Many of you will have met our new veterinary receptionist Emma Kiejda who started with us this June. No stranger to veterinary practice, Emma has a diverse range of industry-related experience. She started out as a Veterinary Care Assistant at the age of 18, using her VCA qualification to support in-patient care. She later moved into a purely customer-facing role as a veterinary receptionist and, after a two year hiatus as an audit coordinator for a pharmaceutical stock taking company, is back in small animal practice – this time with us! Emma thrives on multi-tasking, loves working with people and pets and has a great understanding of front of house activity as well as a useful knowledge of more clinical elements of practice life. She also comes highly recommended by our nurse Rachael Leonard as they used to work together before coming here! We’re delighted to welcome Emma to the 387 Vets & West Midlands Cat Clinic team!
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Roadworks have started this morning at the top of Shaw’s Lane on the A34 side of our car park entrance. The top of Shaw’s Lane by Wyrley Wesley Methodist Church has been closed. However, our car park is still open and accessible from the other end of Shaw’s Lane. Diversion signs are in place, taking you past the practice and first right up Benton’s Lane. Unfortunately, you may need to do a bit of a detour to park! We’ll keep you updated on any access updates as roadworks progress.
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Welcome back to our vet Emma and our Registered Veterinary Nurse Rachael who both attended International Cat Care’s 2025 World Feline Congress in Edinburgh last week. The event lasted three days, and included lecture streams, seminars and practical sessions given by leading feline experts to help advance feline wellbeing across the veterinary industry and beyond. Topics covered were as diverse as happy vet visits, managing feline behaviour issues, how to best care for poorly newborns, when to use antibiotics, nutritional management of cat diseases, trauma surgery, wound management and much much more! A special shout out to Rachael who was invited by International Cat Care to work for their team as a support volunteer. We’re very proud of you Rachael!
Some of you may remember that International Cat Care came to do some photography and filming last year in our interconnecting West Midlands Cat Clinic. The fruits of their labour are now live! Working in conjunction with Ceva who produce Feliway, the charity has launched a series of training videos to help veterinary professionals reduce stress and improve health outcomes in feline patients. You can imagine Rachael and Emma’s delight on seeing at congress that the West Midlands Cat Clinic spotlights in the promotional literature for the new online cat handling training series! Rachael herself and our Clinical Director Hamish in our West Midlands Cat Clinic have top billing in their literature! We’re super excited that our cat clinic is being recognised on the world stage!
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Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) is celebrated annually in order to promote the health and welfare of pet rabbits and to raise awareness about the unique needs of one of the UK’s favourite pets.
RAW runs from 23rd – 27th June and the focus for 2025 is ‘Happy Hoppy Homes.’ Did you know that rabbit homes should have a minimum footprint of 3m x 2m so that bunnies can hop and run, and that they should be 1m in height so they fully stretch upright without their ears touching the roof.
Introducing different levels in a bunny home is great for enrichment and for separating feeding, resting and exercise spaces. Get creative with tunnels to maximise bunny fun! And don’t forget lots of fresh straw bedding so bunnies can snuggle and keep cosy.
Rabbits love to play, and toys enable them to exhibit natural behaviours like digging, jumping and chewing. You can stuff cardboard tubes with hay and healthy treats as engagement activity, provide a digging box filled with shredded paper and include wickers toys that rabbits can toss and chew. Remember to include plenty of hiding places, which could even be cardboard boxes which rabbits can chew too!
Rabbits are sociable soles and are happiest with another rabbit companion, but make sure they are neutered! Ask us for tips on introducing a new friend to your rabbit’s home as this needs to be carefully managed for optimum results.
The Rabbit Awareness Action Group have heaps more great advice on helping rabbit owners to create a ‘Happy Hoppy Home’. Click here to download your free Rabbit Awareness Week Owner Pack from the group’s website, and make sure you follow Rabbit Awareness Week on Facebook and other social media channels for top tips on helping bunnies to live their best life!
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This is beautiful Kiko all grown up! The one and a half year old Shiba Inu was in see us earlier this month. Here are photos our Registered Veterinary Nurse Paige took of Kiko over a year apart! Kiko is still a cutie and still has the most beautiful coat!
With temperatures set to soar this week, it’s important to help our canine companions stay cool. As well as helping them feel more comfortable, keeping dogs cool is important for avoiding heatstroke. Heatstroke occurs when a dog cannot cope with their internal rise in temperature and are no longer able to cool themselves down. Triggers are a hot environment or where they generate too much heat from exercise or a combination of the two.
As well as initial illness, heatstroke can result in tissue and internal organ damage and in severe cases can be fatal.
Signs to look out for include excessive panting and breathing issues, lethargy, dribbling, confusion, collapse, vomiting, diarrhoea and fitting. It’s very important you seek veterinary help immediately should you suspect your dog has heat stroke as the condition is a medical emergency. The clinical team will advise you on how best to support your dog on route to the vets. Dogs that are more susceptible to heatstroke include those with longer or thicker coats, older dogs, flat-faced dogs, particularly active dogs, overweight dogs or dogs with health issues.
In warmer weather, walk dogs early in the morning or in the evening when it’s cooler, take a collapsible water bowl with you so your dog can hydrate on route and avoid over exertion. Pavements will be cooler at these times of day for protecting pet paws.
Ensure dogs have plenty of access to fresh water at all times. At home, why not add ice cubes to your dog’s water bowl to keep water cooler for longer. Cool mats are a great option for dogs to lie on, as are damp towels, should they choose. Ensure there are cool, shaded areas they can access both inside and out. You could even put up a doggy paddling pool in the garden.
If travelling with your dog, avoid hotter times of the day. Ensure the car is well ventilated or that the air conditioning is on and that dogs are shaded from the sun. It’s advisable to make frequent stops to check on your canine companion and to let them out to stretch their legs and rehydrate. Never leave your dog in a parked car, even with the windows open, as temperatures can soar scarily quickly.
We hope your canine companion has a happy healthy summer, but if you have any health concerns, please do give us a call.
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