People often think that when a cat scratches furniture it is doing so to sharpen its claws. In actual fact they are scenting the furniture using scent glands in their pads, as well as leaving a visual mark that they have been there. This is a normal cat behaviour, and would usually be done on…
There are many potential household and garden toxins or poisons that may harm cats and dogs. We give you some tips on what to avoid, and what to do if your pet has been affected. We are proud to offer an emergency service at Young Veterinary Partnership. Unfortunately some clients have to…
Every year we receive a number of requests for help from owners who are worried about how their pets react to fireworks. Both cats and dogs can suffer from noise related phobias around this time and it is important to plan in advance if you want to tackle this problem. After the fireworks begin, your…
Often in the winter period we see a large number of flea related problems. Once your central heating is put on, any flea eggs in the house will hatch out resulting in large numbers of fleas appearing. Each individual flea can lay hundreds of eggs in the house which are resistant to virtually all…
We are pleased to announce that we can now provide non surgical Laser therapy for your pets from our Ealing surgery, using a state of the art Class 4 laser. These are widely used in human medicine and can now be used to benefit your dog or cat. This can be particularly useful in…
From April 6th 2016 all dogs must be microchipped and registered on a commercial database, by 8 weeks of age. Further if a dog’s ownership is transferrred, the owner has a further duty to register the microchip with the new owner. Although there is no requirement in law at the present time, we also…
Tick borne diseases At the present time, the risk of your pet picking up any disease from ticks in the London area is still low. Lyme disease can be spread to pets and people from ticks, but we have not seen any cases of pets picking up this disease whilst living in the London area…
To neuter is cuter! The benefits of pet neutering, choosing the ideal diet for your pet and firework fright advice, click here to read our autumn newsletter and find out more.
Click HERE to read our winter newsletter for 2016. It includes information on how to avoid Christmas calamities, why fleas are still around in winter and how great guinea pigs are!
Our Pet of the Month for January 2017 is the incredibly lucky Kino, a beautiful long haired ginger cat. He was originally bought into the Hounslow branch of Young Vet’s in October 2016 with a sore leg, under further investigation, X-rays revealed an air gun pellet lodged in his front paw. The pellet was removed…
