Hollybank Veterinary Centre

Harley called in to Hollybank this week to deliver us some Halloween treats! He even dressed for the occasion! 🎃🎃🧡🧡 For over Halloween and Bonfire night weekend, please remember to read our noise phobia guidance at www.hollybankvets.co.uk 👻👻

🎆🎇Firework Season Advice🎆🎇With Halloween and bonfire night drawing close, there can be many bright lights, loud noises and daunting new sights for our pets including of course fireworks! It’s really important to be prepared and have a plan in place for your pet before any anticipated scary events so please take some time to read our guidance at www.hollybankvets.co.uk and contact us should you need further support.

Brave Pet of the Month…MONTY! 🐈‍⬛👩🏼‍⚕️Monty is a very handsome boy who recently presented to us for lethargy. We were reasonably surprised with Monty’s final diagnosis of a diaphragmatic hernia! Please read his full ‘brave pet’ story at www.hollybankvets.co.uk 🐾😻

🩺Veterinary Nursing Careers at Hollybank 🩺

Meet Charley, one of our lovely student veterinary nurses who has taken the time to tell us about her experience on placement at Hollybank.

As Charley continues her studies, we have no doubt that she is going to continue to develop and thrive as a veterinary nurse.

If you are interested in a placement at Hollybank we currently work alongside Harper Adam’s University and Reasheath College University in supporting their students on placement.

Read about Charley’s experience at www.hollybankvets.co.uk

Separation Anxiety in Dogs 🐕🏡. This is such a common issue and it can have a huge impact on our patients and their owners quality of life. Please visit our website to read a little more about this topic, how you can try to prevent it and ways we can help you to manage it. Www.hollybankvets.co.uk

👏🏻BRAVE PET OF THE MONTH 👏🏻 Meet Wilf, a beautiful and bouncy Springer spaniel who had lost his spring! Poor Wilf presented to us miserable and with a very high temperature. When a swelling along his back eventually developed we became suspicious of a migrating foreign body such as a grass seed. Visit our website to read about Wilf’s journey to find the foreign body! 🐾🕵️‍♀️🌾www.hollybankvets.co.uk

HALF PRICE MICROCHIPS 😺
We are extending our half price microchip & free toy offer for cats at our Winnington practice over summer, up until 1st September!
Remember it is now the law that all owned cats are microchipped and it is important to keep your details up to date with the database!
Give us a call to get booked in 📞

🐾☀️HEATSTROKE ☀️🐾. We are of course grateful for some sunshine and hopefully warmer days ahead. However, warmer weather does put our pets at increasing risk of developing heatstroke. It’s important to remind ourselves of the signs of heatstroke, how to prevent it and what we should do should it occur. Please visit our website for more detailed information and guidance on heatstroke. www.hollybankvets.co.uk

Pet travel 🧳 What is an Animal Health Certificate (AHC)?
Since January 2021 rules for travelling with your pets to the EU have changed. There are a number of requirements to be able to travel to the EU with your pet; they must be microchipped, have a valid rabies vaccine and an AHC or valid passport, parasite prevention is also strongly recommended 🪱
Head to our website to find out more about these requirements https://hollybankvets.co.uk/?p=7283
(Rules for travel outside of the EU may vary between countries so you are recommended to research individual travel rules in advance - the https://www.gov.uk/taking-your-pet-abroad website is very useful for up-to-date information)

🐾BRAVE PET OF THE MONTH! 🐾 Meet Ozzy, a gorgeous Labrador Retriever who came in to some bother after playing with a stick on his walk 🌳😬. Read Ozzy’s brave pet story in full on our website at www.hollybankvets.co.uk

We would like to give a warm welcome to Professor Rob Pettit, an RCVS recognised specialist in small animal orthopaedics who we are delighted to welcome to our Hollybank team 🩺👨🏼‍⚕️.

Rob has a huge breadth of experience with a broad range of orthopaedic conditions, he has published widely in his field, is current chair of AOVET principles course and has presented at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally. 📖

Specialist orthopaedic consultations are available with Rob from our Winnington practice on a regular basis. Together with our compassionate team of vets and RVNs a variety of orthopaedic surgeries are also performed including for cranial cruciate ligament rupture, patella luxation and fractures. 🦴🛠️

We are excited to have Rob working with us! 🐾

Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 🩵
Meet our Student Veterinary Nurses (SVNs) 👩🏼‍🏫
You will find our SVNs in light blue tops and in photo order we have Charley, Clare, Charlie, Jess & Jess!
There are a few different ways to become an RVN but all SVNs must complete a minimum of 1800 hours in a veterinary placement. Here at Hollybank we currently have SVNs on their sandwich year from Harper Adams University and Reaseheath. Each SVN is appointed an RVN that has been trained to be a Clinical Coach, to support them through their placement and help them complete their Nursing Progress Log (NPL). All of our SVNs past and present work hard completing their training and some have even come back to us as fully qualified RVNs! 👩🏼‍⚕️

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month! 💙🐾🩺
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You may not see our nurses as much as our vets and receptionists, but they are always working hard behind the scenes and spend the most amount of time with your beloved pets! 🐶🐱🐹🐰
Follow us this month as we give you an insight into what veterinary nurses do and how they are an important part of the team!
Meet our Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) 👩🏻‍⚕️
You’ll find Hollybank’s RVNs in navy blue tops with a light blue stripe at both our Sandiway Hospital and Winnington Clinic 💙🩵
In photo order they are; Cat, Alicia, Aimee, Laura, Becky, Katie, Holly, Francesca & Zoe.
Head to our website to find out more about us! https://hollybankvets.co.uk/?page_id=242

Brave Pet of the Month…JAFFA! Jaffa is a gorgeous 11 year old crossbreed who presented to us with a poor appetite. Investigations showed she had an intussusception, a condition where the intestines fold in to themselves to cause an obstruction. Jaffa was a superstar throughout all her investigations and treatment 🌟💫 To find out why Jaffa had an intussusception and what we did to fix her visit our website, www.hollybankvets.co.uk 🐾👩‍🔧🩺

Happy 3rd Birthday to our Winnington practice! 🥳🎉
Did you know we have a practice in Winnington as well as our Sandiway hospital? Last year we had lots of fun at our open day where we invited you to have a tour, play some games and eat some treats!
All of our clients are welcome to use either practice and our team rotate around both sites, so you are guaranteed to meet the same friendly faces and receive the same level of care wherever you come to see us! 🩺🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰

Fish & chips 🐟🍟 this is lovely Kevin enjoying his fish and chip that he got when in with us for neutering 😻
Don’t forget we are offering half price microchipping (£10) and a free fish toy for cats at Winnington until the 10th June! 😺
This is the date it becomes compulsory for cats to be microchipped!
Give us a call if you would like to get booked in 01606 717969 📞

🐣🌼HAPPY EASTER🌼🐣We hope you all have a lovely Easter with friends, family, and your loved pets. However, there are some seasonal toxins to be aware of so we wanted to give you an EASTER TOXIN REMINDER ❌🍫🌷please visit our website at www.hollybankvets.co.uk

Easter Opening
We are open 8am - 5pm this Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Monday!
Have a very lovely Easter from all at Hollybank Vets xx

How well do you know the Easter Bunny?🐰🐰

Rabbits can make lovely pets, but you do need to provide special care for them and they are a big commitment.

Whether you already have a rabbit or are thinking about making an addition to your family, here is some important information about keeping them happy and healthy 🐰🥕🩺

www.hollybankvets.co.uk

Brave Pet of the Month….Hunter!! 🐾🐾 Hunter has recently been diagnosed with Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome, a condition which means Hunter is unable to absorb Vitamin B12. Hunter requires lifelong treatment and is such a brave and happy boy for his visits that he undoubtedly deserves to be our brave pet! Here you can see his before and after photos once we had reached his diagnosis and started treatment, just as handsome but looking so much happier 😊 Please visit our website at www.hollybankvets.co.uk to read his full story. 💉🩺

One of our lovely and very kind clients left some flowers and chocolates with the cleaner at our Winnington branch on Saturday 9th March.

We sadly don’t know who dropped them off and have spent the last week trying to work it out! We of course would like to thank them for their kindness and are hoping they might spot this post.

Please let us know if these were from you 😊

Hollybank’s Winnington Clinic is officially CAT FRIENDLY🎉🎉🎉🎉. This ensures we fulfil a comprehensive set of recommendations for cat welfare and is awarded by the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM). We are really excited that our cat friendly approach has been recognised and we are particularly proud to offer a cat only reception area and cat only consulting room. 🩺🐾🐈.Our Sandiway hospital has been ISFM accredited for many years and due to its overnight 24 hour care is also very proud to hold the Gold Cat Friendly Clinic Status. If you have any questions about cat friendly practice then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us 📞 01606 717969

Happy 15th Birthday Hollybank!

Hollybank Vets opened its doors on 2nd March 2009 - fifteen amazing years ago! In that time we have had the privilege to treat the pets of Cheshire (and beyond!) and get to know some wonderful people. We have known (and loved!) some animals through their entire lives; others we have been honoured to see at the start or sadly the end of their journey.

Thank you all for helping to make Hollybank Vets such a special place - and here's to the next fifteen!

Richard & Helen and all the Hollybank Team xx

Cat Microchipping 🐱
The UK Government has now passed a new legislation which means from 10th June 2024 it will be compulsory for all owned cats and kittens to be microchipped.
⭐️ HALF PRICE MICROCHIPPING ⭐️ will be available for cats at our Winnington branch between 1st March and 10th June.
If you would like your cat microchipping, not sure if they are microchipped, or would like the chip and details checking please contact us on 01606 717969 or 01606 880890 📞
To find out more information about microchipping and the legislation, please head to our website https://hollybankvets.co.uk/?p=7279