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Each month we introduce you a pet of the month which we think you’ll find interesting. Maybe for its condition, its bravery or perhaps just for its character.
Do you think your pet deserves to be recognised as Orchard Vets pet of the month?
To be considered please email us at info@ovg.co.uk explaining why you think he or she is deserving, a recent photo (max 5mb in .jpg or .png format), a short biography and your pet’s favourite activity or place. Sadly, we won’t be able to publish all requests and there aren’t any prizes, only bragging rights should your pet be chosen!
This sweetie-pie is Fern and she has been chosen as November’s Pet of the Month. She recently had a run in with some heavy machinery whilst working on her farm which resulted in 2 large wounds on her leg that went all the way down to the bone! These were managed as open wounds, meaning that Fern had to come in initially every day for the wound to be cleaned and re-bandaged under sedation. As the wound started to heal and became less painful, we started changing Fern’s bandage every 3 days without sedation. This little girl, despite everything, remained so bright and pleased to see us. She always came bounding in to say hello to everyone and she would even try to jump onto the table for us to start changing her bandage! With Fern’s patience, her owner’s diligence and our excellent nursing team’s bandaging abilities, Fern is now fully recovered and ready to get back to normal farm life. Well done Fern!
October’s Pet of the Month title has been awarded to Cooper! This brave little man came in a few weeks ago with a bit of vomiting and diarrhoea which unfortunately developed into a very severe infectious haemorrhagic gastroenteritis. Cooper needed to be hospitalised with us for 4 days for intensive treatment and was very poorly indeed. Even at his most miserable though, Cooper was still the sweetest of patients and has proved himself a real fighter to get through such an extreme infection. Happily, with the help of our amazing nurse team, he is now home and finally getting back to his normal self. We have definitely fallen in love with Cooper at the practice and we are so pleased to see him thriving again. Well done Cooper!
Nala is 9 months old and loves making friends and learning new tricks! Here she is getting to know the staff on reception after her free adolescent health check as part of the health plan. During the adolescent checks we discuss a range of topics including pet specific considerations for neutering, diet, dental hygiene and any other concerns you may have to help your pet stay healthy.
This month’s Pet of the Month award goes to the lovely Peaches! A few weeks ago this little lady had a nasty eye injury which meant she needed to undergo surgery for an eye removal. Despite her small stature, Peaches is full of spirit and coped amazingly under anaesthetic. She was chomping down cucumber within half an hour of her operation finishing and continued to recover rapidly. She is now adjusting brilliantly to her new single-eyed life. Well done Peaches!
This young chap is Toby, who got into a bit of an accident recently where he fractured one of his canines and needed it removed. At Orchard Vets we perform full mouth x-rays on all dental patients, and these x-rays show why! Toby had managed to get a small piece of wire embedded in his gum underneath one of his molars. This was successfully removed and he’s now much happier!
Nala is 9 months old and loves making friends and learning new tricks!
Here she is getting to know the staff on reception after her free adolescent health check as part of the health plan.
During the adolescent checks we discuss a range of topics including pet specific considerations for neutering, diet, dental hygiene and any other concerns you may have to help your pet stay healthy.
We recommended Sammy to start veterinary socialisation clinics back in June as he had had a particularly scary trip to the practice last year and unfortunately was anxious on his visits thereafter. Sammy and his owner have put in tremendous amounts of effort, coming in for socialisation every couple of weeks to make him more comfortable and confident in the practice environment. He has come on leaps and bounds and although we are still working to build up his confidence with instruments such as the stethoscope and nail clippers, he is a completely different dog and is as excited to see us as we are him. He’s a very popular boy out the back with are nurses and we all love spending time with him, making his visits to the practice less daunting and hopefully more enjoyable!
If you think your dog would benefit from the veterinary socialisation clinics like Sammy has, then why not give us a call on 01458 832972. Our clinics run every weekday from 10.30 – 12pm and 2.30pm – 5.30 pm.
This little chap had to have a helping hand coming in to the world as his mum had a twisted uterus. We’re happy to say that both cow and calf are doing well, and because of this we’ve awarded them Pet of the Month.
This is 8 week old Narla who came to stay with us recently after getting quite poorly. We’re pleased to say she’s back to her normal mischievous self and bouncing around. We’ve decided to award her ‘Pet of the month’ for her hard work in getting better.
This is Clementine who came in for a check-up recently with her Platinum Jubilee inspired outfit
Uno has been in recently for a castrate and has won over everyone with his good looks and golden locks!
Harry the Dachshund is a staff favourite who has been in a lot recently, due to difficulties with his paws which has been a challenge to resolve!
This adorable pair were brought in together for their vaccinations and health check recently and will be due back soon for neutering!
For more information about taking the best care of your rabbit book a consultation with one of our vets. Alternatively, check out our website advice pages or the Rabbit welfare association and fund website (RWAF)
Apart from being adorable, Coco is also very brave and has made a brilliant recovery from a fracture to her Tibia which was repaired in house.
Pet of the month for March is Piper.
She is one of our favourite geriatric patients who recently underwent successful surgery for removal of a large tumour on her back.
Murray is pet of the month for February.
He came in for a castrate recently as he lives in a multi-cat household.
He was so photogenic and well behaved he had to feature!
Puddle is a 13 year old dalmatian who has a grade 3 heart murmur and recently came in for removal of an infected lump on her side.
She went through the operation without a hitch and is recovering well!
Pet of the Month for December is Reggie a Holland Lop rabbit who came in recently for his Castration operation.
This is usually performed at around 5 months of age but can be performed from 3 months old. For more information visit our ‘advice & resources‘ page.
Sir Nigel is our pet of the month for November for his fantastic recovery from an acute kidney injury earlier this year and for being such a good patient when he presented with a wound in his armpit earlier this month which is healing nicely.
He quickly became a staff favourite during his stay but, although we all love having him in, hopefully the next visit will just be for his health check and vaccination!
Pet of the month for Sept 20 is Nala.
Nala is 9 months old and loves making friends and learning new tricks!
Here she is getting to know the staff on reception after her free adolescent health check as part of the health plan.
During the adolescent checks we discuss a range of topics including pet specific considerations for neutering, diet, dental hygiene and any other concerns you may have to help your pet stay healthy.
