Eden Vets August Newsletter
Vaccination Awareness Month
August is vaccination awareness month so during the month we will be posting about vaccinations for your pets.
Dog Vaccination
One of the first visits to your vets with your puppy will be to have a thorough examination by a veterinary surgeon, they will also start their initial vaccination course, providing they are 8 weeks of age. The next vaccines will be at 10 and 12 weeks. One week after this your puppy will be fully covered for a range of diseases including Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus and Leptospirosis. The veterinary surgeon will discuss the several diseases we are protecting against at your consultation.
There is also a vaccine to protect against kennel cough which is given intranasally. This is recommended if your puppy is going to training classes, boarding kennels or daycare.
These vaccinations then need to be maintained annually to protect against the diseases.
Cat Vaccination
One of your kittens first visits will be to have a thorough examination by one of our Veterinary surgeons and start their initial vaccination course providing they are 8-9 weeks old. The final vaccine is given 3-4 weeks later at 12 weeks old.
One week after this your kitten will be fully covered for a range of diseases such as Feline Leukemia and Calicivirus. The vet will discuss this with you at your appointment, the several diseases that we are protecting against depends on whether your kitten will be indoors or outdoors.
We then recommend that your kitten is routinely vaccinated annually.
Meet a member of the Eden Vets team
Jenny Herd – BVSc MRCVS – Veterinary Surgeon
Please give a warm welcome to Vet Jenny. Jenny is the newest member of our Eden Vets Team.
Jenny joins our first opinion team as a consulting only vet, and enables us to increase the amount of consults available to our clients!
Jenny has written a short bio so you can get to know her…
‘I qualified from Liverpool University in 2004 and worked in mixed practice for the first 12 years of my career. Since returning from maternity leave, I have concentrated on small animal practice.
After 2 hectic years at PDSA Stoke I recently returned to private practice to allow more time for my interests in Dermatology and Internal Medicine.
I am looking forward to utilising the amazing facilities and expertise at Eden to develop these interests further whilst providing great care for clients and their pets.
Out of work most of my time is spent trying to keep up with our young family. Any free moments are spent mountain biking, pottering in the garden with the help of Mabel our cat or enjoying a more relaxed walk with our elderly retriever Louis.’
We hope you will give her a friendly hello when you next meet her!
Welcome to the Eden team Jenny!
Eden Vets highlight of the month
Eden Vets spend the day at Nantwich Show.
Each Year we attend the local Nantwich Show
Well, what a show!!! We had a fabulous day at The Nantwich Show
It was a pleasure to see and chat to so many of our lovely clients. The kids had a great time getting their face painted and balloons by the wonderful Tracey and Dawn.
Most importantly the dogs loved their cool down pool and treats!
One of the highlights was receiving FIRST prize for the best stand in our class!
Thank you to all our team who were involved in pulling off our best show yet! – See you all next year.
Eden Vets star patient of the month
Meet Rosie….
Rosie is a 15 year old domestic short hair cat. Her owner rehomed her when she was about 6 years old.
She struggles with Carpal flexor tendinopathy which means she gets pain in her carpi, ‘wrists’ on both fore limbs. Her owner has been managing this for a few years with medication but over the last 12 months she has started having laser therapy with practice nurse Steph, as she was worried Rosie was in pain.
She comes in every 2 weeks and has laser on her Carpi and back, she also has some massage. Since starting the laser, her owner has noticed that Rosie generally seems much better and less sore on her legs. She obviously still has a few bad days but overall, she is much better.
Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) therapy is a low-level light therapy used, in this case, to help manage pain. It helps to reduce inflammation, reduce pain and increase cells to the area, this helps with healing of the tissue.
Laser, alongside massage and weight control is a great way to help manage osteoarthritic patients.
Rosie does get a little stressed coming to the veterinary practice however she has now learnt that we are not going to hurt her, and that the laser helps.
If you think your pet would benefit from some laser therapy, please contact the practice and Steph our practice nurse would be more than happy to chat to you.
