News from Quantock Vet Hospital
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...
Rabbit owners urged to vaccinate following outbreak of deadly rabbit virus
Here at Quantock Vets we are urging rabbit owners to get their pet bunnies vaccinated to protect them against the outbreak of a deadly rabbit virus strain that has been reported across the UK. Rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease type 2 (RVHD2) is highly infectious and...
Our next Pet of the Month 2019 – Willow the Labrador
Willow is a much loved, 7 year old, female Labrador who was brought in by her worried owner on the 1st March. Over two to three days they had noticed that her abdomen been slowly getting bigger – they were worried she was putting on weight but then her appetite went...
A rare disorder for Gilead the young Poodle cross
Gilead – a gorgeous six year old male poodle cross - was brought in to the Hospital after going downhill rapidly with an apparent episode of Haemorhagic Diarrhoea. His loving owner Joan was understandably very upset having come down in the morning to find “the whole...
Our latest Brexit update for taking your pet abroad
We know many of you have concerns about taking a loved pet abroad to Europe at the moment, we appreciate it's a very confusing and worrying time. The situation regarding travel to the EU for Pets is very uncertain at the moment.The Government has now reached an...
Our first Pet of the Month 2019 – Chase the Labrador-cross pup!
Chase, an adorable nine month old Labrador-cross, came to us early in January having suddenly become lame on his back leg. While there were no obvious injuries on the first visit, an infection in the outer toe became evident over the next few days and so antibiotics...
