News from Quantock Vet Hospital

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...