Westmoor Vets

25/01/2025

Introducing our honourary member of the clinical team - Boo!👻

Boo is never shy of helping around the practice, including bringing smiles to colleagues faces! Her mum is a vet as Westmoor so has also picked up some clinical training here and there. Despite this, she isn't tall enough to reach the consult tables/operating tables, so for know she just has a supporting role from an office upstairs.
We think Boo is a beautiful girl and we love having her around ❤

Thank you to Vet Katelin for the photos! We love a dress up moment 😍🐾

25/01/2025

Newspaper Request:
Thank you to those that have previously handed in newspapers to us. We are currently running low and kindly ask if that if you have any spare old newspapers please can we have them🐾🦔

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! Wishing you and your pets health and happiness for the year to come. Where will today take you - and what adventures have you got planned for 2025?

31/12/2024

Happy New Year’s Eve! How are you and your pets welcoming in the New Year?
Here’s to everyone spending New Year’s Eve at home, in their jim-jams, with their pets.

30/12/2024

Over the busy festive period, kindness has never been so important. We understand that our clients may be feeling concerned about their pet. We are experiencing a high demand for our services and are doing our best to prioritise urgent and emergency
cases.
Please bear with us as we continue to provide care to all, in a manner that keeps you, your pets and our staff safe. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

25/12/2024

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from All of Us at Westmoor Vets 🎄✨
This Christmas, we wish you and your pets a season filled with love, joy, and paw-sitive moments! 🐶🐱🎅
Remember to keep your pets safe during the festivities—watch out for chocolate, tinsel, and other holiday hazards! 🎁✨ If you need us over the holidays, check our hours on our website or give us a call.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎉

24/12/2024

🎄✨Christmas Eve is the purr-fect time to spread holiday cheer to our furry friends, and this year we are feline festive!
🎁💚Here are a few ways you can spoil your pets and make this Christmas unforgettable:
🎅 Festive Treats: Treat your pet to a Christmas-themed snack. You can find pet friendly recipes online or grab some from your favourite pet shop.
🎄 Special Stockings: Fill a stocking just for them! Toys, treats, and a cosy blanket make
perfect stocking fillers.
🎁 Extra Cuddle Time: Snuggle up! Pets adore quality time, so give them lots of love and
attention.
🧸 Gift a New Toy: Something to keep them entertained all season long!
Does your pet enjoy the holiday festivities? Share your favourite festive photos of them below!🎄
Wishing you and your pets a cosy Christmas Eve filled with joy! ❤

23/12/2024

Both competition winners have picked out their prizes today!
Mango came in sporting the cute outfit he wore in the photo and we loved it! Mango went around the practice spreading his Christmas joy to all leaving massive smiles on our faces!

Thank you again to everyone who entered the competition!
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🌟

23/12/2024

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Sadly, we have had a deceased cat brought into us this morning.
- Female kitten (average around 3 months)
- Smoky grey, darker face and legs, possibly Maine C**n
- No microchip or collar
- Found in the Greybridge Road, Horrabridge area

Please call us on 01822 612561 if you believe this cat to be yours.

20/12/2024

The Christmas Competition Winner is... MANGO!
Congratulations to both Mango and Bailey for coming 1st and 2nd! Thank you to everyone that submitted their lovely pets in festive outfits! Kelly was blown away with all the amazing costumes.

Mango and Bailey's owners: Please contact the practice to provide contact details and we will sort out the prizes!

20/12/2024

20/12/2024

She's done it! 😍Well done Chloe, we are all so very proud of you for passing your final exams! Chloe is now a Qualified Veterinary Nurse!

14/12/2024

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Sadly, we have had a deceased cat has been brought into us this morning.
- Middle aged, entire male
- Black
- No microchip or collar
- Found in the Whitchurch Road area

Please call us on 01822 612561 if you believe this cat to be yours.

13/12/2024

Have you seen our lovely christmas tree yet?
Our brilliant staff had a crafting afternoon to make all the wonderful decorations with a range of techniques from felting to knitting!

This was put on display recently at the Tavistock christmas tree festival but has now returned to us 🎄

This tree displays all of the wonderful wildlife species we have helped here at Westmoor and the numbers of each species seen since June! Including 1 peacock, 5 mice, 2 deer and 110 hedgehogs! We are dedicated to helping all our wildlife friends and aim to continue to do our best to help them in the future 🥰 🦔🦇🐀

05/12/2024

There are lots of new things in the house at Christmas; decorations, wrapping paper, new toys and lots of boxes to play in. 🎄

Unfortunately, some things around the house can pose more risk than others, check out our list of pet festive risks around the house below. 👇

For further information:
vetcollection.co.uk/health/keeping-pets-safe-at-christmas

If you are concerned about your pet over the festive period, please give your local vet practice a call. ☎️

05/12/2024

It's Christmas competition time at Westmoor! 🎄

Starting from tomorrow (Friday 6th December) until 5pm on Thursday 19th December we want to see your pets all dressed up for Christmas!

This competition is open to all companion animals, be that cats, dogs, small furries, birds or reptiles!

There will be 1 winner and 1 runner up. This will be judged by our lovely consult nurse Kelly!

You can add a photo onto this post or email it in to [email protected].

Prizes will differ depending on the species that wins - for example:
Dog: Winner - Pick your own dog toy from Westmoor Vets; Runner up - Pick your own treat from Westmoor Vets
Cat: Winner - Cat bundle; Runner up - Cat Treats
Small furries - Bundles of goodies (size depending on if a winner or runner up)
Birds - Bundles of goodies (size depending on if a winner or runner up)
Reptiles - Bundles of goodies (size depending on if a winner or runner up)

We are so excited to see all the cuteness over the coming days! Good luck everyone 😍

28/11/2024

You may receive an email from 'Petchip.network' advising that your pet’s microchip registration has expired and you need to pay for it to be updated – PLEASE IGNORE. THIS IS A SCAM. The email comes with a link taking you to a page showing your pet’s name, microchip number, your contact phone number and looks very convincing. PLEASE IGNORE.

There is a list of approved databases on gov.uk: Get your dog or cat microchipped - GOV.UK

Typically you would only pay a fee or first registering your pet or if you contact the company to update your details .

It is important to keep your pet’s microchip contact details up-to-date including if you move address or change phone number/ email address. Please contact your microchip provider direct to update your details.

28/11/2024

🌟Westmoor's Braveheart for November 🌟

Paddy has a much bigger younger brother, and although they are totally in love Paddy doesn't always realise he is quite a lot older, and quite a lot smaller than his younger brother!

On one such occasion, their rough and tumble play led to a trip to the vets for poor Paddy, as he wasn't wanting to put any weight on his front leg. Paddy is very stoic, but was sensitive when he was touched on the metacarpal bones of the foot (the equivalent to the long bones in your hand) so the team here at Westmoor decided that it was best for Paddy to have an x-ray.

The x-ray showed that he had broken one of the bones in his foot! Luckily the other three similar bones that sit closely were all still in tact, so Paddy was able to avoid surgery and spent a week with a very large dressing (called a Robert Jones Bandage) on his foot to help stabilise it. He is currently on strict 'no play' instructions, bed (crate) rest and signed off work (professional playmate) for 4-6 weeks.

Paddy, we wish you a speedy recovery and hope you're back up and bouncing soon!❤