BAILDON VETERINARY CENTRE

17/08/2025

We have 74 hedgehogs currently, including lots of little orphaned babies. If you can get to Austwick this afternoon to eat cake in support of these little creatures Henry, Alice and the hedgehogs would really appreciate it!

My two grandchildren have organised a pop up cafe and shop here at Beck House today Sunday 17th 2pm-4pm. This was Henry’s idea aged 7 and his sister Alice has enthusiastically helped with the baking.

Gwen Cleverly
Beck House
Austwick
LA 2 8DA

17/08/2025

This is Bella our new cover girl! Send us your fab pet photos and they might end up on our cover😍

14/08/2025

This heatwave is doing its worst for our wildlife. Hedgehogs in particular are coming in severely dehydrated, heading towards organ failure and certain death.
PLEASE water our wildlife, a shallow bowl of water will do more than you can ever measure 🙏🤞🦔❤️

12/08/2025

Look how cute Twiggy is! We love her! Such a lovely photo postcard send to us by her owners. So pleased to hear she is feeling better 😊

11/08/2025

*****Now has a fabulous new home! ********

Tommy has not had one enquiry, he is still at the vets desperate for his new home please share to get this lovely boy a home.

11/08/2025

07/08/2025

Sustainability News🌍🌿
This year we have decided to take active steps in reducing our carbon footprint.
Our goals are to
🌍Reduce waste & reduce or repurpose single use items.
🌍Change our current consumables to eco-friendly alternatives.
🌍Reduce energy consumption.
🌍Educate and encourage clients to follow a more ecofriendly path and take on board any eco suggestion clients may have, so feel free to comment if you have any eco ideas we may not have thought of!
🌍Take active steps to reduce medicine over prescribing.
🌍Look at the sustainability of our products & suppliers
🌍Where possible, make areas of the business paperless
🌍Promote biodiversity onsite or in the local community.
🌍Train staff in sustainability

Actions & ideas we in the process of putting in place
🍃We will be replacing all paper & envelopes with recycled paper.
🍃We are looking to source recycled paper bags for prescriptions as well as plant-based pill bottles to replace our current plastic ones.
🍃We will be swapping from plastic carrier bags to brown paper bags.
🍃Bins will be provided to help us separate our waste and recycle soft plastics.
🍃We will now be saving our (non-drug) intravenous drip lines and offering them to local gardeners to use for homemade watering systems !
🍃Repurposing our solvent vaccine vials into key rings containing Bee friendly seeds. We will be selling these for £1.00, and the money will be going to the British Bee Veterinary association.
🍃We have introduced a Battery recycle point in reception.
🍃Purchasing a water distiller system to replace the 10lt plastic bottles we currently buy.
🍃introducing a cycle to work scheme.

We often get boxes and packaging materials so if any local.business can use these please give us a shout!

Any ideas appreciated!

30/07/2025

A busy day for injured wildlife today with a woodpigeon with a wing injury (see picture). He will be going to the fabulous Craven Wildlife Rescue to recover and grow new flight feathers. We had a concused tree creeper that needed to rest while he recovered and sadly a baby hedgehog that was beyond help but at least we prevented any further suffering. Thanks to all those kind people who look out for wildlife in need.

28/07/2025

Found south cliffe drive Baildon on Saturday No chip.

27/07/2025

Please call Sue if you can help with any items

27/07/2025

Poor sweet Tommy is still stuck at the vets as Yorkshire Cat rescue are full to bursting with rescue cats. Please share to get Tommy a new home, he really is a lovely cat. To apply contact Yorkshire Cat Rescue