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Rocket

This issue we bring you Rocket the 4 year old rescue rabbit. Rocket's favourite place to sleep is anywhere that isn't his bedroom! He always pulls all the bedding out and redistributes it all over the hutch! His favourite toy is a wooden chew which is filled with hay, unfortunately, one of Rocket’s naughtiest habits is chewing things other than [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:48+00:00May 2nd, 2018|

Fingal

Fingal is a very handsome Main Coon who has been a regular at Westport Vets for a while. When he’s not at the clinic he can be found snoozing in his favourite spot – his zebra bed in front of the radiator. Fingal is a cool cat who doesn’t really indulge in toys but when in the mood he will [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:48+00:00May 2nd, 2018|

Feline Medicine – Liesbeth

Last week Liesbeth travelled down to Swindon for two courses on feline medicine as part of a two-year programme to obtain a certificate in feline medicine.  The first course was on clinical pathology and laboratory diagnosis, held by Kathleen Tennant (BVetMed Cert SAM Cert VC PGCAP FRCPath MRCVS), the clinical lead in charge of the diagnostic laboratories at Langford Veterinary [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:48+00:00February 15th, 2018|

Jake

Jake is a Sprollie, a cross between a Springer Spaniel and a Collie, and only 9 months old. The team at Westport Vets know Jake well after performing a laparotomy to remove a silicone rubber heel of a shoe insole. Jake recovered quickly and just loves to play (all the time) and has almost boundless energy! His favourite toy is [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:48+00:00January 31st, 2018|

Harvey

Favourite Toy: Harvey loves soft toys (pulling the stuffing out of them!) and his favourite soft toy is Teddy - which resides at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Teddy is the only soft toy he's not destroyed, and he'll often be found sitting cuddling it. However, his favourite toy is a football (actually a basketball so he can't get his teeth into it!) [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:49+00:00January 31st, 2018|

Ziggy

This feature is in loving memory of a very special dog, Ziggy Hutton. Sadly, Ziggy passed away earlier this year in June, but his humans hope by telling his story that they will help others who find themselves in their situation. Ziggy was a 10-year-old Tri-Coloured Collie Cross adopted from the Dogs Trust 9 years ago. His behaviour was all [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:49+00:00January 31st, 2018|

Scully

Scully is a handsome 6-year-old Black Labrador. Scully is happiest with his favourite tug rope or anywhere that has water, heather, hares and deer to chase! Once his humans leave the house he sneaks onto the nearest bed for a snooze. Scully has been accused in the past of eating limbs from the kid’s teddies and stealing socks. He has [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:49+00:00January 31st, 2018|

International Society of Feline Medicine, Asia-Pacific Congress

Liesbeth and Gillian were fortunate enough in November to attend a conference in Thailand. The International Society of Feline Medicine, Asia-Pacific Congress was held on the beautiful island of Phuket. During the welcome speech we learned there were 400 delegates from 28 different countries - a truly international event.  Fortunately for us, all lectures were delivered in English! The main [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:49+00:00November 22nd, 2017|

Ageing Disgracefully – geriatric medicine

Gillian attended a one day course focusing on geriatric medicine recently.  The course, aptly named "Ageing Disgracefully", was presented by Yvonne McGrotty, a European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Medicine.  Yvonne taught Gillian when she was a final year undergraduate at Glasgow Vet School - this was during her residency training - and it was interesting to [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:49+00:00November 22nd, 2017|

Cardiology CPD – Gillian Goldfinch

I recently spent a day in (a very rainy) Glasgow with Professor Anne French – RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology.  Anne works at Glasgow Vet School where she is Professor of Cardiology and Director of the small animal hospital. The day was aimed at teaching general practitioners, like myself, to use ultrasound in order to improve our diagnosis [...]

2023-01-23T11:31:49+00:00September 27th, 2017|