We deliver excellence for the health, welfare and performance of our team, clients and patients. We provide high quality veterinary care for your horses.
Our 4 vet equine team offers an ambulatory service throughout Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. With digital portable x-ray, ultrasound scanners, endoscopy and gastroscope we can deliver the best possible treatment and care for your horses wherever they are. All our vets can be contacted either directly or via our office where our excellent administrative staff will be able to help and arrange visits as needed.
ANNUAL STOCK TAKE
Due to our annual stock take taking place on Friday 28th June, please be aware our dispensary will be closed for collection of medicines for the day.
Please ensure that you have collected any medicines needed for the weekend or beyond by 5pm on Thursday 27th June. Medicine orders can still be made and can be collected from 8.30am on Monday 1st July.
We are still open as normal for veterinary appointments and emergencies.
In May we celebrated the marriage of Meghan & Will. Massive congratulations, we all enjoyed celebrating your special day with you 🥂💕
Have you ever struggled to put a foot bandage or poultice on your horse, pony or donkey?! Because we have and we can’t be the only ones!
Here is Meghan showing an example of how this is done…
Our top tips:
- Make sure you get your duct tape square ready ahead of bandaging
- Ensure you or your assistant have a good secure grip of the horses leg
- Have all bandage material to hand within easy reach
- Always use a padded layer, such as soffban, before applying any vet wrap to minimise rubbing
- Ensure that you work in a figure of 8 motion to include all parts of the foot up to the pastern for a secure fit
One of our lovely patients Zack had a fantastic time hopping over hedges at a XC clinic recently but had some regrets the next day when he presented with hindlimb lameness and a hot, swollen thigh.
Swipe >>> to see what Meghan found when she visited him after hours.
As a small scab was found overlying the swelling, ultrasound was used to identify a suspect foreign body under the skin. The offending item was found to be a thorn shown in the images below upon surgical removal.
Zack did very well following removal of the thorn and was back doing what he does best within a few weeks.
DID YOU KNOW: We stock a wide range of supplements from the highly regarded brand, Hestevard.
They aim to supply products which are highly palatable, sustainable and competition safe (for the majority of governing bodies in the UK).
If you think your horse or pony could benefit from one of these products, please feel free to contact us.
🎁 Have you given us a little present yet?!
🌡️ Now the temperature is (slowly!) warming up we recommend you collect a sample for a Faecal Egg Count from each of your horses, ponies and donkeys.
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* We don’t need a huge amount! Apple sized is fine!
* We recommend you perform an egg count every few months from Spring to Autumn.
* If you can a little part of a nugget from a few recent droppings is ideal.
* Keep it cool and with any air squeezed out of a bag if that’s what you’ve used to collect it.
* Give it to one of our vets or drop it any branch - Malmesbury, Tetbury, Nailsworth, Royal Wootton Bassett.
* 🙂 It’s included in our Healthy Horse Club and Donkey club plans
💬 reminder texts are going out through this month. Please ignore if you have dropped a sample into us in the last few weeks. We will remind you again in three months!
‼️It is so important we only use wormers when necessary, and don’t blanket treat without checking the need to. Resistance is a very real threat so protect your grazing and your horses by checking first to see if they need a wormer giving.
Any questions and we will gladly answer them!
Are you a member of our Healthy Horse Club?
For £13 per month you can spread the cost of your preventative health care.
Included;
🐴 Zone visit
🐴 Annual flu & tetanus booster
🐴 Annual dental examination and rasp (including sedation if needed)
🐴 Worm egg counts for the year
🐴 Free tickets to our Equine Events
🐴 Dedicated HHC newsletter
🐴 25% discount on emergency visit fee
🐴 15% discount on foot balance x-rays
🐴 10% discount on any future Pre-Purchase examinations
Payable via monthly direct debit.
Please contact the equine office for more details 01666 826456 or email [email protected]
** Late May Bank Holiday **
We will be available 24/7 for any emergencies if you need us.
A reminder to collect any drugs you may need before the Bank Holiday. Do send us an email with any requests and we can organise these for you.
Email - [email protected]
Office - 01666 826456
Meet lovely Rosa who turned 29 yesterday! She belongs to Jennie who works in our admin office. Rosa competed in dressage until 2020 and now enjoys a quieter life of light hacking and munching on cow parsley.
We love looking after your golden oldies! Do any of your golden oldies beat Rosa in age?
** May Bank Holiday **
We will be available 24/7 for any emergencies if you need us.
A reminder to collect any drugs you may need before the Bank Holiday. Do send us an email with any requests and we can organise these for you.
Email - [email protected]
Office - 01666 826456
Q : What do these lumps have in common …..?
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A : Skin lumps can be confused with wounds or granulation tissue, so well done to those of you that guessed Sarcoid ! Sarcoids are one of the most common types of skin tumour, representing about 40% of all equine cancers. Although they do not spread to other organs, they can be very invasive as you see here. They do not self cure and often result in more appearing in other locations, commonly growing or changing in the Spring and Summer months and when in contact with flies.
NB Sarcoids are particularly aggressive in Donkeys and need prompt treatment. Fortunately Quixote here had this nasty sarcoid on his muzzle injected with AW5 cream, which as you see from the last pic (after treatment) he responded well to !
Let us know if you have seen anything you would like checking by one of our team 😊!
🎁 Have you given us a little present yet?!
🌡️ Now the temperature is (slowly!) warming up we recommend you collect a sample for a Faecal Egg Count from each of your horses, ponies and donkeys.
💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
* We don’t need a huge amount! Apple sized is fine!
* We recommend you perform an egg count every few months from Spring to Autumn.
* If you can a little part of a nugget from a few recent droppings is ideal.
* Keep it cool and with any air squeezed out of a bag if that’s what you’ve used to collect it.
* Give it to one of our vets or drop it any branch - Malmesbury, Tetbury, Nailsworth, Royal Wootton Bassett.
* 🙂 It’s included in our Healthy Horse Club and Donkey club plans
‼️It is so important we only use wormers when necessary, and don’t blanket treat without checking the need to. Resistance is a very real threat so protect your grazing and your horses by checking first to see if they need a wormer giving.
Any questions and we will gladly answer them!
We wanted to share this absolute gentleman’s progress since his unusual injury.
Six weeks ago Frank came in from the field very sore with a sizeable hole at the top of his poll!
He was seen out of hours and referred for a CT to assess the extent of his injury as bone could be felt in the wound!
His CT revealed he had fractured his occipital bone at the back of his skull where his nuchal ligament attaches.
He has been an absolute model patient for his many complicated dressing changes and along with his dedicated owner his progress has superseded our expectations.
He is now happily turned out munching grass, a well
deserved reward for his patience.
Recently Ali & Meghan were invited to run a limb dissection evening kindly hosted by Nicola Davis.
With contributions towards our chosen charity we managed to raise over £200 for Brooke, Action For Working Horses and Donkeys
Hopefully you all enjoyed a short respite from the weather this weekend! Laura was out enjoying Oxstalls Cross Country with her mum’s horse ‘William’.
What exciting things did you get up to with your horses?
Look who tried. to help us today! Eunice is lovely Conor’s companion. What non equine friends do your horses and ponies have?!
Last week we had excellent time organising and delivering our pub quiz! We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. Well done Ravensclaw for winning and modelling your winning beanies ☺️ We are pleased to share we raised £127.50 for the Brooke charity.
With the closure of Hale Equine Vets being announced today, we want to let you know that as a close neighbouring practice we are very saddened to hear this.
We are expanding our equine team and are in a position to take on more clients should you need us, we are here for you 24/7 providing excellent veterinary care to horses and ponies across Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
Who’s coming?
Happy New Year everyone! 🥳 Wishing you every success in 2024 !🐎
To help celebrate we are offering acupuncture sessions with half price visit for 2 horses and a free visit for 3 horses at the same yard.
Here’s young Biscuit at his first treatment, relaxed and happy too! ☺️
Call us to enquire about how this treatment can help your horse or pony.
It’s so great to see Lulu getting on so well and is all down to the hard work and persistence put in by all parties involved 💪
JKHindmarsh Equine Services
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For those interested - Lulu was reunited with the amazing Meghan at The George Equine Vets recently. The relationship had been incredibly challenged by the conflicting need to provide essential veterinary care and the fear it invoked, despite dedicated application of low stress methods.
The brilliant news is that Lulu loved seeing Meghan and enjoyed some fabulous counter conditioning (allowing her to associate that vet = positive) in the form of carrots and scratches. Absolutely amazing work from all involved!
Stay tuned for Lulu’s next life lesson! 😂🥳
Lovely Winston demonstrating perfect technique! Doing really well on his current treatment and reassuring fellow allergy sufferers (equine asthma) that help is at hand .. and that sometimes it can even be relaxing 😊
Come and join us! Meet the team, enter the raffle, ask us questions and stay dry in a winters evening!!
Dare I say it …. CHRISTMAS?!? Send us your photos by the end of October for a chance to be on our Christmas cards this year 🎄🎅🎁☃️❄️🐴
How handsome is this chap!? 💙 Did you know we have a donkey health club? Find out more here https://www.georgevetgroup.co.uk/blog/equine/donkey-health-club/
A fantastic new opportunity and a newly-created role within our Operations team at The George Veterinary Group. More details on our Join Our Team page.
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Have you ever struggled to put a foot bandage or poultice on your horse, pony or donkey?! Because we have and we can’t be the only ones! Here is Meghan showing an example of how this is done… Our top tips: - Make sure you get your duct tape square ready ahead of bandaging - Ensure you or your assistant have a good secure grip of the horses leg - Have all bandage material to hand within easy reach - Always use a padded layer, such as soffban, before applying any vet wrap to minimise rubbing - Ensure that you work in a figure of 8 motion to include all parts of the foot up to the pastern for a secure fit #equinevets #footcare #pouliticing #footabscess #bandagingtechnique
Look what we confirmed today 🥰 Looking forward to meeting this little one next year #11months #equinevet #foal2024inthemaking
So… what did you all do this weekend? You know we love to hear what you’ve been up to - photos a bonus! Here’s Mr cool, calm and collected through the water at Tweseldown on his way to a win.
Fixed! ✔️ Treatment for this mare was a 4 week course of Injectable Omeprazole. We also discussed options for changes in management to make day to day less stressful for her and feeding a small bowl of chaff prior to exercise. We are pleased to share that her presenting complaints have resolved and she has been out successfully competing since treatment. We hope you enjoy this “after” video. #equine #anatomy #georgeequinevets #horsevet #horseriding #horsevetlife #equestrian #equineofinstagram #horses #veterinary #equinelife #horsesofinstagram #equinevets #egus #equinegastriculcers #equinegastriculcersyndrome
In line with our ulcer awareness month…. We offer on yard gastroscope service so we can bring all of our portable equipment along and you’re horse can stay in the comfort of their own stable!
We can’t wait for Wednesday with Vittoria Panizzon Eventing Page Vittoria Panizzon Tickets selling on Tetbury Goods Shed. Do join us. And don’t forget.. the first 5 to arrive get one of our brand new, limited edition, bobble hats 🐴🐎 https://shed-arts.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-three-time-olympian-rider-vittoria-pannizzon/ #equine #anatomy #georgeequinevets #horsevet #horseriding #horsevetlife #equestrian #equineofinstagram #horses #veterinary #equinelife #horsesofinstagram #equinevets
🚨⚠️ Gastric ulceration case ⚠️🚨 In line with this months theme we thought we would share the following case with you. We examined this 12year old Dressage horse for poor performance and aversive behaviour to being girthed. Further examination including Gastroscopy (camera in the stomach) revealed Grade 3 Pyloric Ulceration- as you can see here in the video. We will discuss treatment in a follow on post… What do you think we could use to treat this? Comment below! #equine #anatomy #georgeequinevets #horsevet #horseriding #horsevetlife #equestrian #equineofinstagram #horses #veterinary #equinelife #horsesofinstagram #equinevets #gastriculcer #equinegastriculcers #egus #gastriculceration
Puss in the foot is one of the most common causes of severe, sudden onset lameness!!A hoof abscess is created when there is an accumulation of pus between the layers of the hoof wall. This is often caused by some kind of penetrating injury to the sole of the foot such as a stone. Contamination of the injury then causes infection. Hoof abscess are very painful for your horse and can often present as non-weight bearing on the affected hoof with increased digital pulses and a hot hoof. Treatment often consists of a vet or farrier removing the shoe and trying to locate the abscess using hoof testers. They then trim away the hoof in order to let the abscess drain. We then advise to poultice the foot for a few days. Regular hoof trimming and hoof care to dry out your horses feet are key to preventing foot abscesses#horses #horsesofinstagram #equine #equinevet #anatomy #horseriding #veterinary #equestrian #horsevet #horsepower #horsevetlife #equinelife #georgeequinevets #equineofinstagram #abscess #footabscess #hoofcare #farriery #pussinthefoot #prevention #lameness
Did you know February is International hoof care month? Follow us this month for some tips and tricks on hoof care. We will also have some cases coming up… To kick us off… How do you feel for digital pulses in a horse/pony? 📹 Watch below for a video from our Vet, Meghan. 💡 This is a really useful tool when feeling for increase in blood flow to the hoof. We often compare all four legs for any abnormalities and to help locate the problem. #horses #horsesofinstagram #equine #equinelife #anatomy #horseriding #veterinary #equestrian #equestrianlife #horsevet #horsepower #horsevetlife #georgeequinevets #equineofinstagram
On the tenth day of Christmas… 😷. Added glitter effect to this one to take away some of the gore 🫣 A pedal bone osteitis (infection) requiring deep debridement via a dorsal hoof wall resection.
On the fourth day of Christmas…🤢 An abscess formed just under the eye. Here’s some of the pus we got out from it. Interestingly this happened exactly 8years ago in the same place..
On the third day of Christmas… Stifle joint fluid 🤪 No French hens here!
Do you dread your annual vaccination appointment …. We now offer behaviour modification sessions with our vet Jenny. She can help with unwanted behaviour responses for things such as injections, worming, and clipping etc. If you have any further questions about this service please do not hesitate to get in touch on 01666 826456. Watch out for some upcoming videos of Jenny in action… #horses #behaviourmodification #dontbreakyourvet #vet #reinforcementtraining #georgeequineclinc #equinevet
Our vets took there turn to try and get ready for an emergency 999 call…I think we’ll leave it to the professionals! #equinevets #firerescue #animalrescue #training #paraprofessionals
On Saturday we sponsored a day of unaffiliated show jumping at Prestige Equestrian which included providing cash prizes for the winners of every class. Meghan attended for the morning to meet competitors and watch a few of the classes. Great fun was had by all! #equinevets #sponsorship #outsideofficehours
💁🏼♀️🙈 We had such fun playing corks & eating food we didn’t get many photos… do you have any? Comment below! SO much fun at our Summer social, canapés, bubbles & lots of catch up! Great to see you all 🎉
