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Our case of the month for June is Blot who has had his knees reconstructed!

Blot is an 18 month old domestic short hair moggie who had been rescued after being found in a plastic bag in the park at only 6 weeks of age.  Unfortunately for poor old Blot he had been born with knee caps that refused to stay in the correct place, this resulted in his knee caps popping out and becoming stuck.  The technical term for this is a patella luxation and as you can imagine it is very painful when it happens.

With this sudden flush of lovely sunshine we are seeing the inevitable arrival of baby birds at the practice.  Have a read here for the best advice on what to do if you find a baby bird.

This month's prize goes to Holly - an amazing boxer who sadly lost her bounce and nearly died due to an infection in her uterus.

Last year you may remember we supported the Blue Cross Charity and held a very successful Paws for Tea day.  We had so many visitors and raised lots of money over tea and cake as you can see from the photos.  This year we are supporting the Guildford Lions

Some of you may have recently noticed a film crew at the Barn!
They have been filming a short promotional video for a company that makes the trolleys that we use!  In addition they followed some of our patients throughtout the day and highlighted our lap spays.  Dascher and Fudge had their moment of fame!

Marmite is our Case of the Month for April.  You may remember her as our March 2012 Case of the Month!!!  She is sadly the first patient to appear twice in this spot. This time however she was incredibly lucky to survive after being hit by a car.

Next week is Rabbit Awareness Week which is a nationwide scheme that hopes to improve rabbit welfare. Rabbits make very rewarding pets!

We've had a lovely surprise this week!

Anonymously we have been nominated for three top prizes in the Veterinary world!  Oak Barn Vets has been put forward for Vet practice of the year, Louise has been put forward for Vet of the year and Karen has been nominated for Vet Nurse of the year.

It's March's Case of the Month already!  To make a change we thought we would show you how a routine operation is performed at the surgery rather than one of the 'ill' cases!  This month you will follow Lexie and her day at Oak Barn Vets undergoing a Lap Spay.

We are very excited to announce that we are now able to offer key hole surgery to our patients!

Key hole surgery refers to surgery performed through very small incisions, usually 1 cm long, using a camera system called a Laparoscope to see inside the body and perform the surgery.  Through these tiny holes we can see all of the internal organs often more clearly than with conventional surgery.  By introducing forceps and other instruments through these small incisions we can perform many proceedures with reduced handling of tissues and thus less pain to our pets.