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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.