by Aimee Hamilton | Mar 30, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Illness, Practice news, Preventative healthcare
We wanted to try to outline a few important points with how Swayne & Partners are functioning during this COVID-19 outbreak. We have been advised to reduce face-to-face contact and provide only urgent and emergency care, along with fulfilment of urgent...
by Aimee Hamilton | Mar 26, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Practice news, Preventative healthcare
As humans we like our routine – getting up, walking the dog, feeding the cat, shower, work, home for dinner, dog walk and bed. Just like us, our pets also appreciate a good routine. With the current COVID-19 everyone’s routine is abnormal, including our staff...
by Aimee Hamilton | Mar 25, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Preventative healthcare, Uncategorised
You heard it, one form of daily exercise per day! Well, I just feel bad for the families who don’t own dogs! They make you get out, enjoy your day and realise that we (whilst this period is new and difficult to navigate,) still really do live in wonderful world and we...
by Aimee Hamilton | Mar 24, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Illness, Practice news, Preventative healthcare
As a vet heading out into the real world of ‘veterinary medicine’ you realise there are many things that they just don’t teach you at vet school. For example that first time you go to express your first set of anal glands in a patient, who knew the...
by Aimee Hamilton | Jan 6, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Preventative healthcare, Uncategorised
A lot of my clients ask about pet insurance, who are the best companies? Should we have pet insurance? What is covered on pet insurance? Isn’t it a game of luck? Often clients have either had bad experience with their pet insurance companies or have never had to...
by Aimee Hamilton | Dec 10, 2019 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Illness, Preventative healthcare
New Year New diseases Since graduating in 2010 in my short veterinary career I have seen new diseases arrive in England including Schmallenberg virus in sheep/ cows, more recently Babesia in dogs not going outside of the UK and Seasonal Canine Illness to name a few....
