Although the festive season is a wonderful time for us, it can be a strange time for our pets. Their usual comfortable home environment is filled with trees and decorations and there are loud noises such as crackers and fireworks.…
Bobby is a very lively eight year old Cocker Spaniel and apart from the occasional problems with grass seeds and the odd ear infection (all run of the mill for a Cocker Spaniel!) he has always been fit and healthy.…
November is ‘Pet Diabetes Month’ and consequently the catch phrase being bandied about is “get your pet to ‘Take a Tinkle’!” Here at Estcourt Vets we are helping to support this important campaign by providing FREE urine test strips…
BVD – what’s your herd’s status? – are you hunting PIs? Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (or BVD) is caused by a pestivirus – a highly contagious and complex virus which can affect both digestive and reproductive systems in cattle (depending on…
Max is a 7 year old, big and bouncy, bear of a German Shepherd who was recently diagnosed and had surgery to remove a rather unusual bladder stone. Max’s owner realised things weren’t quite right when she noticed blood in…
It’s less than a month now until the start of one of the most serious welfare issues facing up to 50% of our pets, the 5th November – Fireworks night! Except of course it isn’t a night anymore, it isn’t even…
Squidgy is certainly one of the most handsome black Spaniels you are likely to meet and the nurses think he’s especially cute when he has his tufty hairstyle! Like all one year old spaniels he can hardly contain his excitable…
It seems that everyone these days is following that ‘good life’ philosophy of having (or at least thinking of having!) chickens in their back garden. My in-laws have chickens, my friends are getting chickens, the children at a nearby nursery now…
DJ is an eleven and a half year old cat who definitely earns the right to being named June’s ‘Pet of the Month’, having spent a couple of weeks in the ward at Estcourt Vets! Initially he was a bit…
Our friend Lilly is a three year old lurcher and an athlete in her prime! Built to run she loves doing just that when she gets an opportunity out on her walks. She also loves to chase, so when a…