White Lodge Farm and Equine Vets

15/04/2024

🌟 TALK THIS THURSDAY (the last of the series) 🌟

Still a few spaces left for our Colic talk! Be prepared and informed should your horse start to show signs.

- How to recognise colic, what you can do before the vet arrives, and treatment options.
- Also what you can do to help prevent colic!

Give us a call or email to book in!

08/04/2024

** POSTPONED** We have unfortunately had to rearrange this talk for NEXT THURSDAY 18th APRIL.

Please give us a call if you'd like to attend! 😍

Due to the success of our talk series we've decided to add one last talk while the evenings are still dark and wet!

"Colic" can be one of the scariest words to horse owners, but can mean anything from a mild tummy ache to a life-threatening twisted gut. Having a better understanding of colic can really help with early diagnosis, and can be invaluable with decision making once your vet has arrived.

Come and learn about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment options (surgical and non-surgical), as well as how to help prevent colic!

01/04/2024

🌟 We’re really pleased to announce a revolutionary new treatment for horses under height! 🌟
Pony-Gro® is a treatment that can be injected into the closed growth plates of the leg bones of adult horses and ponies to stimulate them into reopening, and add up to an extra 8” (2hh) to your horse!

The most common animals to treat are children’s ponies who have been outgrown - keep your ponies in the family for YEARS extra with some simple injections!
Also recommended for:
🐴 Horses bought unseen from the internet - quickly get them up to the height they were actually sold to be!
🐴 Small ponies that are no use to anyone - who wants a pony under 10hh!? 12hh ponies are much more useful!
🐴 Is your wife’s horse bigger than yours? Not a problem now!

Key points to consider:
🦒 An increase of 4” (1hh) will provide the best results without creating issues with strange proportions (think giraffe shape).
💉 The injection works best when spring grass is here to help boost growth (now!), and growth can be at the rate of 1 inch per week in most cases
🫏 Not suitable for donkeys - they’re quite big enough for their attitude already thank you!

27/03/2024

🌟 New way of feeding BozMerix now in stock! We've had some really good feedback about the BozMerix range for helping horses with mobility problems without drugs, or alongside conventional painkillers! 🌟

🐴 It works out about the same price as the sachets, but is also much easier to dose for small ponies or larger horses! 🐴

19/03/2024

Due to the success of our talk series we've decided to add one last talk while the evenings are still dark and wet!

"Colic" can be one of the scariest words to horse owners, but can mean anything from a mild tummy ache to a life-threatening twisted gut. Having a better understanding of colic can really help with early diagnosis, and can be invaluable with decision making once your vet has arrived.

Come and learn about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment options (surgical and non-surgical), as well as how to help prevent colic!

18/03/2024

Meet the team! 🌟Elsa 🌟

Elsa qualified from Liverpool in 2016, and joined the team in 2019, after working in a practice in Herefordshire.

Elsa enjoys all aspects of equine and farm animal work, with a particular interest in eye and medical cases. She regularly takes busman’s holidays in Gambia, volunteering her veterinary skills for the Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust .

Out of work, Elsa is kept busy with 3 horses (one ride, one drive, one baby), 3 dogs and a cat. She also tries to keep fit by training for and occasionally competing in triathlons!

05/03/2024

Meet the team! 🌟Ashleigh 🌟

Ashleigh is the newest member of the large animal team having joined the practice in 2023 after graduating from the University of Surrey.
Before becoming a vet, Ash spent a number of years dairy farming and nursing at a busy equine referral hospital in Hampshire. She enjoys all aspects of general farm and equine practice and getting to know all of our clients and patients!
Outside of work you will find her getting stuck into a building project, or exploring the local countryside and all the pubs along the way!

01/03/2024

Meet the team! 🌟 Hannah 🌟

Hannah qualified from Nottingham University in 2019, and initially joined us in March 2021, before leaving for Australia in August 2022. She worked in various practices in Australia while travelling, until we tempted her back to West Somerset in September 2023!

Hannah has a particularly keen interest in equine lameness and internal medicine, and is excited to time her return for lambing and calving season!

Out of work, Hannah enjoys rugby, riding out for a local race yard, and sampling the local pub and restaurant scene!

27/02/2024

🌟 Meet the Team! 🌟
It's been a while since we introduced the large animal veterinary team, and if you're lucky you don't see us very often! So from left to right... Hannah, Ashleigh, Tom, Charlotte, Elsa.
Over the next few weeks you'll hear more about each of our vets! 🧐

24/02/2024

🐴 Confident you can spot a lame horse? And identify which leg, and which part of the leg is affected? Or know when a lame horse is an emergency? 🚨
Or did you want to know more about common causes of lameness, and the old and new treatments available!?
We all hope our horses will never go lame, but join vet Hannah to be prepared just in case!

** Please note slight change of date from original post! **

22/02/2024

Calving season is in full swing here at White Lodge, with lambing not too far behind! This not-so-little chap entered the world via caesarean last week 🐮

22/02/2024

Does your horse have any of the following signs?
🐴 Poor coat
🧠Behavioural issues
🌾 Poor appetite
💀Weight loss
🤢 Recurrent colic?

Stomach ulcers are a common cause, and the ONLY way to diagnose them is by using an endoscope to actually look at the stomach!
If you think your horse might be suffering, give us a call to book in a reduced price gastroscope on 6th March!

14/02/2024

13/02/2024

🐴 Confused about the latest worming advice? Don't know who's giving you the correct information? 🪱
Read on to answer some common FAQs to help you understand a bit more about how and why we should (and shouldn't!) be worming our horses. 🐴

02/02/2024

We'd like to invite all farmers to a meeting about Schmallenberg and Bluetongue run in conjunction with the NFU on Weds 14th February.

Please RSVP if coming to williton&[email protected]

25/01/2024

🌟 Last couple of spots remaining! Give us a call tomorrow to book in if you want to take advantage of the offer! 🌟🐴

22/01/2024

Second talk in the series!
We all hope to never have to call out the vet, and definitely not as an emergency 🚨, but it’s always good to know what to do should the worst happen to your horse or another on the yard 🐴
Call or email us to book!

18/01/2024

Don’t forget! It’s not the “frosty grass” that kills! 🐴

🐴 Don’t forget the laminitis risk in this weather! ❄️

❌ JUST BECAUSE THE GRASS HAS THAWED DOES NOT MAKE IT SAFE ❌

+ Sunny days allow the grass to produce sugar via photosynthesis ☀️
+ If the night temperature is *above* 5-6°C, the grasses then use the sugar to grow 🌾
+ However - with sunny days and cold nights - the sugars accumulate in the grass, leading to very high risk conditions for laminitis prone horses and ponies 🐴
+ These high risk animals should not be turned out (even on very short pasture) until there have either been a couple of overcast days OR night temperatures above 5°C 🏠

(And please ride 🐎 and drive 🚗 carefully too!)

15/01/2024

🌟Ulcer talk tomorrow evening!🌟
We think we can squeeze a few more into our meeting room, but please let us know by lunchtime if you're planning on joining us! 🐴

10/01/2024

Today marks the 30th anniversary of White Lodge moving to our purpose built building at Stephenson Road in Minehead!

We are hugely proud to remain an independently owned, close knit practice, with fantastic staff and clients.

To mark the occasion and to thank you for your continued support, there will be cupcakes at reception if you find yourself at the practice today 🧁

08/01/2024

Last few places remaining!

🐑 The Lambing Practical Course is back! (in two weeks!) 🐏

Talk including:
🌟 Nutrition and vaccinations of the pre-natal ewe
🌟 Preparation for lambing
🌟 Lambing positions, and how best to correct them
🌟 Problems with ewes and lambs around lambing time
🌟 Abortions causes and how to avoid them

Followed by our world renowned lambing simulator!

Suitable for any farmers or small holders who want to make sure they're up to date with the latest practices, or those who are completely new to lambing!

04/01/2024

🐴 Have a pony or horse with sweet itch? 🦟

We're looking to order in some vaccine to help manage the disease this year.
The vaccine is designed to treat ringworm in cattle, but many vets and owners have reported really good improvements with it on top of management practices.
(No treatment alone is completely effective - if only 😭)

Having multiple clients using the injections will help keep the cost down, but it will need to be pre-ordered. If you're interested in the jabs, please call us and we'll discuss it further!

03/01/2024

🌟 Ever wondered if your horse might have ulcers? 🌟
Or looking for some tips about managing a horse you've already had diagnosed?
Give us a call to book your free place on the first talk in our series!

29/12/2023

🐑 The Lambing Practical Course is back! (in two weeks!) 🐏

Talk including:
🌟 Nutrition and vaccinations of the pre-natal ewe
🌟 Preparation for lambing
🌟 Lambing positions, and how best to correct them
🌟 Problems with ewes and lambs around lambing time
🌟 Abortions causes and how to avoid them

Followed by our world renowned lambing simulator!

Suitable for any farmers or small holders who want to make sure they're up to date with the latest practices, or those who are completely new to lambing!

28/12/2023

New Equine Client Evenings coming up! 🐴 🥳 💃

(Practical Lambing refresher also coming up on 11th January afternoon - further information will be shared before New Year!)

22/12/2023

🎄Happy Christmas to you all! 🎅
❄️ We hope you all have a wonderful break over the festive period and Santa is kind to you all 🎁

👩‍⚕️ We close for routine work/medicines/feed at 12pm on 23rd (opening times on post below!), but we have a vet and nurse on call at all times (spare us a thought!).
Hopefully we won't hear from you but we're always here if you need us! 👨‍⚕️

14/12/2023

🎄 We hope you're all nearly ready for Christmas! ☃️

Please make sure you have enough medications to last you over the entire festive period, it may be difficult to order in more from our suppliers over this time!

🌟 Call us ASAP please if you need anything! 🌟