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Hattie and her many pups!...
by Liz Watkins BVSc MRCVS
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 I first heard from Hattie’s owners at 3am one morning. She was giving birth, and had produced four puppies, two of which were stillborn ...
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Chocolate Poisoning
by Di Rees BVetMed MRCVS
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 Chocolate poisoning is quite frequently encountered in veterinary practice, and here at Watkins and Tasker we have recently had to treat several dogs ...
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Smokey Carter - Waterworks Problems...
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
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 Smokey came to see us in February as a new puppy for our 30 minute new puppy consultation. We checked him over as normal and all seemed to be fine...
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Sox and her significant stones...
by Liz Watkins BVSc MRCVS
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 Sox is a 4 year old Labrador who had been having trouble passing both urine and bowel motions for some time...
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Ruby Robb - The Risks of Gardening...
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
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 Ruby was rushed into our Yatton branch one day in September after having an accident with a pitch fork. Whilst playing outside she had somehow become impaled on a gardening fork...
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Dolly is a 10 year old Lurcher who came to the practice feeling very unwell this month...
by Laura Sullivan BVetMed, MRCVS
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 She had been profusely vomiting (up to 15 times a day) with some diarrhoea, eating grass and was very wobbly and lethargic...
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Rosie - was presented to us as an emergency this month...
by Laura Sullivan BVetMed, MRCVS
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 Her owners had noticed that she had eaten two leaves and nibbled the stalk of a Lily...
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Bailey - The Dog with a feather in his ear...
by Liz Watkins BVSc MRCVS
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 Bailey came to us because he had an irritation in his ear. He was quite distressed with it – shaking his head as if it was very itchy...
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Chewy is a Bullmastiff with a sweet tooth
by Steve Tasker BVSc, MRCVS
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 Chewy is a Bullmastiff with a sweet tooth - which nearly cost him his life. This is a cautionary tale. Chewy's mum had baked some fairy cakes for the family...
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Mrs H
by Di Rees BVetMed MRCVS
(A hyperthyroid cat having a hypokalaemic crisis)
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 A couple of weeks ago, my own cat, Mrs H, had to be admitted to our Nailsea practice for emergency treatment....
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Thistle was ill, the diagnosis seemed very straightforward...
by Liz Watkins BVSc MRCVS
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 The first time Thistle was ill, the diagnosis seemed very straightforward. He had vomited a few times and brought up furballs, which is very common...
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Oscar and what looked like a Car Accident Injury
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
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 Oscar was presented to us on 21st of September 2009. He was extremely lethargic. From the outset it was obvious that his breathing was laboured...
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Slug Pellets - Not Animal Friendly
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
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 Robert Gregory is a 2 year old Jack Russell Terrier who was presented to us one evening in August. He had been behaving strangely at home...
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It’s Just Not “Fur”!
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
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 Dilbert Walker is a 10 year old Domestic Longhair cat
who came to our practice in June with a history of vomiting for 3-4 days.
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SNAKE IN THE GRASS
by Steve Tasker BVSc, MRCVS
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 Jake came in to see us at the end of May with an extremely swollen front leg, following what we are presuming to be a bite from a snake.
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Jack’s Story - UPDATE
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
(Canine Lymphoma)
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 Two weeks ago Jack started to deteriorate.
Initially we thought it was due to his arthritis flaring up but it soon be came apparent that it was a bit more complicated.
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BEWARE OF POISONOUS PLANTS!
by Di Rees BVetMed MRCVS
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 We recently had to treat two separate pairs of guinea pigs who made the mistake of making a meal of poisonous plants whilst out foraging in the garden!
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Jack’s Story - UPDATE ON CHEMO PROGRESS
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
(Canine Lymphoma)
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Its now 9 months on since Jack started chemotherapy and he is doing very well. He recently reached his 13th birthday, which is something we were all hoping for!
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Tess Buncombe
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
(A Mite called Demodex)
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 Tess was presented to us in February with a long-standing skin problem involving hair loss and itchy flaky skin. The whole problem had started as a small circular patch of hair loss and spread now to all down the back of her legs... [Find out more...]
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A Fishy Tale: - Hardy’s Hook Crisis
by Steve Tasker BVSc, MRCVS
(A Swallowed Fishing Hook)
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 Hardy’s owner called us for advice one Sunday evening recently, having been out walking with his owners in Portishead’s popular Marina. His owner is a keen fisherman, and became concerned when he saw what he recognised as a short length of fishing line in Hardy’s mouth.... [Find out more...]
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Jack’s Story
by Andy Fullerton BVSc(Hons), MRCVS
(Canine Lymphoma)
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Jack Fullerton is a 12-year-old male Border Collie who came to see us in September at our Yatton Surgery. He had been generally duller than normal and was very stiff and slow. Rather than blaming old age and arthritis, Mrs Fullerton had a feeling something wasn’t quite right. [Find out more...]
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Kennel Cough
by Di Rees BVetMed MRCVS
Prevention, Better than Cure!
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 We are seeing a lot of dogs suffering from 'Kennel Cough' (acute tracheo-bronchitis).
KC can be caused by several different species of viruses and bacteria. These cause irritation to the windpipe, which results in coughing. [Find out more...]
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