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 10, 2021 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Preventative healthcare
Probably 3-4 times a week we hear owners say “its just old age”. Unfortunately at vet school there is no disease we get taught about called “old age”. Why is it that as cats and dogs age we as owners put a lot of things down to old age. Here is a list of some...
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 | Apr 29, 2021 | Advice, Dogs, Preventative healthcare, Uncategorised
Let’s start with, what exactly is lungworm? True to its name it is a worm, a roundworm. Dogs can become infected most commonly, by licking/eating slugs and snails. The worm migrates to the lungs, sets up camp and lives in nodules there. Eggs and larvae are coughed up...
by Aimee Hamilton | Feb 2, 2021 | Advice, Cats, Dogs, Preventative healthcare
We have all been there, just for some more unfortunate owners more often than others! Puppies like to put everything they come across in their mouth. You could say this phase is a right of passage and the hope is that they live, and learn and grow out of it. For...
