Join us for at light supper at our special Arthritis Information Evening at Drovers Veterinary Hospital on Wednesday 20 April 2016 from 7.30 pm until 8.30 pm Please note as places are limited, RSVP is essential by emailling us [email protected] DOES YOUR PET SHOW: * LAMENESS? * DIFFICULTY IN GETTING UP? * A…
It’s our Dental Focus Time again! For the first 3 months every year, we run our annual Dental Focus. What we want to do here for our dear patients is to promote awareness of dental diseases in cats and dogs. Our fluffy friends, unlike us, tend not to show any outward symptoms of dental pain….
DON’T Feed your dog onions, chocolate, grapes, raisins or lollies – these are dangerous for dogs and will make them sick Let your pet scavenge in the bin for table scraps – corn cobs, cooked bones & stone fruit seeds if swallowed can cause intestinal obstructions. Cooked bones may also lodge in the pet’s mouth…
Today is the 11/11/2015 we know this day as Remembrance Day. At 11 am on 11 November in 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after years of continuous warfare. On this day we remember and pay tribute to all the people who lost their lives, both in the Great War and in…
A lovely little Shih Tzu named “Toby” came to us at Drovers two weeks ago with an ear infection that had been bothering him for a while, and previous treatment at another clinic had not helped. Both ears were infected, one ear much worse than the other and quite sore. The left ear had a…
Due to increasing knowledge and tools of modern veterinary medicine, our pets are living longer and hence we are seeing more cases of osteoarthritis. Pain from osteoarthritis is well documented in human beings and dogs. Cats do not show pain as cats are masters at hiding illnesses and/or pain. Cats do not limp or cry…
We sometimes get asked by owners whether they can catch a certain disease from their pet …or sometimes they ask if their pet could catch say a flu from them. These are very good questions and thankfully in domestic pets there are only a few disease conditions that can be transferred between our pet dogs/cats…
Jack came in to see us at Drovers Vet hospital as he had chronic diarrhoea that just was not responding to numerous previous treatments at his regular vet. Clinical examination was normal and tests were run to try and determine the cause of his diarrhoea. An abdominal ultrasound was scheduled which showed severe thickening of…
It’s that time of year when the weather is beginning to warm up, snakes are waking from hibernation and we have already seen our first snake bite cases of the warmer season here at Drovers. It is very important to obtain veterinary attention if your pet has been bitten by a snake. The following information…
So, you’ve decided you’re ready to get a dog. “Now what breed should I get?”, is a question often asked. There are many factors to consider when adopting or purchasing a dog and choosing the breed of dog. These things should always be considered before you acquire your new pet. If not considered, the implications…
This week we had a beautiful young female tabby cat brought in to the clinic as a stray. She had been found in the vicinity of a local school and appeared lost. A staff member of the school brought her into the clinic hoping that we could identify the cat. She had no collar but thankfully, she had been…
Last weekend, Dr. Caroline hatched some chickens from some fertile chicken eggs. The eggs were incubated in an egg incubator at home. It takes 21 days to incubate chicken eggs. At day 20, the chicks begin to hatch – they can be heard peeping inside their eggs and then begin to pip through the shell…
