Chocolate ingestion and your pet As we all eagerly await the visit from the Easter Bunny, there are some of us who need to exercise restraint. No, we’re not talking about healthy humans. We’re talking about the four-legged (and winged) members of our family. Unfortunately, pets are just like us, and don’t always find it inside themselves to show self control when there is something delicious nearby.
In case of emergencies our hours over the long weekend are as follows:
14th April (Good Friday): 10am to 2pm
15th April: 7:30am to 5pm
16th April (Easter Sunday): 10am to 2pm
17th April (Easter Monday): 10am to 2pm

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Transporting your pets legallyAt Gordon Vet, we certainly see a massive variety of pawsome pets and travelling with them, we see a real assortment of pet carriers. For cats we see laundry baskets, wicker baskets, pillow slips and backpacks to mention a few. And for dogs, the lateral thinkers have used a belt, horse lunging rope and an assortment of leads to bring their pupsicles in to see us. But what does the law require?

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Farewell Nurse Emma Four years ago Emma joined the Gordon Vet team, she had some pretty big shoes to fill replacing Katrina. Emma quickly rose to the occasion, forming her own relationships with the fur babies and their parents and became a very reliable member of our team. While we are very sad to see Emma leave, we know she will quickly become a valuable part of her new team and we wish her the best of luck!

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