Hot hedgehogs!

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During this lovely weather please have a think of the wildlife that may appear in your garden. A shallow bowl of water can save a wee hedgehog from becoming dehydrated. 🦔☀️ This hedgehog is not dancing! He’s suffering from dehydration, causing an unsteady, weak walk. Please put a shallow dish of water out for animals to enjoy, it is so …

The Great Donview Bake Off second round. Chocolate!

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Stacey the nurse was the judge as it was her last day at Donview Veterinary Centre. Very diplomatically she made everybody the winner. We had a great turn out of chocolate (Stacey’s favourite!) We wish to thank Stacey for all her hard work over the years and wish her all the best in her new chapter at Aberdeen Veterinary Referrals. …

Pets at Home recalls food after cats ‘collapse’ – BBC News

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Pets at Home says four varieties of its cat food have caused “collapse, fitting and twitching”. Food recall – if your cat is on the Pets at Home own brand AVA (advanced veterinary approved) food, the food has been recalled. The issue seems to be with low thiamine levels.  More info @ http://ift.tt/2m2vB6T Automated post from Donview Veterinary Centre – …

There has been a large batch of cat flea treatments that are sold in pet shops and supermarkets released with a drug that is lethal to cats in it, for obvious reasons the government have recalled the products so if you have bought any of these products please do not use them in your cats! ‘Exposure to even small quantities of concentrated permethrin can cause severe and fatal poisoning in cats.’ http://ift.tt/2fUkSIR

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Armitage Pet Care Flea and Tick Drops for Dogs and Armitage Flea Drops for Cats and Kittens: Product defect alert – News stories – GOV.UK Product defect recall alert for Armitage Pet Care Flea and Tick Drops for Dogs and Armitage Flea Drops for Cats & Kittens manufactured by Bio-Tech Solutions Ltd. More info @ http://ift.tt/2fUkSIR Automated post from Donview …

Ticks found on ‘one third’ of dogs in the UK!

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We are definitely seeing more ticks in our area and for more of the year. Plus more cases of lymes disease which spread when ticks attach. (Prevention is important) Confirmed by a BBC report this morning – Ticks found on ‘one third’ of dogs, researchers. Ticks found on ‘one third’ of dogs, researchers say – BBC News Scientists working on …

Ticks being repelled by an effective treatment

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Tick video – click to view Look away if you don’t like beasties! This is a great video showing how effective tick treatments prevent ticks feeding and therefore spreading diseases like Lymes disease to our pets. Most tick treatments do not work this way – ticks have to feed first, please give us a call or pop in for advice …