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Owning an animal is a luxury and many factors need to be taken into consideration before taking a pet into your home. Not least of these is cost. Every animal you care for will cost you money, even the tiny feral kitten that you started to feed at yo...

I was ruminating the other day how running a vet practice is very much like being the principal of a Formula One race team. Let me explain what I mean. You have the vets – your race drivers – highly skilled precision workers who constantly think on t...

Vets interact with people every day, as almost every animal you treat has at least one owner. It is very rare, however, for vets to treat people – that’s a doctor thing. So it’s been an absolutely fascinating experience for me to become a Covid-19 v...

Some days I get that ’only in Bermuda’ experience, which is always entertaining and leaves a smile on my face. Here’s one of those stories. Several years ago I was seeing patients in clinic. Normally, when the next patient arrives, you get a little ...

You never know quite what your day will bring being a vet, but sometimes the bigger surprise is for the owner. I had a lovely client with two older dogs who decided to get a rescue dog to add to her pack. She got a sweetheart of a mixed breed with lo...

I love Easter with the warming weather, kite flying, birds singing, chocolate eggs and spring flowers. But for our four-legged friends this holiday can be a bit of a hazardous time. Did you know that Easter lilies, although very beautiful, are lethal...

Wow! This weather is gorgeous. Having spent the last few weeks wearing wellies and a raincoat, battling the wind with a very reluctant Doberman trudging through the mud, this springtime sunshine feels fantastic. We are right in that sweet spot of w...