for the team in Hamilton spotting the uveitis as quickly as they did, otherwise Alba would have gone blind within a matter of days. Their knowledge saved Alba's sight. I still can't believe it happened. It's taken months of treatments, but it's such a relief to have our girl back to being her funny, bossy self."

Vet Neil, one of the team who treated Alba, said: "Alba's pupil was really narrow and wouldn't respond to light properly, which can be a sign of uveitis. Once we had ruled out other conditions, we were able to get her to an eye specialist for ongoing treatment. She's now doing really well."

16/02/2024

Ducky's owner Antonia was in a state of panic when she saw a fox had dug its way into the field where she keeps him – killing two of her other ducks and chickens.

Antonia was about to move her brood into their pen for the evening when she saw what had happened and noticed that Ducky had severe bite wounds under his wing. She rushed him to Vets4Pets Vets Milton Keynes for emergency surgery – and after having his wound stitched up the one-year-old duck is now making a good recovery.

Antonia said: "I was so worried. You don’t often hear of ducks recovering from fox attacks, but there is something about Ducky and the way he was so brave. I'm sure he was protecting a lady duck, as he's a bit of a romantic. It's the first time we've gone to Vets for Pets, and the team were amazing; they've done an incredible job."

Vet Becca, who treated Ducky, said: "He's a really lucky duck, as it was quite a big wound. When he first came in, he was understandably subdued and quiet but when he came back for his stitches to be taken out, he wanted to explore and tuck his head into everyone’s shoulders."

07/02/2024

Well done to the team at Vets4Pets Guildford who've been awarded a silver level certificate for being a rabbit-friendly clinic.

After head veterinary nurse Ella noticed that more customers were bringing in rabbits the practice took a series of steps to give them as stress-free an experience as possible. Ella, who also fosters rescue dogs in her spare time, said: "There was a long list of things that we needed to prove that we did from making sure the rabbits are kept separate from other animals and not booked in at the same time as barking dogs, to providing heated kennels for those who need to stay in, and using special equipment made especially for rabbits."

Practice manager Kevin said: "All of our vets have plenty of experience with rabbits we have some real rabbit geeks here, so it was a big thing to us. There are so many good people in this world and I'm so proud to be around them."

28/01/2024

Beautiful Bear was born deaf, so he's learned to follow his owner Lisa's visual commands.

Lisa, who shops at our Tamworth store – "it's my second home!" – got two-year-old Bear as a kitten and suspected he was deaf when he didn't respond to her voice. She had it confirmed by her vet soon after. She said: "He was very scatty, and scared of people he didn’t recognise. He wasn’t bothered by loud noises like my other cat Emily and when I came home from work he wouldn’t hear the door open.

"He's doing really well though. I try to do some sign language with him – I point at him and do a solid hand sign at him to stop. He picks up on vibrations and scents too. He meows, making a really loud chirping sound which I’ve never heard a cat do before, and he’s always rubbing his head against my legs and following me everywhere. I was advised not to let him out because he wouldn’t hear cars or other dangers, so he comes outside with me every morning to have a sniff around the garden and always comes straight back in." Bear and Lisa's other cat Emily are on Instagram as

27/01/2024

Ten-year-old Dutch rabbit Alfie has been visiting vet Kate at Vets4pets Wolverhampton for dental treatment for the last eight years – and she says he's such a loveable character that he's become "part of the family".

He's one of the oldest rabbits treated by Kate and the team, and she says his longevity is down to the care and love he gets from his owner Tracy and her family. Kate said: "Alfie is famous in this practice – everyone knows him. We and his family are dedicated to making sure her little old man is happy. The beautiful thing about being a vet or vet nurse is you build these relationships with the owners and their pets – they become your surrogate pets."

Tracy's been keeping rabbits all her life, and says that having space and routine is key. She said: "Alfie is an old man now and has a routine. He goes into a hutch at night and is let out in the morning. He's out all day and has his favourite spots in the house. We clean him out every day and give him a lot of attention. When he was younger he would follow us around; if I was clearing a cupboard out he would be in the cupboard to help. Now he's old and wants to be warm and watch instead. I can't thank Kate and the practice enough. Kate's been fantastic with him."

26/01/2024

Eight-year-old Winnie the Schnauzer cross is running around like a puppy again thanks to laser treatment and physiotherapy after two successful knee operations at Vets for Pets Basildon.

Worried owner Tracy brought Winnie in to the practice after she collapsed on a walk last year – and the team discovered the cruciate ligament in a knee had ruptured. She’s since had ops on two knees and is on a recovery plan led by vet physiotherapist Izzy.

Tracy said: "Winnie has had a tough year with 15 teeth removed, two cruciate ligament operations and two bouts of pancreatitis but thankfully she's hardy. She’s treated fabulously at the Basildon practice. Izzy is great with her – she totally relaxes in her hands and does little snores with her eyes open. Winnie has a new lease of life again and is running around like a puppy."

Izzy said: "When pets have surgery or injure themselves they move differently which causes them to be sore in other places. Winnie has laser therapy then a massage to help the healing process. Laser treatment is a specialist service that not enough people know about – it can help in so many ways after an operation.”

19/01/2024

The team at Vets4Pets Cramlington say greyhound Frank was "an absolute gentleman" when he came in for some dental work.

Seven-year-old Frank was brought in by owner Harriet to get rid of some plaque which had built up and to treat a gum inflammation. Veterinary nurse Vicki said: "Frank was a very good boy and left with clean, fresh and sparkly teeth. It's so very important to get your dog's teeth checked and we advise pets to have an annual dental check. Eighty per cent of dogs over the age of three have dental disease. Prevention is much better than cure and regular checks and routine cleaning keep your pet's mouth healthier for longer and can help to prevent extensive extractions later in life. We are always happy to offer advice on maintenance and dental care at home such as teeth brushing or dental supplements."

18/01/2024

Veterinary nurse Mel from Vets4Pets Bristol Longwell Green loves cats so much she's helped the practice make a number of improvements to give cats as stress-free an experience as possible when they're brought in.

Mel, who has an Advanced Certificate in Feline Behaviour for Veterinary Professionals, helped introduce facilities like a separate feline waiting area and cattery and the use of quiet clippers – and the practice now has a silver level certificate for being a cat-friendly clinic. She said: "I love dogs but I'm really a cat person. Cats can be misunderstood which can lead to them having quite a stressful life, so if we can make things easier for them and help people understand what cats need then everyone will be happier.

"As animal lovers there's always more to learn and understand about what makes them happy. Enrichment at the home is important for a happy cat – and as cats are naturally solitary animals if you live in a multi-cat household it's important to understand what they need. The rule is to have a resource per cat, plus one spare. So if you have two cats you should have three feeding stations, three litter trays and three scratch posts spread around the house so they have the opportunity to move around to wherever they want to go. Scratching is as natural a thing for cats to do as going out hunting is, so if they're unable to go out it's about providing the chance for them to behave as naturally as possible."

07/01/2024

Four-year-old Sebastian the Jack Russell is back to his usual boisterous self after being treated at Vets4Pets Abingdon for a condition that was causing the knee caps on his back legs to dislocate when he walked.

The condition, known as medial patellar luxation, would cause him to hop or skip when exercising. It's quite common in terriers and small dog breeds, but Sebastian's case was quite severe and he was given surgery by orthopaedic surgeon Joe to deepen the groove his patella runs in on his right hind leg, and also to move and reattach his patellar tendon.

Sebastian is owned by practice vet Hannah who said: "After the operation he just wanted to get back to normal straight away but he couldn't ... and that's where we struggled. He wanted to be out and about, charging around and playing with his toys but he needed to rest." Hannah had to give him medication for six weeks to give his knees time to heal. She said: "He's absolutely fine now – he's fully recovered and running around like a lunatic again!"

05/01/2024

When 11-year-old lurcher Jess was brought into Vets for Pets Leeds Birstall 24/7 Small Animal Hospital on Christmas Eve feeling very poorly with pyometra – a life-threatening uterus infection – the team knew they had to act fast; so vet Emily and nurses JD and Hannah headed straight in to perform emergency surgery on her in the early hours of Christmas morning.

The operation went so well that by lunchtime nurse Krishna was able to call her owner Beth to say she was well enough to come home to recuperate – and Beth made the hour-long drive from her home in Keighley so she could bring Jess home before the family sat down for their Christmas dinner. Beth said: "It was a stressful start to Christmas, as we were worried about Jess because of her age and because she's never had anything wrong with her before. We're so grateful for everything – it was so nice of them to come in on Christmas Day to operate on her, to look after her so well and to get her home on top form. The vets were fantastic from start to finish. Jess is recovering nicely – you can see the happiness is back in her!"

Krishna said: "Our night team always do an amazing job, and performing serious surgery like that at that time of night and on Christmas Day of all days is just brilliant. Jess did amazingly well to bounce back so quickly, and it was amazing being able to call her owners to say that she could come home to spend Christmas with them. It's the sort of call we all love to make, but doing it on Christmas Day was extra nice."

03/01/2024

Six-foot-long boa constrictor Astrix was the centre of attention when he called in for a routine "top to tail" health check at Vets4Pets Penzance.

Astrix, who's four, is part of a menagerie of six snakes, bearded dragons and six dogs belonging to veterinary nurse Lowenna, who works at the practice, and her partner Mark. The team looked at Astrix's eyes and mouth and checked his breathing to rule out any respiratory infections and also checked his scales.

Lowenna said: "He got a clean bill of health, he was absolutely fine and everyone had a turn holding him. Asterix is quite reserved, a little bit shy usually. He did really well when he came in as everyone wanted to touch him and he was like 'okay I quite like the attention.' Astrix has got a lovely big set-up at home. He's quite a big boy, weighing in at nearly 10 kilos, so the vivarium is more than seven foot long. We have a reptile room and he has the run of it. He has a large bucket of water too if he ever wants to submerge himself."

02/01/2024

This brave girl is collie-cross Sherpa, who the team at Vets for Pets Livingston say was "impeccably calm" when she was rushed in for emergency injury after hurting her eye in a freak accident.

Sherpa's owner Caroline was taking Sherpa for a walk when Sherpa caught her eye on a stick as she went exploring a bush. She was quickly admitted into surgery where she received X-rays and, after a two-hour procedure by practice owner Dr Adam, aided by nurse Erin, the stick was removed. Adam said: "Sherpa was amazingly tolerant following an extremely random occurrence. It was astonishing." Sherpa didn't lose her sight and is now making a great recovery.

Caroline said: “We were suddenly thrown into the worst living nightmare, it was absolutely horrifying. It’s truly a miracle what Adam and the team achieved from the moment they answered our call for help. They gave us hope."

24/12/2023

This little Christmas cracker is Molly, who survived against the odds and gave birth to three premature puppies after being brought in to Vets for Pets Cirencester as a pregnant stray with severe injuries from a fight with other dogs.

Martina, who owns the practice, said: ”It was really touch and go and we thought Molly might not make it. The team treated mum first, got her on a drip and stabilised her before successfully managing to deliver the puppies – two boys and a girl – by caesarean section."

Molly, who's a Cairn Terrier, and her three pups are recovering well at home with Martina. “As they needed 24/7 care I took them home and emptied the whole spare bedroom so there was a nice, warm and comfortable quiet place for Molly and her puppies. I was attached to her for the first five days – my husband Matt even brought food up to the bedroom for me as I stayed there all the time. It was really hard work but it was all worth it. They’re absolute darlings and doing really well now – mum is already brave enough to go on dog walks.”

Martina says Molly will continue living with her in the future, and the puppies will be adopted when they are stronger.

19/12/2023

This beautiful buzzard is on the mend after undergoing surgery on a broken wing at Vets4Pets Newmarket after he was hit by a car.

A member of the public rescued the buzzard and brought him in to see if the team could help. After a successful operation and five days of recuperation he's ben taken to The Raptor Foundation rehabilitation centre to continue his recovery.

Practice manager Natalie said: "We put him under general anaesthetic and performed orthopaedic surgery. We'll see him again next month to see how he's progressing and then hopefully he'll be released back into the wild. We wish him a speedy recovery as he's such a handsome chap.”