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Spring time is here – time for those tortoises to come out of hibernation!

Around this time of year we start thinking about our scaly friends waking up. Remember that the smaller ones should not be hibernated for more than 8-10 weeks and the larger species, no more than 16 weeks.

We had a fantastic time on Bank Holiday Monday with the Guildford Lions at the Charity Fun Dog Show!
With the most entries so far making judging difficult for Jamie Crittall and our Mayor of Guildford, Councillor Nikki Nelson-Smith!  It didn't rain and all the dogs were very well behaved with no squabbles or escapees!!  Best of all, lots of money was raised for our local Guildford Charities!

Addison’s disease, never heard of it!? Well Harry has!

This month, for those of you with a more sensitive disposition, you will be glad to be spared gory photos of surgery and trauma. Instead we will be talking about Addison’s disease, a condition which we can encounter from time to time and one which, if not recognised early, can be potentially life threatening.

Many of you will have read our blog before Christmas when we first heard of a major change in the way that RSA will insure your pets.

A shocking new survey involving over 7000 dog owners by the Dogs Trust has revealed that over 48% of pet dogs have eaten chocolate intended for humans, and over 5% have become seriously ill from it. Of these, 15% have required urgent veterinary treatment and in extreme cases the dogs sadly died from the effects of chocolate poisoning.

We all hate ticks and have known about pockets of Lymes disease in the UK carried by their bite but worryingly there have now been cases of dogs contracting a serious tick borne infection called Babesiosis.

Every now and then we see a condition and know that we will likely never see another again in our careers. Rory is one of those patients!

Did you know that from April 6th 2016 the law is changing and you must have your dog microchipped or potentially face a £500 fine?

We must be mad but rather than the Guildford raft race this year we have signed up to do the Guide Dog's Coniston Challenge - all to raise money to sponsor a Guide Dog and change someone's life!

Given the interest in our mole we thought you might like a few interesting facts on these common but seldom seen creatures.  For instance did you know that they inject toxic saliva into earthworms to paralyse them and keep them alive in 'larders' till mealtimes!?!