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 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 | 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....
by Aimee Hamilton | Apr 28, 2019 | Advice, Cats, Illness, Preventative healthcare
Geriatric cat medicine – My cat’s losing weight but then it’s probably due to old age? We often see clients who bring their older cats in for a general health check and open with the phrase “I know there’s nothing you can do for him it’s just old age!” I think if the...
by Aimee Hamilton | Nov 4, 2018 | Advice, Dogs, Illness, Preventative healthcare
Is obesity a dirty word for our pets? In 2016, the British Veterinary Association surveyed over 1600 UK vets, asking them which disease was their biggest concern affecting the welfare of our pets. Overwhelmingly, almost 2/3rds of vets answered with the same answer....
by Aimee Hamilton | Sep 7, 2018 | Advice, Illness, Preventative healthcare, Rabbits
Not forgetting our small furry friends….. This month we thought we should provide some information about our small furry friends – rabbits! The population of pet rabbits was estimated at 1 million in 2015, being the third most common house hold pet. Just like cats and...
