Jack, a one-year-old sprocker, was rushed to Donview Veterinary Centre in Inverurie after eating a box of human anti-inflammatory pain killers called naproxen. Naproxen, a common medicine that can be bought without prescription to reduce inflammation and pain, is highly toxic to both dogs and cats. Even eating one of the tablets could potentially have proved fatal or caused acute …
🎅🏼 CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR 🎅🏼
Please see below our opening hours for Christmas & New Year. If you require medication or food for your pet our last day for deliveries before Christmas is Tuesday 24th, so please have your orders in by the 23rd. Our next delivery date after Christmas would be Friday 27th December. Deliveries for New Year are the 31st and then the …
If you’re travelling over #Christmas, here’s some advice to ensure your trip is as smooth and stress-free as possible:
We love our pets, and they are part of the family. So, when we’re on our travels during the festive season, of course we want our pets to come along too! If you’re travelling over #Christmas, here’s some advice to ensure your trip is as smooth and stress-free as possible: 1) Make sure your pet’s microchip identification is up to …
Tick-borne parasite found in Scotland in UK first
Scientists have detected the tick-borne parasite in sheep in the north east of Scotland – BBC News article. This is scary news, babesia was a disease we were taught about at Vet school, but we’re told it’s an African disease and not one we have in the UK. We now have it in North East Scotland. It’s now very important …
**Heart warming story**
This wee cat is Holly, pictured with her owners Mr and Mrs Rae. Holly was brought into us as a stray in Inverurie centre. Luckily she was microchipped and we were able to trace her owners who live in Ellon! On phoning them and much to their surprise and telling us Holly had been missing for a year, we were …
Welcome back Gemma and a fresh welcome to Gregor and Molly!
As mentioned as few weeks ago we have unfortunately had to say goodbye to Dave who is now on his travels and Laurie to enjoy maternity leave so we would like to introduce some new faces to the practice! Firstly we’d like to welcome back Gemma, who worked at Donview for a number of years as a mixed animal vet …
Thanks to our receptionists!
Did you know that today is Annual Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day? Today is aimed at celebrating the vital contribution of veterinary receptionists who are the first port of call to you, our clients. Veterinary receptionists not only book all your routine appointments but are also the first person you speak to in an emergency. They try to ensure the smooth …
Meet our new members of the Donview Team!
The wee chocolate Cocker Spaniel is Penny who belongs to Josie one of our Nurses and the wee yellow Lab is Baxter who belongs to Emma who is also one of our Nurses. As you can see they are very cute wee pups and we cannot wait to see them grow 🐶🐶 from Donview Veterinary Centre https://ift.tt/2ocAPzU via IFTTT
Two very sad goodbyes today!
We unfortunately have to announce that Dave is leaving today to go traveling in Australia and Laurie is starting her maternity leave today. Both have been pivotal members of our team at Donview for many years. Well known and highly respected by our clients they will be very much missed by us all. Laurie will be back and will be …
Attention Horse and Pony Owners – LAMINITIS + EMS ALERT 🚨🐴 🚨🐴
The last eight years have seen an unprecedented leap forward in our understanding of what causes laminitis, and this has significantly improved the way that we are now able to manage this debilitating and painful condition in our horses and ponies. This year we are seeing an enormous increase in the number of cases of Laminitis and Equine Metabolic Syndrome …