• 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

  • 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, [...]

    Published On: November 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 [...]

    Published On: November 22nd, 2017