Emergency Vetcare

23/06/2023

Good afternoon everyone,

⚠️ Please mind we have changed our phone number to 01202 747678. ⚠️

Thank you

16/06/2023

🚨 PLEASE READ 🚨

We are experiencing some technical issues with our phone lines.

If you have an emergency please phone 01923 865296. Alternatively, email us to [email protected]

If you are in a genuine emergency situation please do come straight down to the clinic.

Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience this may be causing.

17/04/2023

⚠️ We are hiring! ⚠️

Medivet Group Ltd

10/04/2023

Stray dog!

We have been handed a lovely stray dog, french bulldog, found in Christchurch.

If you think this could be your dog please phone on 01202 747678.

Gender and details withhold for identification purposes. Proof of ownership will be requested.

06/04/2023

📞⚠️ We are experiencing some problems with our phone lines, please if you can not get through and you have a genuine emergency do come down straight to the practice. ⚠️📞

Sorry for the inconvenience.

26/03/2023

We have 3 stray dogs here with us at the clinic. If you have lost a dog please call 01202 382843
Description, proof of ownership/photos will be required.

31/12/2022

We would like to wish you a very Happy New Year from the Walton Lodge and Emergency Vet Care family 🎄♥️

Don't forget we are here for you 24 h if you need us 📞 01202 747678 | 01202 382843 🏥

10/12/2022

🚨UPDATE! Owner has been found and they're back home snuggling together! Thank you very much to everyone for sharing! 🚨

🐶⚠️ Help Please! ⚠️🐶

This little friend has been handed over today, doggy is microchip but sadly, the microchip it's not registered.

Please help us find the owners so they can reunite ♥️

Gender withheld for identification purposes. Proof of ownership will be requested.

Any information please phone us on 01202 747678 (opt 1 - emergencies) 📞

08/06/2022

Dear clients and practices,

We are happy to announce our phones are back to normal.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.

Please contact us on 01202 382843 as usually. Opening 7 pm to 8 am Monday to Friday and 24h Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you

05/06/2022

⚠️ URGENT PLEASE READ ⚠️

Please note due to a power outage in the area, we currently have no internet and only one phone line.

Please only phone us for emergencies today. If you have a genuine life threatening emergency and can’t get through, be assured we are open and please come straight down.

18/03/2022

The British government to recognise February 24 each year as International War Animal Day

18/03/2022

Salbutamol is a common medicine for asthma and inhalers may be readily accessible to pets in the home.
We have recently seen an increase in dogs chewing and piercing these inhalers and this can cause adverse effects in pets with increased heart rate, panting and distress. There is also a risk of injury to the mouth and heart.
If your pet has chewed a salbutamol inhaler we advise taking your pet to your vet immediately.
Owners can call our Animal PoisonLine on 01202509000
Vets can call us for treatment advice on 02073055055

25/02/2022

This is an engorged female tick, named Ixodes ricinus.
Doesn' t she look like a ricinus seed/ bean?

It used to be very unusual to see ticks in the middle of winter, let alone a fully engorged female! Climate change effects of this mild winter!

The owner brought their dog to remove the tick but on arrival she had already fallen off.
Because that is what female ticks do: They fill up with blood, then fall off by themselves and find a place to lay her eggs. She then dies, having completed her task in life.
Male ticks never swell up. They stay on their host for a long time only taking small blood meals to survive. They wait for a female tick to arrive, then mate with her, on the host ( your dog or cat).

This tick was found in the owner' s car, and just as well, because if she had stayed there she would have laid her eggs in the car, and in due course, sometime in spring, 20 000 little ticks ( called larvae) would have crawled all over the car and probably caused very itchy bites on the owners!

07/01/2022

Raw feeding.

I know it is a massive fashion and many people think it is wonderful
As a vet I always make people aware of the risks mainly for themselves and their family and friends, as time and again veterinary journals publish data about the high percentage of raw food samples carrying nasties like Salmonelle, Campylobacter, Listeria, tuberculosis, Brucella canis, and toxoplasma. Raw fed dogs spread this over their fur with their saliva and become a risk for the very old, the very young, the vulnerable and people on chemotherapy.

But over Christmas we had a puppy in, 9 weeks old, raw fed, the best quality they could get for her, and ill with a number of unusual symptoms not responding to treatment. Her digestive tract did not work properly, making her constantly constipated, she contracted aspiration pneumonia after vomiting, and then became paralysed, but only her legs. She stayed bright and interested in her surroundings following us around oy with her eyes.
Finally after a week and lots of discussions about " how long to go on, how far to go" one of the vets thought of toxoplasma or neospora, especially the last one which is common in cows. She was put on clindamycin, the treatment for both toxoplasma and neospora and improved overnight, able to sit up and after another day stand again.
She went home two days later!

Just as a warning how risky feeding raw can be!

I respect everybody wanting to do the best for their pets, but please respect us when we share our knowledge and experience of the risks.

21/11/2021

We have had clients who found it difficult to understand why we would still not let them into the practice ( except for sad occasions like euthanasia), and why we still asked them to wear a face covering, when " nobody else was doing that anymore and it was not a legal requirement".

We still work with Covid risk prevention. We ourselves work 13 hour shifts with facecovering, to protect our team, of whom some are vulnerable, and to protect our clients whose vulnerability we cannot know.

If one of us becomes infected, the practice will need to close and we cannot help you in emergencies until we are all negative again.

Please understand this policy and wear your facecovering for the limited time we are in direct contact with you.

Remember, for us it is 13 hour shifts masked, and has been so for over 20 months now. We have been there for you every night, weekend and Bank Holiday during all this difficult time.
Please wear your facecovering when asked to do so.

26/09/2021

Tortoiseshell and white shot hair cat involved in an accident on Herbert Avenue. She has no id chip but is wearing a black collar with bells.

If this might be your cat please call 01202 382843

31/08/2021

Found Bennet Road Bournemouth.
Please call 01202747678 if you have lost this beautiful bird.

05/08/2021

Please the person who lost the dog at Boscomb pier to contact us at 01202 747678 asap.

03/08/2021

Sadly Poole police brought us a dog who had died in a traffic accident. He is microchipped but we cannot find the owner' s details. He is a castrated male large Jack Russel type, mostly white.
We got in touch with the breeder but she has not been able to trace the owner.
If anybody can help, please?
This happened in the early hours of Tuesday August 3

28/06/2021

Please everybody with rabbits
Be very aware of the risk of flystrike ( maggots)
Flies are attracted by the smell of urine and faeces, and in humid warm conditions their eggs hatch into maggots very quickly!
The maggots feed first on some skin excretions and dirt, then eat their way through the skin causing awful wounds.

Keep your rabbits dry and clean
Check them twice daily
Apply pipettes of protecting products.
Ask your vet for advise.

It is heartbreaking to get them in as emergencies and sometimes there is no chance of survival.

14/04/2021

A beautiful and inspiring piece written by one of our lovely clients after losing his dog ❤️🐾🌈

Life lessons learnt from our rescue dog, Zippo, that are applicable to all our lives.

11/04/2021

This little guy had a huge abscess, but was happily eating and moving around straight after draining it under general anaesthetic.

05/04/2021

Please be careful guys

05/04/2021

Today we saw a dog who swallowed a mask on the beach!
Luckily the owner saw it happen.. As the mask contains a wire it was a risk to see if it would pass the natural way. On the x ray the wire is visible in the stomach.
We gave the dog a nice filling meal, then made him sick and the mask came out nicely protected in the food.
Please please be careful where you leave your used masks!!!!

18/03/2021

MICROCHIPPING

Please get your outdoor cat microchipped.
It is not expensive, especially when done together with another procedure.

It is so sad when a stray cat is brought in and we cannot find or contact the owner.

And when your pet is microchipped then please take care that the database know when you move house or change phone.

We often have dogs brought in who have a microchip but the phone or address no longer works!

17/03/2021

We have recently had a few cases involving Oak processionary moth (OPM) caterpillars.
OPM caterpillars have hairs containing toxic compounds that irritate the eyes and mouth. Inquisitive pets that come into contact with them may show symptoms such as excessive drooling, swollen tongue, conjunctivitis, gagging, vomiting, difficulty breathing or an inflamed or swollen mouth. The hairs can also come off their bodies and are blown about by the wind, potentially making nearby pets and people itchy. Generally symptoms are no more serious than irritating but very occasionally more severe allergic reactions can occur.

They are most commonly found in the south east of England in the UK, and the main risk period is from April to July. They crawl around in processionary lines, nose-to-tail, which can make them intriguing to pets.

OPM caterpillars are found almost exclusively in oak trees and you can usually see them crawling around the branches or trunk in lines. They often cluster together and build white, silk-type nests in the branches or trunks (not in the leaves) of trees.

17/03/2021

This is why dogs are happier :)

17/03/2021

A bit of fun for you on a Friday afternoon... 🐶🐾

Team Dogs

24/01/2021

Stray Male albino ferret found near Asda on the A338. Please contact us on 01202 382 843.