• Feline cardiology and respiratory disease – CPD

    Last week Liesbeth travelled down to Swindon to continue her studies on feline medicine in order to obtain a certificate in this area.  This month the lectures were provided by Kerry Simpson, a RCVS specialist in Feline Medicine. The first day concentrated on feline cardiology.  Heart murmurs and heart disease in cats is something [...]

    Published On: May 29th, 2018

  • 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 [...]

    Published On: May 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 [...]

    Published On: May 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 [...]

    Published On: February 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 [...]

    Published On: January 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 [...]

    Published On: January 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 [...]

    Published On: January 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 [...]

    Published On: January 31st, 2018