White Cross Vets, Wolstanton

The look of a happy spaniel! 😀 Here’s some of our nurse trying to get a pre anaesthetic blood test from Finn. He on the other hand, had other ideas and much preferred a belly rub!!! (We secretly don’t blame him, shhh)

The sound of one very happy patient! 💕Bluey came to spend the day with us for his castration procedure this week and stole all our hearts. He’s now recovering nicely at home, receiving lots of TLC!

Something about this month that has brought us these two absolutely adorable and affectionate Ragdoll cats 🐈 😻 Every member of staff adored each one of these guys, they recieved plenty of cuddles 🩷 We hope to see you both soon, Bojan and Missy 🥰

Here is adorable Norman having a munch post castration surgery❤️ Making sure guinea pigs eat soon after surgery is important to avoid any gut problems that can occur. Guinea pigs require regular monitoring of their food intake as they can be susceptible to Gut statis, which is where the gastrointestinal tract slows down. Thankfully for Norman, he was up and eating soon after surgery!

Antibiotics are essential when treating many conditions in animals and people, but bacteria are becoming resistant to many antibiotics that we use in both human and veterinary medicine. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develop defences that protect them from antibiotic medications, making treatment less effective. We are taking part in an Antibiotics Amnesty to encourage clients to return unused and out-of-date antibiotic medications prescribed for your pets to your local veterinary practice. This will allow correct and safe disposal of the antibiotic medications, which will avoid contamination of the environment and help prevent antimicrobial resistance due to inappropriate disposal. Returning unused or out of date antibiotics will also help stop inappropriate antibiotic use. If you return your antibiotics, and share the post you could be helping fight against antibiotic resistance. #AntibioticsAmnesty

Hugo came into spend the day with us yesterday for his castration procedure. Anaesthetics can sometimes make patients nauseous, meaning they are less likely to want to eat in recovery. We like to make sure they are as relaxed and comfortable as possible during their recovery. Here’s Hugo having to be hand fed by one of our inpatient nurses to make sure he had eaten post surgery. After all, who could resist that handsome face! 🥰

Teddy came into spend the day with us after his mum suspected he had eaten a sock at home. We admitted him for x-rays to see if there was any signs of a blockage the sock could’ve caused. Thankfully for Teddy before we got into surgery, he had vomited the sock back up while in his kennel! As you can see, here he is celebrating having a fuss from all our staff! 😍

Today, we were blessed to have Inka as a day patient. This gentle giant allowed us to do everything. She was incredibly patient with us 🥰 She had all of our hearts wrapped around her big paws. She even got hand fed, and all the carrots came her way, which is apparently her favourite treat! 🥕

Today, we had a visit from the extremely well-behaved and responsive Buck. For a 10 week old puppy, his recall is impeccable 👌 We can't wait to see you grow into a handsome young man 🐶🐕

Just kidding! Although Amy probably is one of Poppy's favourite people. She was only giving out the love because she had all the food. Poppy you little snack monster 👻

Listen to the PURRRRRR🐾 Little Stormzy came into visit us today to be castrated. As you can hear, he’s a very happy boy!

Bruno visited us today for a dental. Rabbits regularly require dental treatment. Their teeth are aradicular hypsodont, which means that they grow continuously throughout their lifetime. Even with a precise diet full of fibre, which usually helps to maintain tooth length, they still occasionally require a visit to the vets. Their teeth supposedly grow 3-5 inches every year. Their back teeth (molars) are usually for grinding food, but if they over grow, they can develop sharp edges called spurs. Spurs dig into the cheeks and tongues, which can be quite painful. This subsequently can cause our bunnies to stop eating. This is, unfortunately, how Bruno presented. As you can see, he is incredibly happy with his post-operative care, lapping up his critical care food via a syringe 🥰🐰🐇

Come along with Benson for his CPE consult with the nurse! This and much more is all included in our Complete Wellness Plan❤️ As part of Veterinary Nurse awareness month we want to highlight all the key tasks our nurses are involved in on a day to day basis! All of this can be completed by our veterinary nurses in an extended CPE consult!

This is Alfie. Alfie and his mum have recently in the last month started to make use of our cuddle clinics 🩵 Cuddle clinics are invaluable. They allow our more nervous patients to find mechanisms to cope in our environment. Each pet, when visiting the practice, can get nervous from time to time. It's understandable. Each visit usually means when they're ill, or something negative could occur. We offer cuddle clinics to gain trust and confidence. Today's visit Alfie was introduced to various pieces of equipment, stethoscope, nail clippers, ear scope, microchip reader, and hair clippers. As you can see, it didn't phase him. He was such a good boy! In the next coming visits, we will be ramping up these experiences and exposure, and reassuring him it will be ok, which will then lead to a more amenable display of behaviours. Well done, Alfie 🐾🐶🐕

Our Christmas Collection box is all set up and ready to go! 🤩🤩🤩 We had an amazing amount of donations last year, and we are hoping to top it this year! No matter what you can give, however big or small, a blanket, a pack of treats, a tin of food we will be very greatful, and the local Animal Charities will be too. Let’s get that box overflowing for those pets in need this Christmas ! 🎄🎅🏻🦴🐕🐈‍⬛🎁☃️

Maximillion was loving all the fuss from our team yesterday, we all fell in love! ❤️😍 He came in for neutering and a microchip, but as you can see he didn’t seem too stressed out after his procedure & was quite happy with all the attention! 🐱❤️‍🩹🐾

RED WEATHER WARNING ⚠️ 🌡☀️🥵🐾 Today is supposed to be the peak of the heat so please keep pets inside and out of the sun. Here are a few points: ❗️Travel with them only if completely necessary. Avoid taking dogs on walks and always check the pavement with your hand before letting them out for a wee. If it is too hot for your hand it is too hot for their feet. ❗️That being said, if you need to travel with your animals, ice packs wrapped in a towel for pets in carriers and cold water to drink, cool mats and wet towels to sit on are best brought along. ❗️If at all possible please postpone any routine appointments until a later date (eg: vaccinations, nail clips) Obviously sick pets will still be seen with all the precautions above taken We want all your pets to be happy and comfortable. ☀️ This video was from Vet Amy’s car this morning - as you can see the temperature is already incredibly high. If you have any questions please call ☎️ 01782 898030 🐾🐾🐾

So a lot of our clients are members of the Complete Wellness plan, and a CPE is a part of the great benefits you get as part of the plan. Here’s a little video with Neyna, our Clinical Nurse Lead, and Kiera 🐕 to show you what we do for your pet when they visit for a CPE 💚💙

So a little while back we asked you to share a photo of your pet to celebrate National Pet Day 🐾🐾 We had soooo many cute photos but we let Facebook decide … and Marshall was the winner! 🥇🏆💙🐾 He has claimed his prize and we couldn’t help but make a cute reel of him last week when he came for his annual Wellness check up 🐾🐾🐾

Here’s Holly showing you the many benefits of our Complete Wellness Plan 💙💚👍🏼🐶🐱🐰🐾