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We understand that it can be very difficult to attend a veterinary surgery with a well pet, and travelling with a sick pet can be even more tricky. We are a veterinary surgeon and nurse team who ONLY carry out house visits. We travel in a fully equipped converted van across south Sheffield and surrounding areas. Even if we do not cover your area, call us, and we may be able to squeeze an appointment in for you.
Tortoise owners of Facebook!! Charlotte's Sulcata tortoise has managed to wander off twice this week (possibly due to her youngest son Rupert's secret tortoise moving skills). Does anyone use a tracking device on their tortoise? Anything that would save Charlotte patrolling the garden for hours on end on tortoise hunts.....(Or would it be easier to track Rupert... 🤔🤔🐢🐢🐢) Thankyou!
Photo of Rosie the naughty tortoise and her little pal giving her a bath!
Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?
One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...
We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!
But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.
You should:
💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car
In studies they found that:
🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion
The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.
Read more below:
https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid
These little squeakers belong to our RVN Kate, she loves to talk all things guinea pig and rabbit! If you have any questions about how to care for your guinea pigs or rabbits you can make an appointment for Kate to visit you (and them!) in the comfort of your own home. She can chat to you about housing, diet, vaccinations, bonding etc.
She can also clip nails and check weights.
Please call 0114 2125800 if you'd like a nurse home visit for your small furry 🐇 🐹
It's Jane's birthday today so we have had to stop at Margaret's chippie in Chesterfield for a sneaky lunch. Yum yum. Happy birthday Jane 🎈🎂🎈
****Found***** thank you Killamarsh people!
This dog has gone missing from Green Lane in Killamarsh this evening. If anyone finds him please contact me on Facebook or email [email protected]. His owners are very worried as he never runs off. Thank you
It is a legal requirement for all cats to be microchipped from 10th June. If you would like this done at home, please contact us and one of our lovely nurses will visit to microchip your cat :)
We have lots of nurse appointments free tomorrow so please get in touch if you need to book in to see one of our nurses. Our vet nurses can see you for your pets nail's clipping, glands expressing, weight clinic, blood test or repeat injection :)
Have a lovely Easter weekend!!!
We are closed Good Friday, but open again at 8.30am on Saturday. We will then be closed Sunday and bank holiday Monday and will re-open at 8.30am on Tuesday.
If you need advice while we are closed please email us to [email protected] and we will try to help you.
Have fun with your pets but don't let them eat your Easter goodies please!!
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We hope you're all having a lovely weekend! What's the secret to a relaxing Sunday?
Charlotte thinks it's a cat, a mug of tea and a good book (while the children are all occupied for half an hour...). Preferably the cat isn't ON the book, but we can't have everything.....🙂
Charlotte's daughter Tildy made us some leaflets......if only she could spell Travelling....🤦
Meet Carlos ❤️ He belongs to our wonderful receptionist Lisa and the whole team love having him in the office for cuddles.
Happy new year everyone! :)
We all respect the death blades!
A big thank you to the Beehive at Harthill for hosting our Travelling Vet Christmas meal tonight. Super food, super service, super company and a great evening! 🙂
Our lovely Jane says if you need repeat medications over Christmas and new year, please can you order them by Friday 15th December to make sure we can deliver them to you in time! Thank you 🙂
Is anyone else getting their pet's Santa sacks/stockings prepared? Show us what you're getting them for Christmas! :)
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Charlotte and Kate (and their lovely vet friend Alex) are off to a vet conference in Barcelona today. Thank you to our lovely colleagues for working in our absence!
If you are trying to contact Old Flatts Farm this week please use the temporary number below as their usual number is not working due to a phone system upgrade. Thank you
Today we welcome back our lovely vet Katie from maternity leave! We are so happy to have her back with us. The team who were working today have all met up for a celebratory hot chocolate! Becky and Lisa are off work today - you will have to have yours tomorrow! !
Our lovely vet Katie is coming back to work at the end of the month after her maternity leave. We are so excited to have her back with us! She will be returning on rounds on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from the end of October :) We know how hard it is coming back to work and leaving your little people at home, but we know you will all give her a very warm welcome back!
Please don't open an email from random email addresses that is using Charlotte's name in the subject. Someone is using her name and sending spam mail to people in Sheffield (it's random as it is going to clients, non clients, and people all over Yorkshire!). They are just hoping you recognise the name and open it. The email address is NEVER ours. Please block the email and report it as spam. Thank you
🐶🐾 Meet Jerry!! He was a model patient today for his cryotherapy treatment.
Cryotherapy is a fast, effective and safe solution for removal of lesions and small tumours on the face, nose, eyelids, ears, legs and feet. For more information please call us on 0114 2125800.
Have a good bank holiday weekend everyone!
We open again on Tuesday morning at 8.30am.
Someone asked me today what I do to not be really sad in appointments sometimes. How do we not just cry too?
When you tell us stories about your pet from when they were younger we are picturing it in our minds. We are looking at your pet's bed, your lovely garden, their big toy basket and most of all how much love you have for them. We imagine them having fun with their family and living an amazing life.
We realise how lucky you are that you have a furry friend who is so loved and so special that saying goodbye to them is so very hard. That's what we are thinking about. We think of their happy times so that we can keep our heads together and do our best for you. We let the sadness creep in when we drive away. We talk about them. We talk about the lovely things that you say about them and we hope that in time you will feel less sad. We hope you will continue to look at their pictures and share your memories.
It's a privilege to be asked to be there to help them.
Yep - this is us! 😁
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Introducing our new vet Morwenna! She has joined the team this month and has settled in really well. We are so pleased to have her. The last few months have been a little too busy!! She's already a superstar and we know that you will love her! Welcome to the team Wenna :) Charlotte and Katie are looking forward to lots of vet meetings at Starbucks (other coffee establishments are available) and lots of fruit toast lunches (there really is no better Starbucks food option than this amazing toast)....
This is Jane, one of our lovely clients talking about making a difficult decision one day. Having worked in practices for a number of years, we realise that euthanasia in a clinical practice setting can be impersonal. Having been through this ourselves, we decided to set up our practice to change this, and we find euthanasia at home to be a less stressful experience for all involved; the pet, the owner and ourselves. We provide a range of after care options, and can take pets away for cremation. We use a family run, bespoke pet crematorium: Old Flatts Farm www.oldflattsfarm.co.uk
For those of you who have never met us, this is who we are, and how we work! Big thanks to the stars of this video; Klair, Stan, Rebecca, Florence, Jane and Daisy. Also a huge thanks to Harry and Shaun at Sheffield Hallam university for creating this for us :)
We have our van back! Thank you to Convert Your Van for helping to transform it into our mobile veterinary practice 😀🐕🐈🐇🚑
Today we collected our lovely van! Soon it will be going for conversion to become a fully functional vetmobile :-D
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