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A Basildon vet is urging pet owners to be on their guard after treating a dog badly hurt following an adder bite. Amy Andrews, vet surgeon at Cherrydown Vets, which is based in Basildon and has practices in Wickford and Stanford Le Hope, issued the warning after treating Toby, a four-year-old Jack Russell. Toby was …
Marley and Tula are lovely chocolate brown Labs, and as with most labs they love to forage whilst out on walks. Marley is 9 years old while Tula is smaller and just over a year old. On Tuesday they were out being walked by Chloe in Stanford Le Hope and were off rummaging about as they …
Ethel first came to see us as a puppy for her free puppy check. She was very lively and an adorable little pup, who seemed very healthy and full of beans! Ethel’s mum, soon noticed she seemed to be urinating frequently and not quite herself and a urine sample diagnosed a urinary tract infection. She …
Ask any vet and they will tell you not to throw sticks for your dogs. Whilst you may see it in pictures and films, it can be incredibly dangerous. There have been occasions where sticks have splintered and have got stuck in an animal’s throat with tragic consequences. On this occasion a stick wasn’t thrown …
The owners tale….. On Friday 29th November Minnie was last seen around 4.30pm and we realised she was missing at about 8.30pm. That’s not generally a long time for a cat to be missing but for Minnie this was unusual. We got up in the middle of the night to call her but to no …
Maisie Oliver came in to us on 23rd November. Here is her story. Maisie, an 18 month old cat, was brought in by her owner because she wasn’t eating very well and it was initally thought that her brother was bullying her from her food. Hayley examined her and felt a soft mass in her …
Lola Newton – a good news story of a pup we treated in September 2013 with Parvovirus. Her owners story by Hayley Newton……………. I woke up on the Saturday and realised Lola wasn’t her normal self. My boyfriend was put on dog watch during the day keeping me updated on how she was. He phoned …
Boss Wood is a lovely friendly two and a half year old Staffie. Helen Wood and her partner Max look after Boss while their son Gary is at work. Yesterday they took him out for a walk near the fishing lake at Lee Chapel Lane in Basildon. They were walking along a path near the …
On the 2nd April 2013 Jasper Hodgetts was in a road traffic accident while his owners were away. He was bought into us and we were able to identify him by his microchip which meant we were able to contact the owner straight away and let them know what had happened. Jasper was treated by our …
Ted came to our Wickford branch, with a slightly delicate problem. Emma Ruggles saw him. See Ted’s story in this video.
