News from Quantock Vet Hospital
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...
Vets urge owners to test travelling pets for foreign diseases
Do you travel abroad with your dog or have you recently imported or rescued a dog from another country? If you have, it's really important to check that your pet isn't carrying some unpleasant foreign disease. Diseases that can often go unnoticed until they're more...
An evening talk on tortoise hibernation
Thank you to all the dedicated tortoise owners who came to listen to Louise Ash, BSc, BVETMED, MRCVS, our 'exotics' vet give a free, evening talk this month about hibernation and how to get it right.Two owners travelled all the way from Yeovil to hear her talk and it...
Bridgwater Carnival 2019 road closures
As usual there'll be lots going on at the Bridgwater Carnival on Saturday 2nd November starting at 6pm! And in case it is going to affect you, and possibly your trip to see your vet, here is some information on the carnival route procession and local road...
Congratulations George the tortoise
George – a mischievous six year old tortoise and much loved family pet had been missing for over half a year when he was suddenly found buried in long grass. George's owner explained "We believe that George had dug himself into the ground as we had thoroughly searched...
Avoiding the hazards of hibernation
Did you know it can be very dangerous to hibernate your tortoise if, for example it's not in good health or doesn't have enough fat or water reserves?Hibernation is really important but it’s critical it is a healthy hibernation. Inadequate hibernation is one of the...
Congratulations Carrie Chameleon!
Carrie, a sweet natured little, one year old chameleon was brought in to us by her worried owner. She was suffering from swollen, red eyes that wouldn’t open."Eye problems are quite common in chameleons in captivity" explained Louise, Carrie's vet. "In the wild they...