Holisticvet Ltd.

Holisticvet Ltd. Veterinary referral practice specialising in raw food nutrition & holistic medicine for dogs. Led by vet surgeon Nick Thompson. Trusted by 46K+ followers.
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Book via holisticvet.co.uk We offer Raw Food Nutrition, Nutraceutical Advice and Veterinary Herbal Medicine Consultations for all Dogs. The practice was established in 1999 and enjoys good relationships with local and national conventional veterinary practices. Please email us so we can work together.

Coming out later today on Substack:
17/05/2026

Coming out later today on Substack:

27/04/2026
23/04/2026

Any questions? Herbs? Food? Phytonutrients? Fleas and Ticks? Chickens? All comers welcome for tonights smorgasbord of thoughful insights from Dr Nick Thompson

There's a peacock standing on our roof right now.It looks like it's doing nothing. Just standing there, looking decorati...
20/04/2026

There's a peacock standing on our roof right now.

It looks like it's doing nothing. Just standing there, looking decorative, projecting mild contempt at everyone below it.

It isn't doing nothing.

It's hearing frequencies you can't hear. Feeling vibrations from things that haven't arrived yet. Running a sensory system so sophisticated that yours looks like a prototype.

Peacocks can detect sound down to 4 Hz. For context, humans go deaf below 20 Hz. Earthquakes, approaching storms, the low rumble of a large predator moving through undergrowth — the peacock catches all of it, long before you do.

That crest on its head? Not a hat. It's a precision antenna, physically tuned to resonate at the exact frequency the male produces during courtship display. The female doesn't just see it. She feels it. In her head. Through her feathers.

And those iridescent blues and greens in the tail? There's no pigment producing them. Not a drop. The colour is pure physics — microscopic crystal structures bending light. Evolution built a visual display out of light itself.

We've been staring at this bird for thousands of years. Painted it on temple walls. Kept it in royal courts. Written poems about it.

We were looking at the wrong thing entirely.

Full article up very soon — the infrasound, the earthquake question, the walkie-talkie channel humans didn't know existed, and why farmers across Asia have understood something about this bird that science only confirmed in 2020.

Worth the read, even if you don't have a peacock on your roof.

There's a peacock standing on our roof right now.It looks like it's doing nothing. Just standing there, looking decorati...
20/04/2026

There's a peacock standing on our roof right now.

It looks like it's doing nothing. Just standing there, looking decorative, projecting mild contempt at everyone below it.

It isn't doing nothing.

It's hearing frequencies you can't hear. Feeling vibrations from things that haven't arrived yet. Running a sensory system so sophisticated that yours looks like a prototype.

Peacocks can detect sound down to 4 Hz. For context, humans go deaf below 20 Hz. Earthquakes, approaching storms, the low rumble of a large predator moving through undergrowth — the peacock catches all of it, long before you do.

That crest on its head? Not a hat. It's a precision antenna, physically tuned to resonate at the exact frequency the male produces during courtship display. The female doesn't just see it. She feels it. In her head. Through her feathers.

And those iridescent blues and greens in the tail? There's no pigment producing them. Not a drop. The colour is pure physics — microscopic crystal structures bending light. Evolution built a visual display out of light itself.

We've been staring at this bird for thousands of years. Painted it on temple walls. Kept it in royal courts. Written poems about it.

We were looking at the wrong thing entirely.

The infrasound, the earthquake question, the walkie-talkie channel humans didn't know existed, and why farmers across Asia have understood something about this bird that science only confirmed in 2020.

Worth the read, even if you don't have a peacock on your roof.

Sounds sensible?
18/04/2026

Sounds sensible?

Dog Seminar next month:
16/04/2026

Dog Seminar next month:

Finland knows how to do dog science. Next month, Helsinki hosts a two-day Dog Wellbeing Seminar at Bolt Arena (15–16 May), organised by the Finnish Agility Association with the FaunaPhysio research group at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The keynote speaker is Profess...

New post:
29/03/2026

New post:

Address

The Veterinary Practice, The Bungalow
Chippenham
SN148RH

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447881811590

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