Wright & Morten Equine Clinic

23/06/2025

Do you keep forgetting to ring and pay? Been meaning to do a BACs transfer? Want to avoid a late payment fee? Make paying your vets bill one less thing to think about with our convenient automatic payment option- speak to a member of our team to find out more.

15/06/2025

HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all those horsey dads out there- whether you are a dad to your own horse or a dad to a horse mad son or daughther (or both) we THANK YOU. For the endless hours of helping, supporting, filming, picking up the pieces (and poles!) and encouragment- many of us wouldn't be where we are now without them and we are forever grateful 💕

11/06/2025

Does your horse turn his nose up at oral medication? Here are a few tips to encourage compliance:
- Feed bute in a dry feed- adding water alters the taste and makes it unpalatable for some horses
- Add flavour to the hard feed to disguise the medication- eg mint, mollasses, flavoured chaff
- If feeding multiple oral medications split them into different feeds to reduce the risk of the horse refusing each feed
- Small tablets such as Prascend or Equioxx can be fed in a small piece of vegetable eg carrot - this is useful for horses who aren't normally given a hard feed or to ensure they ingest the small tablet and don't waste it.
- If your horse is in a group environment, separate them while being fed to ensure the medication is ingested by the right horse!
- Discuss the options with your vet- we can sometimes prescribe alternative options for the more fussy horses eg swopping from oral powder to oral tablet, using a medication that is fed once a day rather than twice a day or a flavoured alternative.

10/06/2025

Farewell for now, but not goodbye!

We had a bittersweet moment last week as we said goodbye to Abi, who has set off on an exciting new adventure with an internship at Leahurst Liverpool Equine Hospital. Abi has been with us since graduating, and it’s been a pleasure watching her grow into the fantastic vet she is today. While we’ll miss her greatly, we know she’ll be a wonderful addition to the team at Leahurst.

We’re also grateful for our strong relationship with Leahurst, so we’re sure this isn’t the last we’ll hear from Abi!

Wishing her all the best on this next chapter!

28/05/2025

Would you like to know how your saddle interacts with your horse's back in real time?
Whether you have a specific performance issue or just value more information on the how a rider and saddle are interacting with your horses back, our new saddle pressure pad is useful addition to your horses assessment. With over 900 sensors we can gain valuable information to ensure your horse is as comfortable as possible. Follow the link to learn more and see how we've successfully helped our patients already ⬇⬇ As always do get in touch if you'd like to discuss your own horses requirements 01260 280800

https://www.wmequinevets.co.uk/services/rehabilitation -pressure-pad

27/05/2025

Anyone fancy show jumping on 31st May? Dairyhouse Farm Events is a lovely friendly venue with classes from 40cm to 90cm and seperate junior and senior sections 😁

✨LAST DAY to enter our SJ competition✨️

✨️This a Trailblazers Qualifier✨️

Entries close TODAY at 10pm for our show on Saturday, the 31st May, so there is only 12 left to enter the SJ! There are currently little entries in all classes!

Classes are placed to 6th, with prize money if there is enough entries! Points are awarded for 1st - 6th place (if you have been to 2+ shows) and awards will he given out at the end of season presentation! No membership needed!

Entries via horsemonkey; hope to see you all there!

https://horsemonkey.com/equestrian_event/73680/Dairyhouse+Unaffiliated+Show+Jumping+-+Trailblazers+Qualifier

26/05/2025

We hope you're all having a lovely bank holiday and if you need a smile here it is! This foal has been greatly anticipated by many in the team! His mum (a much loved patient) was sent away for embryo transfer and finally we will get to meet this not so little boy!

21/05/2025

𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇

JP first presented to our clinic in July 2020 as a 7 year old who had recently started struggling with canter. A lameness investigation lead to a diagnosis of bilateral hind limb Proximal Suspensory Desmitis (PSD). After an in-depth discussion of the treatment options and the expected prognosis for long term soundness, his owners who opted to treat him surgically for this condition.

JP underwent a general anaesthesia in our purpose build in-house theatre here at Somerford Parl Farm and the operation was successfully carried out by Claire. Post operatively JP was cared for by our amazing team of vets, qualified nurses and nursing assistances. After 48 hours JP was able to return home. Following a short period of box rest JP could resume turnout and begin his rehab. The rehabilitation for this condition is a very important to build strength and retrain the horse’s way of going. JP’s owners were fully committed and worked closely with ourselves, his physiotherapist and farrier- and it paid off. JP made a full recovery and his performance and lameness issues were resolved- he was back out competing the following season and having a great time!

However, as with horses it doesn’t always go smoothly….. After 3 successful seasons competing JP moved yards and unfortunately a few months after he developed a cough. Following a consultation JP was booked in for endoscopic examination and sampling which is performed under standing sedation. This procedure allows visualisation of the nasal passages, larynx and trachea and for samples to be taken from both the upper and lower airways to look for evidence of inflammation, infection, presence of mucus etc which helps us target our treatment. Based on these samples, JP was diagnosed with Equine Asthma. Despite his owner being fully on board with all our recommended treatments, JP’s respiratory issues continued to progress over the year to the point where he was un-rideable and repeated endoscopes consistently revealed mucus and inflammation (see pictures!). Left with no other options, his owners followed Hannah’s advice to move yard to change his environment. And WOW what a difference this made- within 3 months he was back competing in dressage and is now ready for the season ahead.

Seeing horses and owners back out enjoying themselves really does make our job worthwhile and we are grateful to recieve such lovely feedback ⬇⬇⬇

“𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙗 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚”

19/05/2025

It was a busy weekend for Niamh on call, but she managed to squeeze in a bath for Snap! At the other end of the country Abi went to see Peter Kay in London! What did you all get up to this weekend?