Perth Equine Vets LTD

13/10/2025

💉 Great Value Veterinary Care – No Corporate Mark-Ups 🐴❤️

At Perth Equine Vets, we believe in being the best value – not the cheapest, and never overpriced. Unlike some corporate practices that may inflate costs, we are independently owned and committed to fair, transparent pricing.

💉For example, our vaccinations are £49.

• Pay on the day and you’ll receive a 5% discount, bringing the price down to £46.55

• Health Plan members also benefit from inclusive or discounted routine care

We regularly review our prices against other practices to make sure we remain competitive while still offering the highest quality service. You can always find our detailed price list on our website, and we’re happy to provide estimates before any procedure.

💡 By paying on the day or upfront, you help us keep costs lower – and we pass those savings straight back to you.

At Perth Equine Vets, our goal isn’t just to be affordable – it’s to be the independent practice that delivers real value you can trust, without corporate mark-ups.

☎️ 01738259427 to speak to our team of friendly, horsey admin team.
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10/10/2025

Poster Boy For Worming

This is Oscar. He is 25 years old and will not receive a wormer this year.

To make sure he’s safe from the effects of a high worm burden, he has had his management risk assessed.

🪱He’s had three egg counts, with a low count
🧫 He’s had a low result on a tapeworm serology test.
💩His field is poo picked at least twice per week

We are basing our recommendations on BEVA’s ProtectMe Toolkit. For anyone who’s interested, please find the link here: https://www.beva.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/Resources/ProtectME%20too%20-%20April%202024/ProtectMeToo%20All.pdf?ver=2025-03-28-111339-697

We are currently going through our health plan members’ worming programmes and will be in touch with our recommendations.

If you are confused by worming, join our health plan and we will take the headache out of it and make our recommendations for you 🤓🥸.

https://www.perthequinevets.com/join-our-health-plan/

08/10/2025

We’re proud to be a young and growing independent practice with a clear vision for the future.

Our clients value:

✔️ Continuity of care — the same equine vets who know your horse inside and out

✔️ A long-term commitment to Perthshire’s equine community

✔️ Compassion, integrity, and a friendly, approachable and horsey team

We’re here for the long haul, and we’re open to new clients now.

✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 01738 259427
👩‍💻 https://www.perthequinevets.com/register-your-horse/

06/10/2025

RUGGING

As we have all seen and felt, someone has well and truly turned the weather switch to autumn now 🍁🍂

Despite the yucky rain ☔, don’t be too quick to start rugging your horses yet. We may be feeling the cold 🥶 but horses’ bodies are incredibly good at regulating their core temperatures and as we have seen in the past few days, the days are starting miserably but ending not all that badly.

If a horse is over-rugged they can struggle to use their internal thermostats. As hard as it might feel, try not to wrap them up just yet – we have months ahead of us for that!

If you aren’t sure what rug your horse should be wearing (if one at all!) please feel to drop us a little message and we can offer some advice.

☎️: 01738259427
📧: [email protected]

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01/10/2025

Acorns!

Acorn poisoning in horses is a concern at this time of year, especially as some horses seem to seek them out.

The toxins (tannins and Gallic acid) are concentrated in acorns, especially the green ones, and oak leaves and buds.

These toxins can affect the gastrointestinal-intestinal tract and the kidneys.

Signs to look out for:

Colic
Diarrhoea
Lethargy and reduced appetite
Discolouration of the urine
Ventral oedema - swelling below the abdomen

Prevention:

Fence around oak trees
Provide alternative forage eg hay
When windy and acorns arrive from further afield rake them up
Monitor for acorns in droppings

Please call if you have any concerns.

☎️01738259427

29/09/2025

Winter worming – Health Plan members 🪱

Following on from our worming series and as we approach the winter months, we start thinking about what wormers your horses will need based on their previous worming history.

We have a few questions that we ask to determine what wormer (if any) we would recommend.

To help us do this, if you have your horse, pony or donkey on the health plan with us, please take this short questionnaire that will give us the information needed to make the recommendation.

https://tinyurl.com/npeydrnk

For more information regarding worming or for any queries, please get in touch.

📧[email protected]

26/09/2025

🚨 Specialist Equine Internal Medicine – Now Available Across Scotland! 🚨

Perth Equine Vets is delighted to offer a travelling specialist internal medicine service for horses across Scotland. Our two RCVS-recognised internal medicine specialists can now provide advanced diagnostics and case management at your yard or practice.

✅ Cardiology (echocardiography, exercising ECG)
✅ Ophthalmology assessments & standing procedures
✅ Neurology & headshaking investigations and treatment
✅ Respiratory & gastrointestinal investigations
✅ Urinary assessments, dermatology & intradermal testing
✅ Remote advice for individual cases or protocols

🐴 Horse owners: access cutting-edge care locally.
👩‍⚕️ Veterinary surgeons: refer cases directly for seamless collaboration.

📞 Call us on 01738 259427 or visit www.perthequinevets.com for more info.

25/09/2025

Assessing Quality of Life in the Older Horse

This is something that should be done routinely with your older horse and something we will look at together during our routine consultations for check ups.

The subtle signs of chronic pain in horses can be very difficult to spot, and especially when they are very gradual in onset.
This is one of the reasons why we perform 6 monthly prescription check ups for long term medications.

Things to keep an eye on in your older horses:

⁃ Is your horse or pony happy to see you?
⁃ Do they still enjoy grooming?
⁃ Have you noticed a change in behaviour?
⁃ Does your horse still gallop up to the fence line in response to a feed bucket?
⁃ Can your horse easily get up and down to roll or have a snooze?
⁃ Can you and the farrier pick up all four feet easily?

Changes in any of the above might mean there there is pain present - and tweaking pain relief, or adding something in might be required to keep them comfortable.

Older horses might not do all of the suggested points above - but changes should be noted. All horses should be comfortable to get down and roll - notice if your horse has started being spotless and no longer covered in mud - this can be a warning sign that there is uncontrolled pain that is preventing them from going down to roll.

If you have any questions about your older horses, then we would love to help you and your four legged friend. 💖

☎️01738 259427

24/09/2025

Sponsored Classes 🏆

Really excited about this show on Saturday. Gayle and Camilla will be there to hand out the prizes to our sponsored class and we will have our weight scales in attendance too.

Come and say hello, get your horse weighed and body condition scored and get a free weight tape too! Our equine vets will on hand to answer any queries too.

See you there and good luck!

Some amazing Supreme & Reserve Champion Rosettes and Sashes for the Working Hunter Classes kindly sponsored by Perth Equine Vets.

A lovey fleece rug for Horse Champion and trophy,

A Feed bucket filled with goodies for the Pony Champion and trophy,

A Fun Hamper of goodies for the Mini Working Hunter Champion and trophy.

The workers will be held in ring 2, Ponies will be judged by Carol Rollo with the Horses being Judged by Kirsten McPherson.

The workers Supreme Champion will also get a beautiful rosette, sash and Crystal Perpetual Rose Bowl and along with the workers Reserve Supreme will go through to the Overall Supreme of the show.

22/09/2025

FWEC Boxes 💩

We have had a few FWEC boxes arriving unsealed or even open with samples missing.

In your FWEC box, there should be a label that you can use to seal the box with. If this is missing, please pop a little tape on the box to ensure it can't open in transit.

If you require a pack from us, please do get in touch 🙂

📧[email protected]

21/09/2025

Perth Equine Vets Turns Five – A Night to Remember 🥂🍾

Last night we marked a very special milestone – the 5th birthday of Perth Equine Vets – with a fantastic celebration at the beautiful Strathallan Castle.

It was a night filled with laughter, dancing, and plenty of good food. We were treated to a showstopper of a cake from Celebration Station, while local ceilidh band Tarmachan had everyone on their feet for a proper Scottish knees-up. Meanwhile, Alec kept the pizzas flowing from the oven, and they were devoured as quickly as they appeared!

For Camilla, Anna, and the team, the highlight of the evening was seeing so many of our wonderful clients and friends coming together – all suited, booted, and ready to celebrate with us.

Reaching five years is a big milestone for our practice. When Perth Equine Vets started, we set out with a clear vision: to provide a personal, compassionate, and professional service to our clients and their horses. Looking back, we’re proud of how far we’ve come – and looking ahead, we’re excited about the future.

Most of all, we are deeply grateful to all of you – our clients, friends, and supporters – who have trusted us with the care of your horses and made this journey possible.

Here’s to the next five years (and beyond)!

❤️ The Perth Equine Vets Team xx

20/09/2025

It’s our ceilidh at Strathallan Castle tonight and we are very excited to see you all!

A few little things in case you missed our social media post earlier in the week.

Please remember the bar is CASH ONLY. 💰

We have had a few people ask what they should wear. Please wear whatever you feel comfortable in, there is no dress code and be sure to bring shoes you can dance in! 👟

The what3words for Strathallan Castle are ///doubt.automate.amphibian. This will take you to the end of the main drive. 🗺️

See you soon! 🎶🎻💃🏻🍕🥂🥃