Pet Story

Gorgeous 8-month-old Newfoundland puppy Otto recently got himself in a really serious situation. His owners had to take the 45kg puppy to their vets as he became very wobbly and disoriented – known as acute onset ataxia after they found medication in his bedding. He had managed to get hold of the drug Baclofen and…

Sadie a beautiful 3-year-old crossbreed dog was referred to our Neurology and Neurosurgery team for investigation of a one-year history of epileptic seizures in the summer of 2022. Despite being on four different antiseizure medications, she was still having fits every two to three weeks. Her seizures affected her whole body, with loss of consciousness,…

At only 6 weeks old sweet little cockerpoo Teddy visited her vet as she wasn’t well and was told she had a heart murmur so was referred to Valentina Palermo our Head of Cardiology. After a number of tests, she was diagnosed with two congenital heart defects; patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and severe pulmonic stenosis…

Effy a sweet 3-year-old border collie was referred to our Orthopaedic team in November 2022 for investigation of her right fore- limb as she was lame on it. She was immediately taken in to see our diagnostics team to have a CT scan of both of her elbows. The results showed very mild coronoid disease…

Bob, a gorgeous 3-month-old Patterdale Terrier was referred to us for investigation of vomiting, diarrhoea and lethargy and elevated kidney and liver parameters which were identified by his local vet. When he came to us, Bob was dehydrated and weak and under the care of Catarina Amorim, one of our Residents in Small Animal Internal…

At the end of last year our Neurology and Neurosurgery team came to the rescue by operating on Ian a lovely little French bulldog who was paralysed. Ian was very distressed as he couldn’t move any of his limbs. His MRI scan showed a C3-C4 intervertebral disc extrusion (slipped disc), and the team performed ‘Ventral…

Zeus, a sweet 4-month-old kitten was bright and playful until mid-December 2022 when his owners noticed he had a reduced appetite and lethargy. He then developed a fever and was treated by his local vet with pain relief and antibiotics. The fever improved slightly but he remained lethargic and blood tests showed significantly reduced red…

Rufus, a gorgeous 5-year-old Springer Spaniel came back to see us in January 2022, 8 weeks after he had left Humeral intercondylar Fissure (HIF) elbow surgery where a screw was placed to manage his HIF by Andrew Phillips one of our Specialists in Small Animal Surgery. HIF is a condition in which there is a…

Gorgeous 10-year-old domestic short haired cat Milly didn’t seem herself, so her owners took her to the vet to find she was diagnosed with feline hyperthyroidism, this is a common endocrine (hormonal) disease in cats, especially those over 8 years old. It can affect around 10% of the cat population and is caused by an…