Acorn House Veterinary Clinic

22/08/2025

This is the interesting case of Daisy. Daisy first presented with urinating inappropriately with some blood. Our first thoughts were that she had lower urinary tract disease, often brought on by stress, as there was some upheaval in the house. However, when Daisy's signs didn't improve, further investigations were done which showed that she had developed a bladder stone. In cats these are caused by different types of crystals and some of them can dissolve with special diets. However, urinalysis showed that the crystals in Daisy's urine create stones that unfortunately cannot be dissolved. Daisy had to go for cystotomy surgery to remove the stone. She has been making a great recovery and is in great form (despite her expression in the photos!). Today was her ten day check so we could remove her little collar and she can start to get back to normal. Happy outcome 💕💕💕

19/08/2025

We are all so in love with Storm. Look at that face 💞💞💞💞

18/08/2025

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you all know that the clinic will be closed on Saturday Sep 13th for some building maintenance. Please ensure that if you need prescriptions or an appointment that you contact us so we can get these sorted for you on the Friday. Really sorry for the inconvenience and if you need vet help on the weekend you can call our out of hours vet, Emerge on 0469557551.
Thank you for your patience!

02/08/2025

Our clinic is turning three years old today and we have decided to give a charity donation in the clinic's name in honour of this. I am so grateful for the last three years and the team that have built the clinic into something I am incredibly proud of and to the clients and patients who trust us with their care every day.

Watching what is happening in Gaza at the moment is devastating. I am a mother of two as many of you know and the images of children starving to death in their mothers' arms are keeping me awake at night. We have donated to Unicef in honour of our 3 years open and we hope that it will make a difference to those most in need. Thank you to all of the team for always being so fantastic, to our wonderful clients and most of all, to our beautiful patients who light up even the most cloudy days.

Thank you for 3 amazing years and we hope for many more to come,

Dee and all the team x

01/08/2025

Lip the collie makes the cutest meerkat ❤️❤️❤️

31/07/2025

We were delighted to meet this little chap today. We did an exam under light anaesthesia (to help him unroll) as we always do with hedgehogs. Really glad he seemed to be uninjured and a good weight. Well done MLHR who help a lot more than just horses! We love wildlife and are always happy to help with them ❤️

This little guy was stuck pretty badly in a drain today, it took a while but we managed to get him out🙏🙏🙏

Thankfully Acorn House Veterinary Clinic, who specialise in wildlife and were so kind to bring him in to examine him immediately❤️❤️

All was good with little Miles🥳🥳
No injuries, just a couple of ticks which were removed and he received a spot on. Then safely returned to the garden he was living in. Obviously the drain has been covered over💞💞💞

A huge thank you to Dee the vet, for being so kind and caring to our little friend💖

31/07/2025

Ticks removed from a patient this morning 🤢 Our least favourite parasite! Ticks thrive in warm, damp weather and we are definitely in tick season. Apart from being grim to look at, ticks can carry diseases such as Lyme disease (5% of ticks in Ireland carry Lyme disease). The same ticks affect sheep, deer, dogs and people (plus many other species) so woodland, grassland and farmland are all high risk areas. Our commonly used paraciticides such as Simparica Trio and Bravecto provide tick protection so don't worry it your pet is already on these but if not we would recommend ensuring your pet is covered if they are spending time in grassy areas this summer.

24/07/2025

Double Chihuahua trouble with Robin and Teddy ❤️❤️❤️

23/07/2025

Luna was in for surgery yesterday and we were amazed at how well she has mastered puppy dog eyes. Can you believe the cuteness? ❤️❤️❤️

18/07/2025

Reclaimed

Elderly Cavalier found dodging traffic outside Wards Coill Dubh. Contact clinic if she belongs to you. No microchip. Proof of ownership required.

18/07/2025

We had the best time with Crunchie and Dwayne today! Such good boys ❤️❤️❤️