With temperatures set to reach record highs this week, trying to keep our pets cool and hydrated is more important than ever. Make sure you leave lots of fresh water stations around the house. Popping ice cubes into water bowls will keep water cooler for longer. Ensure pets have access to shade and cooler spots at all times, and if there’s any chance of a gentle breeze, even better. Indoor fan sales this week must be through the roof! A special shout out to bunnies with this being Rabbit Awareness Week. Keep hutches out of the sun, ensure runs have shade, wipe the tips of your rabbit’s ears to help them cool down, and pop a frozen bottle of water wrapped in a tea towel into their living space so they can choose to lie against it should they wish. Keep water for their water bottles in the fridge – or even freeze them – for a cool refreshing drink.
Here are two of our team’s pets enjoying some super cool fun this week! We’d love you to share pics of how your pets are keeping cool!
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Today is the first day of Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) 2026! For their 20th anniversary, RAW is focusing this year on ‘Feeding Bunnies Better’. Did you know that 85-90% of a rabbit’s diet should be high quality feeding hay/grass, and that this is essential for their digestive, dental and behavioural health? Add a small amount of nutritious rabbit nuggets into the mix to provide extra vitamins and nutrients and a handful of fresh greens for variety, and your rabbit has the perfect spread for the day!
Did you also know that rabbits need plenty of living space to help them to balance their diet? If their living space is cramped, movement is limited which impacts their health and wellbeing and makes it harder to encourage natural feeding behaviours like grazing on hay throughout the day. As well as enabling them to stretch and explore, giving rabbits room to roam helps fuel a healthy appetite for tip top teeth and tummy health!
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This was taken this morning! Happy World Bee Day to all the bees! As a Bee Friendly Practice with the British Bee Veterinary Association (BBVA), we’re particularly passionate about supporting bees and have planted lots of bee-friendly vegetation around our practice site to help sustain them throughout the year. With the disappearance of 97% of wildflower meadows in the UK, mostly through intensive agriculture and the associated use of herbicides and pesticides, any help communities can offer by planting bee and pollinator friendly plants in gardens or in public spaces for valuable nectar and pollen supply is becoming increasingly important. The Royal Horticultural Society have a great resource page on their website for pollinator-friendly planting inspiration!
In case you missed last week’s ‘bee’ post, we’re giving away free sunflower seeds on our reception desks for you to plant at home to help feed the bees and other wildlife. Please pop in to pick up a pack. We’d love to see photos of your success stories once your sunflowers have grown!
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If you’re popping into 387 Vets over the next few weeks, you’ll notice we have another small building project on the go. We’re delighted to welcome Lee and Tom Dakin from last year’s practice expansion project back on site to construct an enclosed porch at our main entrance. This will improve visitor experience, add an extra pet safety space between reception and the main road and will help to keep our reception team cosy in winter! We look forward to showing you the finished build!
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This is our student nurse Isabel’s puppy Norman out pumpkin picking! He chose this one himself! We love your selection Norman!
Whilst Halloween is traditionally filled with fun frights and frivolity, it’s important we restrict this to us humans. Unpredictability is not as fun for our pets. Check out these great ‘Howl-oween’ tips from The Dogs Trust for making sure our four-legged friends aren’t too phased by today:
Adapt your routine to miss costumes and fireworks: head out before any festivities and take extra doggy treats with you. If you do spot trick-or-treaters when out, head away from them and reward your dog. This avoids encounters that could scare your dog.
Keep human treats and sweets away from inquisitive noses: some human treats – and especially chocolate – are toxic to dogs so avoid any temptation!
Take care when opening the front door to prevent dogs from accidentally escaping: doorbells, costumes and the extra activity can all cause anxiety. Can you keep your dog in a different room when answering the door? If not, popping your dog on a lead will keep them safe.
Keep dressing up for humans: a new, unfamiliar costume can cause pets to be uncomfortable. Be aware of anything than could cause abrasions, irritation or overheating, or that stops them from exhibiting normal behaviours.
Feed dogs their main meal before trick or treating begins so they can eat at a relaxed time.
Think twice about taking dogs out trick or treating: even dogs who aren’t fazed by all the dressing up and excitement around Halloween may not enjoy it for as long as you do. They may prefer to be at home in their safe, comfy space with their toys and an enrichment activity.
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