This post has appeared on numerous websites including ‘Cute Overload‘ and ‘The PETA Files‘ in the last few days, and since it has given us so many smiles, we just had to dedicate a post to it and the rodents that have affected our lives. Having owned dozens of rats between us, we can vouch [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pets’
Bathing Ratty
Posted in Rodents, Vet Stuff, tagged Cute, Memories, Pets, Poems, Poetry, Rats, Rodents on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Aaaggghhh! The Kittens are taking over!
Posted in Vet Stuff, tagged Animals, Cats, Cheeky, Kitten, Kittens, Mischievious, Pets, Trouble, Veterinary, Vets on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a visual timeline of the last 6 weeks or so! Who wants a kitten?! They are taking over! Every time the ward door is opened – a stream of mischievious kittens pours out and mahem breaks loose.
Mumma cat staying for a while!
Posted in Vet Stuff, tagged Animals, Cats, Kittens, Pets, Stray, Tabby, Veterinary, Vets on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Summer time is often a very busy and sleepless season for vets and nurses, as we spend weeks on end hand raising new babies, and orphaned or unwanted litters of the season. This summer had been reasonably quiet, until a stray tabby decided to bring a little excitement into the clinic. It was two and [...]
Ear Mites in Rabbits
Posted in Vet Stuff, tagged Animals, Bunny, Ear Mites, Gross!, Pets, Rabbit, Veterinary, Vets on December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Someone asked me yesterday what was an easy, natural method to get rid of ear mites? It seems that there are many different methods suggested on the internet, but mites are very hard to get rid of, and these home remedies seldom work. It was only a few weeks ago we saw one of the [...]
Poppie’s Puppies!
Posted in Vet Stuff, tagged Animals, Boxer, Cesarian, Pets, puppies, Pups, Veterinary, Vets on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first Cesarian at ATV. We had our first puppies born at the clinic on the 23rd September. Six beautiful Boxer puppies with big round noses and wriggly bottoms! The mother ‘Poppy’ went into labour at 1.30 in the morning, but unfortunately – after many hours of panting and only a few contractions, nothing had [...]
The Open Day
Posted in Vet Stuff, tagged Animals, Cats, Pets, Veterinary, Vets on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our official open day was held on the first Sunday after we moved – fathers day, and we had a blast! The doors were opened with a couple of speeches and the official ‘cutting of the ribbon’, and we spent a wonderful, sunny day celebrating with a glass of bubbly, children’s activities, music and competitions. [...]
You can teach a new blog old tricks!
Posted in Vet Stuff, tagged Animals, Pets, Vets on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This our first blog post ever! (I can now see why we chose animal care over computer science!) We have been in the new clinic for 50 days, and after rattling around in the huge building for a few weeks, we are finally finding a place for everything (and everyone) and settling in to this [...]
