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    Puppy Food

    one of the big important things in puppy food is the calcium: phosphate ratio, get that wrong and you cause nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism, also called Rubber Jaw. It’s horrendous and it happens, I’ve seen it and diagnosed it, caused by not feeding the correct life stage nutrition for...
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    Reading a leg x-ray

    Its a foramen
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    How can we extend the 'borrowed time'? Multiple issues but lymphangitis most pressing.

    For the scabs, try using contego skin spray, my mate got summer mud fever (my fault for using battles fly cream on her legs) and it was a nightmare, just went on and on and did have swellings a few times, she had two courses of antibiotics, also bute, which did help, but I couldn’t get rid of...
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    Temporary gateway mat

    I use rubber grass mats, the ones with holes in. Works well, but works better when put down before it gets soft. 4 gives a good size area for one horse. If you leave them there they get better the longer they are there
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    Vet Bills…..Panorama….BBC 1

    Oh I don’t mind people buying online! It makes sense to do so, and I write so many online prescriptions daily I lose count, I offer them to all clients where waiting a few days to order and deliver is appropriate. The issue I have is people claiming the vets are terrible profiteers for charging...
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    Vet Bills…..Panorama….BBC 1

    I was trying to steer clear of this thread for my blood pressure, not saying all of you are a problem for me on the thread, but that the argument is exhausting. I will say though, that by far and away, the biggest amount of complaints/expressions of displeasure from owners, are because they want...
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    Vet Bills…..Panorama….BBC 1

    Just to follow in from Gamebird’s post, all of which is correct, I would like to point out that this is a LAW. If a vet is found to not have the robust clinical reasoning documented in the notes, then they can be reprimanded legally, including prison time, and will be struck off, thus unable to...
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    Decent turnout rugs that don’t break the bank?

    I like Gallop Trojan Xtra - has to be this one specifically rather than gallop or gallop Trojan. The xtra are 1200D, tough and I’m really impressed with mine, I have no fill, 50g no neck, and a 200 (or 250 I can’t remember) and have just bought a 100 to replace one of my other brand ones that...
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    Vetmedi.co.uk

    All legit pharmacies should have the VMD badge regulation, they are usually found at the bottom in the page - if you look at pet drugs online website that will have an example statement as I know they are legit (same with animed, viovet)
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    Waterproof turnout boots for hind legs

    Just a word of warning about a layer of cream! And I would never have considered this a problem until I had a mishap. I love Filtabac, however, this summer my mare (white legs) was being bothered by the flies on her legs and stomping, and she had a couple tiny scabs (like pin head sized, nothing...
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    How many teeth !!

    When you smear it on, try to aim for the area where the gum meets the tooth!
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    How many teeth !!

    Because dental disease is present in every cat/dog, I’m posting a link which will hopefully be useful to people, I’ll enclose the vet link and the owner version so you can look at both, it just explains the hows and whys and treatments and prevention etc They are American, but dental disease...
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    How many teeth !!

    5 is a relatively small amount of teeth to have extracted, in my experience, I regularly remove 18+, there have been times where I have needed to extract ALL teeth due to disease (these are usually staged to keep the anaesthetic time below 2 hours, and to aid recovery) Unfortunately...
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    how much for a prescription?

    We wouldn’t be able to price match medications, the cost prices we pay on our whole sale medications are higher than the online pharmacy retail price
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    Tip that may help others! Washing of ‘scabby bits’

    Honestly, I was not expecting my random search to yield anything, I am so happy that it was there and that it WORKS!
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