The Travelling Vet

12/12/2024

12/12/2024

Our lovely Jane says if you need repeat medications over Christmas and new year, please can you order them by Monday 16th December 2024 to make sure we can deliver them to you in time! Thank you 🙂

08/12/2024

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19/11/2024

We are open today but will be prioritising emergency and sick patients. Please be understanding if we are late to your appointment or if we have to rearrange it. Thank you 🐾🐾🐾

06/11/2024

**Cat neuter clinic**

We are running a cat neutering day on Wednesdays at our new theatre at Old Flatts Farm starting on Wednesday 13th November. If you are interested in booking your cat in for spay or castrate on this day, please get in touch via email to [email protected].

Thank you :)

09/10/2024

Meet Butterbean! 🐈 😻 He has had his vaccination and microchip this morning and as you can see he was very calm about the whole appointment ❤️

20/09/2024

Has anyone lost this lovely cat?

17/09/2024

***FOUND*** 😊🐶

11/09/2024

It's Ruth's last day with us today. She's leaving to set up her business after spending over five years with us. We will miss her SO much. Good luck Ruth! We are always here if you need us for anything ###x

03/09/2024

A big thank you to CJ Signs in Killamarsh for putting the graphics on our new van 'Joseph' today. Joseph is a very special van as he is named after Charlotte's grandad who used to drive ambulances. He also carries one of the actual Joe's special ambulance uniform buttons in a secret drawer.

Welcome to the team Joseph! Give him a wave if you see us out and about in him 😁

We think the actual Joe would love him, if only he were here to see him. He will sit at base next to 'Hilda' 🚐♥️🚐

28/08/2024

We have had a little helper on lots of local Killamarsh visits this summer. Tildy has loved meeting your animals. Roll on 15 years when she might actually be the vet looking after them 🙂🙂🙂

01/08/2024

Sometimes all you need is a paw to hold and an ear to listen! 🐾🐾

31/07/2024

We hope you and your pets are all keeping cool this week 😀 😎 🧊

27/06/2024

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!

26/06/2024

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

07/06/2024

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 🐇 🐹

30/05/2024

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 🎈🎂🎈