The Veterinary Health Centre Ltd

The Veterinary Health Centre Ltd At The Veterinary Health Centre, we aim to promote the health and welfare of your animals

🦋 Butterflies as barometers 🦋🦋 Butterflies don’t just look pretty - they are ecological indicators.♥️ Because they are s...
18/07/2025

🦋 Butterflies as barometers 🦋
🦋 Butterflies don’t just look pretty - they are ecological indicators.
♥️ Because they are so sensitive to temperature, pollution, and habitat change - scientists use butterfly populations to track environmental health.
🚩Fewer butterflies = warning sign!
🌸 Want to help? Plant wildflowers, skip the pesticides, and leave sunny patches undisturbed ☺️



📸 : A Peacock butterfly in Garstang this week -Katey

♥️ You don’t need to love insects.☺️ But you can make life a bit easier for them!☘️ Leave a patch of garden wild.🌸 Plant...
17/07/2025

♥️ You don’t need to love insects.
☺️ But you can make life a bit easier for them!
☘️ Leave a patch of garden wild.
🌸 Plant pollinator-friendly flowers.
😔 Avoid pesticides.
🌙 Let the lights go off at night.
🕸️ Tolerate the odd spider.



📸: Prabir Kashyap

🐜 Insects - causing chaos for centuries!😯 In 1812, typhus spread by body lice killed more of Napoleon’s army in Russia t...
16/07/2025

🐜 Insects - causing chaos for centuries!
😯 In 1812, typhus spread by body lice killed more of Napoleon’s army in Russia than the cold, or the fighting!
🐝 Ancient armies used to catapult beehives over enemy walls (OUCH!)
🐞 Ladybirds were considered a gift from the Virgin Mary. In medieval Europe, crops were dying from aphids. Farmers prayed and red beetles arrived and saved the harvest. They were named ‘Our Lady’s Bird’ ♥️
😴 Chinese Emperor Xuanzong of Tang allegedly had hundreds of crickets removed from his palace because their chirping kept him awake.
🤪 In 16th century France, a group of weevils eating a vineyard were taken to court. They were assigned a lawyer.
They didn’t show up 😂



📸: Benjamin Balázs

🚨STRAY RABBIT🚨Found on Lime Grove, St Annes - now safe here at TVHC. Please phone us on 01253 729309 if this is your bun...
15/07/2025

🚨STRAY RABBIT🚨
Found on Lime Grove, St Annes - now safe here at TVHC. Please phone us on 01253 729309 if this is your bunny 🐇

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15/07/2025

Cute little beetles having a sweet treat 🥰

14/07/2025

💪 Tiny but MIGHTY! Why insects matter ♥️
Insects are easy to overlook. But without them diligently doing their jobs - and helping us to do our jobs - life would grind to a halt.

🐝 Bees: crop pollinators - without them, we would lose 70% of global crops.
🪲 Dung beetles: bury faeces, cut parasite levels, and fertilise the soil.
🩹 Maggots: clean dead tissue in chronic wounds, helping them to heal much faster.
👮‍♀️ Blowflies: help police to estimate time of death using their life cycle.
🐜 Termites: break down wood and tough plant matter to recycle carbon.
🌙 Moths: night-time pollinators.
👗 Silkworms: textile producers.
💧 Mayflies: detect pollution. If they live there, the water is clean.



📸: Beautiful bees belonging to our very own 🐝🐝🐝

🚨STRAY CAT🚨Found in FY8, now safe here at TVHC. Please phone us on 01253 729309 if this is your kitty. **PLEASE SHARE**
12/07/2025

🚨STRAY CAT🚨
Found in FY8, now safe here at TVHC. Please phone us on 01253 729309 if this is your kitty.

**PLEASE SHARE**

🔥This weekend is predicted to be HOT, HOT, HOT! 🙏Please, please, please make plans to enjoy the weather WITHOUT your dog...
11/07/2025

🔥This weekend is predicted to be HOT, HOT, HOT!
🙏Please, please, please make plans to enjoy the weather WITHOUT your doggy!
😢Heatstroke is so scary for them, and for you - it can often be fatal, and is totally PREVENTABLE!

Let them chill at home, with plenty of water, the blinds closed, watching the tv 😎😎

🐙 Sea creatures mythbusters!❌“The plural of octopus is octopi”✅It is OCTOPUSES. Octopus comes from the Greek, not Latin,...
11/07/2025

🐙 Sea creatures mythbusters!
❌“The plural of octopus is octopi”
✅It is OCTOPUSES. Octopus comes from the Greek, not Latin, so the Latin-style plural is incorrect.
Octopodes is also technically correct, but rarely used.

❌“Sharks can’t get cancer”
✅Unfortunately, they can. This myth was spread by supplement companies selling shark cartilage 😔

❌“Seahorses mate for life”
✅Some species do form bonds for a breeding season, but most do not stay together for life.

❌“Whales can breathe underwater”
✅Whales are mammals, they breathe air through lungs and can drown if unable to surface.

❌“Coral is just dead rock”
✅Coral reefs are made of living colonies of tiny animals, called polyps. They are very sensitive to temperature and pollution, and are actually more animal than plant.



📸: Peter Burdon

😔 Plastic pollution has reached EVERY part of the ocean, they even found a plastic bag in the Mariana Trench (10,900m de...
10/07/2025

😔 Plastic pollution has reached EVERY part of the ocean, they even found a plastic bag in the Mariana Trench (10,900m deep!).
🐠 Microplastics have been found in the guts of deep-sea creatures, in Arctic ice, and even in the fish we eat!
💪It may feel overwhelming, but small actions do matter, especially when we all work together.
💩Switch to biodegradable poo bags - look for bags certified to EN13432 standards, not just an ‘eco’ label.
🪢Avoid plastic pet toys and packaging - try natural materials like h**p and rubber.
🧴Cut down on single-use plastics. Reduce first, and then recycle what you cannot reduce.

Join a community beach clean - our neighbourhood is so nice, and there are lots of people who volunteer to keep it that way 🥰



📸: OCG Saving the ocean

🌊 Ocean-safe pet ownership🐜 Choose oral flea treatments wherever possible, as spot-on treatments can wash into waterways...
09/07/2025

🌊 Ocean-safe pet ownership
🐜 Choose oral flea treatments wherever possible, as spot-on treatments can wash into waterways through bathing, swimming, or even washing pet bedding - and, as they are designed to kill invertebrates, they will kill aquatic invertebrates and fish.

🐩 Pick up dog poo, every time! Dog waste contains excess nitrogen and harmful bacteria. If this is left in our lovely coastal areas, or washed into drains - it can cause toxic algal blooms, and harm marine animals.

🐈‍⬛ Don’t flush cat litter or waste! Cats can carry toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that harms marine mammals. Always bag and bin (even if it says ‘flushable’)

🐌 Never release pets into the wild. Goldfish, terrapins, and exotic snails can become invasive - harming native species, and spreading disease.



📸: Martin Sepion

08/07/2025

It is a hard job, but someone has to do it 🥰

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