Bath Vets

23/08/2025

Support our friends & colleagues at Bath Cats and Dogs Home by signing up to enjoy their WAG WALK with your dog 🐶 😊

We’ve loved seeing tails wag and smiles shine at our previous Wag Walks and this year promises to be just as paw-some!

👣 Enjoy a scenic countryside walk with your four-legged best friend.
📸 Make memories (and get those adorable photos!).
🎟️ All while raising vital funds for the cats and dogs in our care.

Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss out on a day full of wagging tails and happy trails.

👉 Book here: https://www.bathcatsanddogshome.org.uk/events/wag-walk

22/08/2025

😻Adorable 5 month old ragdoll cross ‘Pearly’ is here to wish you all a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend! 🥰
Perfect Pearly was neutered by Vet Kate & RVN Jo yesterday at our dedicated cat clinic so she will be spending the long weekend recuperating from her spay surgery, we wish her a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹
Don’t forget that in case of emergency 🚨 the dedicated ‘Out of Hours’ provider Vets Now Bath will be working out of our Rosemary Lodge Vet Hospital all weekend

21/08/2025

😻 Eight year old Rex cat ‘Wotsit’ (surely the best name ever for a large fuzzy orange cat?!) recently had a dental procedure with Vet Kate to extract the severely damaged right upper pre-molar you can see looking sore in photo 2. Once under anaesthetic, dental x-rays confirmed the presence of a painful & progressive Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL).
At the start of this condition, tooth destroying cells, called Odontoclasts, start to break down the tooth root hidden below the gums. Eventually, as a FORL progresses and the tooth resorption continues, the majority of the root may be destroyed, with the crown being the only part of the tooth remaining. The cause of these common feline lesions is unknown & extracting the affected painful teeth is the best course of action🦷
We hope lovely Wotsit is making a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

21/08/2025

A reminder that we’re open this August bank holiday Monday. 🐾

Emergencies can happen anytime, especially when your daytime vet practice is closed, but our team is ready to help if needed.

We’re open 24 hours on Monday, the 25th.

Call us on: 01225 635606
Find us at: Rosemary Lodge, Bath, BA2 5RL

19/08/2025

Another day, another beautiful pup! 😍
9 week old border collie ‘Berni’ visited our Keynsham branch, Park Road Vets - Bath Vets, for his primary vaccinations 💉 with Vet Kristine & was also prescribed appropriate parasite protection to keep him safe from fleas, ticks, mites, lungworm, roundworm & tapeworm!!
There is a lot to think about with any new puppy or kitten so for expert advice consider joining our Pet Health Club & having access to all the Little Paws 🐾 support this brings

18/08/2025

🥰 Adorable 6 month old cavapoo pup ‘Riley’ recently visited Rosemary Lodge Vet Hospital for his ‘Little Paws’ 🐾 appointment with RVN Maddie. These extended nurse appointments give new pet owners enrolled in our great value Pet Health Clubs the opportunity for more in depth information & advice on all aspects of the care of their new puppy or kitten including things like diet, behaviour & training & timing of neutering.
For more information please see our website

16/08/2025

I want to buy ....
Some tips on decisions around purchasing a puppy or a kitten.
(A lot of this is relevant to other animals too)

We should be continually empowering prospective owners on how to avoid the 'red flags' of the unscrupulous and unethical breeding world and how we can celebrate those breeders who go above and beyond for the health and welfare of their litters.

Here are some (and this is not an exhaustive list) ideas on thoughts that we think are important as part of the process.

Step one...
You have decided you want a new family member.
Pre Plan! Do not impulse buy, register your interest at the local veterinary practice, ask about their prices and health care plans so you can budget, look up how much insurance costs or have a look into your personal finances to see if you can afford their care. Look at your schedule - can you fit in training, socialization and exercise?
Do you know where to look for evidence-based and reliable sources on health and husbandry? We have seen some truly shocking (mis)information of on some breed specific websites - take care.

Step two...
Pick a breed based on health, welfare and how well that breed matches your life style rather than picking purely off aesthetics. Avoid extreme or exaggerated conformation.
Long backs, sloping backs, bowed legs, flat ears, excessive skin, flat faces, globoid - protruding eyes, corkscrew tails, snort snouts, stenotic nares, domed heads can all look very cute but have potential to be massive conformational risk factors for some serious and unpleasant disease risks. Think to yourself; 'It may look cute, but is it healthy?'

Step Three
So, you have the breed in mind (or maybe it is a cross breed?). Have my parents been health tested? Do you know how my mum and dad have been raised - do they have a good quality of life? How many litters do they have? Have they had any C-sections? Are they registered with a breed club or the kennel club or the governing council of the cat fancy (GCCF)? Have they had preventative medicine as required (vaccines etc.)? Have we had the health tests that are recommended for the breed(s)? And have these been repeated at the appropriate intervals? For example... remember that some tests such as the Respiratory Function Grading Tests need to be repeated (at least) every 2 years. For breeding Dobermans the advice is yearly checks for DCM.

Step four
Visiting!
These breeders should be very interested in YOU! Are you good enough for their litter? They should be keen to tell you how much they do for their pets health and welfare - indeed if done right these breeders should be able to celebrate how incredible their health and husbandry is. Go and visit! Ask about dad (who may not be on the breeding premises as many breeders will not keep a stud as well).

Step five
Preparation is key.
Once you have decided on the breed, found a breeder and checked that support, health and welfare is in order, you need to have another think. Are you in a position right now to commit to this animal? Do you have time to train and care for it? Do you know what to expect of this breed? If you have considered all this, you've worked with your breeder and a veterinary practice, you have avoided the unscrupulous breeders and you've found an incredible breeder, you've avoided extreme and exaggerated conformation and you have found a nice, balanced, well socialized, healthy, moderate conformation little friend - you might be ready!

Welcome home, little one.

And if a puppy or kitten purchase isn't for you, well, we have rescues ready to talk about adoption, so get in touch and see what joy can be found.

15/08/2025

We are so sad and sorry to hear the news of an English Bulldog being found dead, after suffering heatstroke. Brachycephalic animals (those with flat faces) are more at risk.

So how can we prevent this?

Ultimately, don't walk your dog in hot weather. But, if you are in this scary situation, what should you do?

Is it true that if we use cold water on heat stroke pets they will go into shock?

One of the most common things we still hear is that we can only use tepid water on a pet with heat stroke, incase they get some complications like hypothermic overshoot, peripheral vasoconstriction hindering a cooling response, and cardiogenic shock...

We have heard not to use cold water in case it causes shock... this rarely happens!

But guess what? In a recent study over 26% of dogs presented with heat stroke died, with flat faced breeds making up nearly half of heat stroke cases seen in the study.

You should:

💧Get someone to call the local veterinary practice and tell them you're going to travel down with a heat stroke patient
💧Pour, hose or if possible immerse the pet in very cold water (this should obviously be done under constant supervision, ensuring the head is fully above water and immersion should not be attempted if the animal is too large, or you are unable to do so without hurting yourself)
💧NB: If using a hose pipe, make sure it has run through until cold, as they can often contain water that is extremely hot in the tubing initially
💧Do not drape in towels and leave them in situ. Keep the cold water flowing.
💧Move to a cool, shaded area
💧Prepare to transport to vets in a cold, air conditioned car

In studies they found that:

🌅International consensus from sports medicine organisations supports treating EHS with early rapid cooling by immersing the casualty in cold water.
🌅Ice-water immersion has been shown to be highly effective in exertional heat stroke, with a zero fatality rate in large case series of younger, fit patients.
🌅Hyperthermic individuals were cooled twice as fast by Cold Water Immersion as by passive recovery.
🌅No complications occurred during the treatment of three older patients with severe heat stroke were treated with cold‐water immersion.
🌅Cold water immersion (CWI) is the preferred cooling modality in EHS guidelines and the optimal method applicable to UK Service Personnel
🌅Studies suggest using either ice-water or cold-water immersion

The best intervention is PREVENTION, but if you find yourself with an animal with heat stroke, using cold water either by pouring, hosing or ideally (if safe) immersion then this may help reduce their temperature to safe levels while you transport to a veterinary practice.

Read more below:

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/cool-icy-cold-or-tepid

15/08/2025

Hot, Hot, Hot here the next few days ☀️ 🐶 🥵

With temperatures soaring in parts of the UK this week, please remember that a 'smiling' dog is not always a happy one.

In fact, what looks like a grin (excessive panting and open-mouthed expressions) could be a sign that your dog is experiencing heatstroke and struggling to cool down 🥵

More tips for the hot weather: https://bit.ly/3GsPtLM

[Image description: An infographic listing 6 signs of heatstroke in a dog. These include heavy panting, excessive drooling, vomiting, drowsy and uncoordinated, diarrhoea and collapsing.]

14/08/2025

14/08/2025

🥰 Look, a real life Ewok! 🥰
Vet Kristine was the lucky one who got snuggles with darling ‘Dotty’ today, a 10 week old shih tzu pup who presented at our Keynsham branch, Park Road Vets - Bath Vets for her second vaccination 💉 🐾
Dotty’s new family have enrolled her on our Pet Health Club Plus meaning that, as well as making great savings on all her routine preventative care, they also have the reassurance of knowing all her consultations are included in their monthly payment. For more information please go to our website

13/08/2025

Four year old dachshund ‘Jasper’ was Park Road Vets - Bath Vets star patient 🌟 yesterday for his fab behaviour (& excellent posing 😉) whilst he was in for neutering surgery with Vet Jo & RVN Leanne 🤩
Did you know that there is a lot of research into the most appropriate age to neuter different dog breeds? For dachshunds it is advised that waiting until at least 18 months old reduces the risk of the spinal problems (intervertebral disc disease) that is sadly common in this popular breed.
We wish Jasper a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹