See what’s new this month!

🚚 Travelling abroad with your pets ☀️

As you might have seen reported in the press this week, there are some new rules about travelling abroad with your pets. Please see the updated guidance at the link below.
🐾 Pet passports issued in the EU can only be used by residents of the EU
🐾 If you live in Northern Ireland please read the updated guidance!
🐾 Pets must be microchipped (includes cats and ferrets)
🐾 Pets travelling to the EU must be vaccinated against rabies (usually AT LEAST three weeks before travelling and includes cats and ferrets)
🐾 Pets will need appropriate travel documentation (an “animal health certificate”) WITHIN TEN DAYS prior to travel (we charge £160 for one animal)
The bottom line is, please contact us early if you are planning to travel abroad – we suggest a minimum of 4-6 weeks.

📌 New email address! 📌

Please note that our new email address for all correspondence is: reception@crossriggsvets.co.uk We will monitor our ‘old’ email account for a while but please use our new one going forwards. Thank you! 😊

 

Outstanding Award in Client Service

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved this award for the second time! Thank you to all of our lovely clients and of course our hard-working and dedicated team 🤩🎉🐾

💊 Update on prescription treatments 🐜🪱🕷

You may be aware of concerns about antibiotic resistance. Did you know that parasites can also develop resistance to flea treatments and wormers?
Our regulator, the RCVS, is so concerned about resistance that they have issued new requirements for vets prescribing these products.
From 1st September our vets can only prescribe flea treatments, wormers and antibiotics at the time they examine your pet.
Please discuss parasite treatments at your next appointment so that our vets can prescribe treatments for your pets. We will normally prescribe parasite treatments for the next 12 months.

Brucellosis

The UK used to be free of canine brucellosis. Vets in Britain have recently seen a significant rise in cases of brucellosis in imported dogs. This disease poses risks to dogs and to people, especially veterinary staff. We are now taking extra precautions with dogs who have come from abroad. Please read the following article for more information. Our team are happy to answer questions about this too, just give us a call.

Please see this article for more info:

https://vethelpdirect.com/vetblog/2023/03/14/brucella-in-the-uk-may-mean-your-imported-dog-is-treated-differently-when-you-take-it-to-the-vets-heres-why/?fbclid=IwAR3KTHvu7Mg9Dfsg-wYiYUzasFnVnbVFt9IOC70OPRdHARPaEXLuBDTSccM

Practice of the Year!

We are so grateful for your nominations – THANK YOU!

Dog Blood Donors

Could you help with this? We’ve already had a great response to our appeal. Please let us know if you feel you could help with this life-saving work.

Practice Tours

You can also find these here.

Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month

What do our veterinary nurses do?
You see them walking around the building but what do our nurses actually do?
During VNAM we will be highlighting some of the jobs our nurses do.
Nurses are often present when you bring your brand new puppy or kitten in and will be there at the end as well supporting you during that difficult time.
But there is lots they do in between you might not know about.

Rabbit Awareness Week 2023

We are offering FREE vet checks for rabbits throughout Rabbit Awareness Week (end of June). Keep your eye on our Facebook page for a wealth of rabbit information!

Practice of the Year!

We have been nominated as Practice of the Year in this year’s Petplan Veterinary Awards! Plus, Carol has been individually nominated as Vet of the Year – congratulations Carol!