Pet Care Veterinary Surgery

27/01/2025

Welcome to our Pet of the Month Award 🥇

We aim to recognise your pets each month and share their story.

We will choose a cat and a dog each month who will win a certificate and a goodie bag personalised for them.

December saw us congratulate Juno Ross 🐶 and Frankie Ditcher 🐱.

(Permission given to post from owners 🐾)

10/12/2024

The holidays are for sharing, but some treats are best left for humans! Keep your furry friends safe by avoiding these dangerous holiday foods:

• Chocolate (Toxic to pets)
• Alcohol (No sips for your pets!)
• Grapes & Raisins (Can cause kidney failure)
• Onions & Garlic (Harmful for pets)

Remember, when in doubt, keep the feast to yourselves and treat your pets with their own special pet friendly delights!

Let’s make this Christmas safe and joyful for every member of the family, furry ones included!

The festive season is a time of joy, laughter, and celebration, but for pet owners, it can also present some challenges. Christmas brings new sights, smells, and treats that can be overwhelming or even dangerous for your furry friends. To help you keep your pets safe, happy, and healthy during the h...

15/10/2024

Pet Care are looking for a reliable handyman to carry out some small jobs for us at the practice.

If you are interested, please contact the surgery via email; [email protected] 🐾

11/06/2024

Help me find my parents!
Female, found in Lincoln Close. Has chip but not registered. No collar.
If anyone has any information or knows my parents then please contact us on 01322 346 173.

11/05/2024

Looking for my family 🐾
Found on 10/5/24
In the gardens of Hengist Road Erith
Petite female, tabby DSH, mature adult.
Unfortunately no collar/no chip.
Currently needing urgent medical treatment.
Please share and contact us 🐾

01/05/2024

Looking for my owners 🐾
This little love was found on Upper Abbey Road, Belvedere.
Female, DSH, Black and white, white paws & tummy.
Age approx 6 months - 2 years.
No chip, no collar.

Please share and any information please contact us on 01322 346173

31/01/2024

✨IMPORTANT UPDATE AND CHANGES TO MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS ✨

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is the governing body for all vet practices in the UK. They provide guidelines for all vets and nurses to follow. The RCVS has recently updated its guidance on prescribing medication, especially antibiotics and
anti-parasite treatment.

These changes have been put in place to ensure responsible antibiotic and antiparasitic use, to reduce resistance and reduce environmental contamination. This issue affects animal and human health.

💊ANTIBIOTICS
Your vet can only prescribe antibiotic treatment during an appointment where they have examined your pet. They cannot prescribe over the phone or in person without your pet present. This includes antibiotic tablets, liquids, ear drops, eye drops and creams.

🪲ANTI-PARASITICS
For all year-round flea, tick and worm treatment your vet must write the specific product and dose on your pets file at the time of a physical examination e.g. at vaccination or other consultation. If there is no record on your pets file, we will ask you to please come in for a consultation and physical examination at a reduced consult fee before any more flea and worming and be dispensed for your pet.

🥰 We appreciate your patience and kindness towards our team while we adapt our protocols to the new RCVS legislation, and apologise for any inconvenience. These guidelines carry legal weight so our vets are required to follow them.

📧If you have any feedback please contact the RCVS https://animalowners.rcvs.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/

The full RCVS guidance can be found here https://www.rcvs.org.uk/setting-standards/advice-and-guidance/under-care-new-guidance/

ONGOING LONG-TERM MEDICATIONS / REPEATPRESCRIPTIONS

🩺As previously, we need to clinically assess your pet every 3-6 months to be able to continue to dispense long term medications. This includes medication such as Thyrnorn, Apoquel, Vetoryl,Epiphen and includes written prescriptions.

🩺This discussion with your vet will include a physical examination of your pet. We may suggest appropriate additional blood or urine tests / blood pressure testing for ongoing monitoring depending on your pet's condition. We also offer written prescriptions for 3 months or 6 months worth of medication - please speak to your vet for more information.

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21/12/2023

Dear all our wonderful clients,
It is with great sadness that we announce that Kevin Castle leaves us after 34 years of service. Kevin came over from South Africa in 1989 and started working for Phillip Simms. Some years later he became Phillip’s business partner and then when Phillip retired he took ownership of the clinic. He would like to thank all his clients for their support and trust over the years. Kevin’s last working day is tomorrow, Friday 22nd December. All the staff will miss him greatly. Pet Care won’t be the same without him. He can now enjoy a well deserved a break.

11/12/2023

Where is my family? 🐾
Brought in this morning by a member of the public, believed to have been locked in a shed on Upper Park Road in Belvedere, for some time. Seems well on clinical exam.
Female, collar but no chip, middle aged?
Owner will need to provide proof of ownership.
Call 01322346173 if you can help.
Thanks 🐾

07/12/2023

****UPDATE***** owner found and he is home now

Where’s my family?

Young male dog, found Old Road, Crayford.
No chip or collar.

Owner must provide proof of ownership to collect. Will go to to Pond Farm tomorrow if the owner hasn’t come forward 🐾

20/11/2023

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE
I have been reunited with my loved ones. Thanks to all those for sharing and helping ❤️🐾

Searching for my parents!🐾
Today we have had a little black poodle cross handed into us who was found in Northumberland Heath park by the rugby club. He is microchipped but the details have not been updated.
If you know who I am, please phone Petcare on 01322346173, thank you!

14/11/2023

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Please see the link below to apply for an exemption for your XL bully 🐾

Use this service to apply for a Certificate of Exemption to keep XL Bully dogs.

03/11/2023

🐾 XL BULLY GUIDANCE 🐾

Following the latest announcement regarding the banning of the XL Bully, the staff at Pet Care have been digesting the legislations so that we can further advise our XL Bully owners.

In summary:

From 31st December 2023, it will be against the law to sell/abandon/give away or breed from an XL Bully.

To keep your XL Bully after the ban you will need to apply for a certificate of exemption by 31st January 2024 to apply. Applications are £92.40. We will post a link to this when available.

In order to comply for a certificate of exemption, your XL Bully has to be:

* Microchipped
* Neutered

Your XL Bully must be on the lead and muzzled in public

Dogs less than 1 years old on 31st January 2024 have until 31st December 2024 to be neutered.

Dogs older than 1 years old on 31st January 2024 have until 30th June 2024 to be neutered.

As an owner you must;

* Be over 16 years old
* Have third party insurance (provided by Dogs Trust)
* Be able to show a certificate of exemption when asked (within 5 days)

The government have provided a large scope of characteristics that define an XL Bully. See;
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/official-definition-of-an-xl-bully-dog/official-definition-of-an-xl-bully-dog

If you feel your dog falls within the characteristics listed then we would advise you to follow the protocols to ensure compliance.

Please contact the surgery if you would like to book your XL Bully in for microchipping and/or neutering. We would strongly advise to start muzzle training your dog now in readiness.

We have dedicated two of our qualified nurses to answering your queries regarding the new legislations, if you have any questions please email them on [email protected] or [email protected]

We appreciate our XL Bully owners will be anxious at this time and we will do everything we can to help you 🐾

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01/11/2023

Update 04/11/2022
Although not back to normal, we are now able to take calls - so please feel free to phone if you need us 🐾

Important notice

Apologies to our clients, we are experiencing issues with our phones and broadband. We have managed to gain access to our emails, so please do reach out on email if you need us. We are working to get this fixed as soon as possible.

In an emergency, between 6pm and 9am, please call our our of hours emergency provided Vets Now on 02083107713

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12/09/2023

Nominations are now open for these awards.
If you feel that Pet Care Veterinary Surgery or any of its dedicated staff have gone that extra mile for you and your pet, please nominate us/them.
We love our work and the whole team are always there to give our best care when you need us.

The Veterinary Awards and Animal Charity Awards 2024 are officially open! 🎉 Help us to say a big 'thank you' to all those who go above and beyond for pets in need by simply heading to our website to submit a nomination now! ✨

💙 👉 bit.ly/Petplan_VetAwards2024
🧡 👉 bit.ly/Petplan_AnimalCharityAwards2024

18/08/2023

UPDATE
We are back up and running 🎉🎉

IMPORTANT INFO

Our computer systems are currently not working and we are therefore unable to make routine appointments etc.

Please only call the clinic if you have an emergency.

We will of course let you know when we are back up and running.

Thanks for your understanding 🐾

11/08/2023

This 21 year old black and white male cat was brought into us yesterday, found in belvedere.

The cat has an ID chip but the details are out of date.

If anyone knows who this cat belongs to could you please contact us.

01322346173🐾