News from Quantock Vet Hospital
Quantock Vets reaching out to clients working in the NHS
This is a reaching out to all our Colleagues working in the NHS. You look after the humans and we look after all the rest – but we all chose to work in the delivery of health care for the same reasons. As fellow medics we are filled with huge respect, admiration and...
Corona Virus Notice – LATEST UPDATE
To all our wonderful Clients,It is with great regret that, in response to the new government measures and guidance from The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, we have no choice but to move to an emergency service only with immediate effect. This is in order to...
Nether Stowey branch’s temporary COVID-19 closure
Due to the current Covid-19 situation, we have taken the difficult decision to suspend our veterinary service at our Nether Stowey branch from midnight tonight (23rd March 2020).Until further notice we will no longer be able to carry out routine...
Corona Virus Notice – IMPORTANT UPDATE
To all our wonderful Clients, Our thoughts are with you, your families and loved ones as we all try to navigate these difficult times. We have so appreciated your support and co-operation as we have introduced social distancing measures at the Practice to protect our...
Pet of the Year 2019 winners chosen for Quantock Hospital
Last week we held our greatly anticipated annual ‘Pet of the Year’ event. At the evening event, attended by owners and staff, our hard working vets ran through the twelve amazing and unique ‘Pet of the Month’ stories and five brave judges voted on the...
Corona Virus Notice
We realise this is a worrying time for all our clients, and we ask that you help us to reduce the risk to our visitors and the practice so that we can continue to care for your pets. PLEASE read this.Social distancing is now an important part of day-to-day life to...
Take advantage of Pet Dental Health Month
February is Pet Dental Health Month and it's there to raise awareness about the importance of looking after our pet’s teeth. Just like us humans, pets can really suffer from bad oral healthcare. Dogs, cats and rabbits as well.During this month we are offering FREE...
Flopsy December’s Pet of the Month full of bounce again
Flopsy is a gorgeous seven and a half year old chap and is hugely popular at the hospital – he has found a way into all our hearts! Despite our fondness of him – he has unfortunately spent more time at hospital than we would ever really want. Since November last year,...
Alabama Rot News update
We are all deeply saddened by our first case at the Hospital of Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy, commonly known as Alabama Rot. This diagnosis has been confirmed by tests performed, on submitted samples, at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists, who are...
Tigger our latest Pet of the Month makes it home despite awful injuries
Six year old much loved cat Tigger presented to us after being missing for two days. Tigger’s owner explained “I was so worried about him as he hadn’t come home for a couple of days which was most unlike him. I was out in the garden and saw what I thought was an old...
Brave collie Freddie battles through to become October Pet of the Month!
Freddie Thomas is a very beautiful 9 month old collie, he was brought in to us on 7th October and saw vet Heidi as he was 'not quite right’. He was a little bit quiet the day before and on the morning he came to see us he did not want his breakfast! He presented to...
Look out for those Christmas Hazards!
It's a busy time in most households over Christmas and our pets can come across many unusual, fascinating and tasty temptations! But beware, many of the things we enjoy over the festive period can be potentially very dangerous to our animals. Here are...
Congratulations long suffering moggy Mario our Pet of the Month!
Mario is a brave, shy six year old little moggy cat who was transferred to us from another practice with difficulties passing urine. He had “blocked” - and was completely unable to urinate – two days previously, and the original vets had had to unblock him on three...
Quantock Vets Christmas 2019 Opening Hours
We wish all our clients (human and otherwise) a very Happy Christmas. The next few weeks are likely to be somewhat busy with normal life disrupted but with regard to your pets, don't worry - we are here! Our opening hours are shown below but we...
Lemmy the spaniel survives stone removal operation and wins Pet of the Month!
Gorgeous Lemmy, an eight month old spaniel, was rushed in on a Sunday to our out-of-hours clinic after his owner noticed he was not at all well. Nearly a week previously Lemmy was running around with “his favourite pebble”. He then swallowed it! However, Lemmy had...
Congratulations brave Tilly the Labrador
Tilly, a gorgeous eight year old black Labrador recently broke her back right leg very badly after most unfortunately catching it on the tow hitch of the vehicle and then falling backwards – ouch! After hearing a horrible snapping sound Tilly’s distressed owners, long...
Our latest Brexit advice for taking your pet abroad
Well, as you all know, we are still confused about what is happening to our situation with regard to Europe. Under current advice from the government, the UK will still leave the European Union (EU), although we don't know when. The situation regarding travel to the...
Congratulations Star the heroic Ragdoll cat
Star is a two year old Ragdoll cat, a neutered male that was brought in by his worried owner in June. Over the previous four days Star had not been eating and had also vomited badly - he was definitely not himself. On clinical examination Star seemed bright but his...