News

Congratulations to Mr March!  We are so proud that Nipper Measures has been selected to be the cover of Your Dog magazine for the March edition. He's a very smart boy I am sure you will all agree!  When he next visits the practice the red carpet will be waiting!

As we've all noticed this week has been especially cold - my car registered -10°C this morning! During this cold snap The Blue Cross  have sent us a warning regarding some emergencies they have seen involving gritter salt and antifreeze. The warning comes after several cats died from salt toxicity during the last icy snap. In the last few days a cat also died from suspected antifreeze poisoning.

The great thing about being a Vet is that no two days are the same.  We see some very interesting cases and thought you might find it interesting to hear about some of them in our 'Case of the month' section.

Thursday early evening saw a great talk at the practice by Louise on the new Pets Passport regulations and what it means for your pets.  Thankfully things have become easier and cheaper.

It's not been that widely documented but the Pets Passport system has changed as of the 1st January 2012.  Thankfully it is easier and cheaper to set up.  However some note does need to be made of other risks that our pets can face when travelling abroad.

We moan about the weather in the UK but it does have the advantage of preventing some nasty tick borne diseases and some parasites that are prevalent further south, especially around the Med.  Our pets have no natural immunity to these problems.  Thankfully with some pre-planning though most of the risks can be prevented and you and your pets can enjoy a happy holiday.

Its Christmas Eve!  Wishing you and your pets all a wonderful Christmas.  Thank you for all your support and enthusiasm since we opened in October.

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween.  We've been sent some fantastic photographs that I thought I would share.

Welcome to Oak Barn Vets first ever blog!

It's been such hard work to get to this stage and I thought it might be nice to have a behind the scenes view of how it's all come about.

Unfortunately, like people, pets can develop diabetes (sugar diabetes - full name diabetes mellitus) and the problem is growing.  It is estimated that as many as 1 in 200 pets suffer from this condition.  Like us, it can be associated with getting older (cats and dogs over 6 years of age are most at risk), putting on weight and not being active.  If left untreated, diabetes can cause serious illness in your pet and even premature death.  However thankfully if diagnosed, diabetes is usually relatively easy condition to treat and manage in most dogs and cats.