by Aimee Hamilton | Jul 29, 2021 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Illness, Preventative healthcare
Sadly like people the health of your dogs teeth is very individual. There are some patients which have perfect teeth until they are 12 years old, other dogs and cats can sadly have very severe periodontal disease from a very early age. What is periodontal disease?...
by Aimee Hamilton | Jun 7, 2021 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Illness, Preventative healthcare
With a miraculous switch in the weather between May and June, suddenly the risk of heat stroke is a genuine concern as we see cases rising at the practice. We can all appreciate the concerns of climate change and the ever-higher temperatures reached each...
by Aimee Hamilton | Jun 3, 2021 | Advice, Cats, Illness, Preventative healthcare
Recent research has shown vets are reporting an 39% rise in cats diagnosed with urinary disorders in the last year. Increases in stress levels have long been linked to urinary disorders in cats and lockdown changes in routines, where owners and children have been...
by Aimee Hamilton | Jun 22, 2020 | Advice, Dogs, Illness, Preventative healthcare
Our pets can suffer from being overweight or obese, just as us humans do. In the UK we continue to see pet obesity rise. It is estimated that 40% and 53% of cats are obese. Pets that are overweight or obese are at risk of many heath issues, such as diabetes, liver...
by Aimee Hamilton | May 11, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Illness
Heart disease in women is the number one killer. Although our pets don’t suffer from heart disease in the same way, for example they don’t get coronary artery disease and very rarely do animals suffer from heart attacks. We still see a large percentage of our patients...
by Aimee Hamilton | Apr 29, 2020 | Advice, Cats, Illness, Preventative healthcare
Veterinary medicine is full of acronyms from GDV, FLUTD, CHF, ARD, GSD….. The list goes on!. In this article we thought we would focus on FLUTD. This is a condition we commonly see in the pet population and sadly in this current COVID-19 climate it is likely to be...
