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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...

It was never easy for a pet to catch a lift, but the pandemic has made it even harder. Taxi drivers already have extra sanitising to do to meet Covid-19 regulations, and many do not want to add cleaning up after an animal to their chores. That spells...

As veterinarians, we live for those patients that come along every once in a while and make us go “hmmm”. One patient that I will never forget – we'll call him Fluffy to protect his anonymity – once really opened my eyes, rather ironically. You see, ...

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...

The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club has opened new accommodation for a different type of guest – island birds. The hotel has installed bird feeders – painted pink with white roofs to match the hotel – around its lawn area. A spokeswoman for the hotel ...

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...

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began last March, CedarTree Vets Ltd has seen a surge in demand for their mobile veterinary services. Practice owners, Lucy and Mark Richardson, took on so many new clients they had to hire a third veterinarian and a nurse...

A baby goat born unable to walk properly has been given a new lease of life. Now Bowie, a Nubian goat only weeks old and born with contracted tendons in its hind legs, can get about using a set of walker wheels. Rosalind Wingate, who volunteers at Tu...

An adoption programme has helped a dolphinarium to weather the Covid-19 storm, its general manager has revealed. Christine Mihelcic said Dolphin Quest’s “Adopt a Dolphin” scheme, introduced about a month ago, had brought a welcome boost. She added: “...

A turtle found stranded on a beach last weekend has died despite a major effort to save the animal, it was revealed last night. Ian Walker, the principal curator at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, said the young green turtle found by members of ...