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Welcome to Island Equine Veterinary services - the Channel Islands first dedicated ambulatory equine veterinary practice 24/7 emergency service

08/11/2026

Pom and Funny Girl ❤️ two smiley happy patients to brighten your day 🙂

It’s almost like they know that Dr Ro always has sweeties in her pocket……🤔

06/11/2026

Leaving work on a Friday be like…….wooooo!

FIREWORKS 🎇 if due to fireworks worries your Friday feeling is more 😬 than 🎉 here are some tips to navigate the next 48hrs of island displays:

* We have plenty of oral sedation options - it’s not too late to get prepared for tomorrow’s planned displays. Ro will be in the office in the morning so please call first thing to arrange collection

* If your horse is upset/worried during the fireworks do not put yourself in harms way. They need you to be the voice of calm however hard it is

* DISTRACTION - provide lots of hay/bucket feeds/treat balls to keep your horse occupied. For stabled horses playing music can also help distract from the bangs

*PRIVATE PARTY ORGANISERS. Please consider posting on your parish fb page or similar, and letting neighbours know if you plan to let off fireworks. Stick to timings to make sure we are all as prepared as we can be.

Here is pickles being cute to give us some Friday joy ❤️

22/10/2026

💨💨💨 Friday 23rd October ‼️

We have made the decision to move some early appointments tomorrow for the safety of clients and staff. Those affected have already been contacted. We will keep in touch during the morning if there is any further disruption to routine appointments once we know the conditions of the roads etc in the morning.

If you have an emergency in the morning please contact us through the normal channels and we will find a way to get to you.

Hunker down, batten down the hatches and stay safe. This too shall pass🇯🇪❤️

20/10/2026

Look who is home ❤️ sadly only a social visit from our beloved Hattie but Ro and Juno still roped her in to join in a lameness work up 🤣

Love how our Island equine family stay part of the community forever. If you see her this week give her a big wave!

18/10/2026

Sunday colic call-out - delayed by traffic 🤣 love these jersey gals ❤️ 🇯🇪 🐮

13/10/2026

Case of the week 👁️

This poor pony presented to the team with a very sore, squinty eye. On examination the horse was found to have a superficial corneal ulcer (the green stain shows the area of ulceration).

Simple, uncomplicated ulcers usually heal quickly with eye drops but this one didn’t 🤔 after trying a few different things the ulcer was no worse but no better and Ro became suspicious of a conjunctival foreign body- specifically a burdock burr. Having attended a lecture a couple of years ago about this often misdiagnosed condition we got in touch with the wonderful Sam Dixon from Optivet Referrals - Equine who hopped on a plane and helped us locate the pesky burr!

The microscopic thorn was impossible to locate without specialist equipment but Sam found it and removed the area of conjunctiva with the thorn in (they are barbed so can’t be pulled out).

The pony is making a great recovery and is much happier and more comfortable.

Thank you Sam for making the trip and for your BEVA lectures being so informative and memorable 🙂

07/10/2026

Quiz time…….can anyone guess what’s going on here 🤔??

Thomas has had persistent unilateral tear staining on the right side of his face the past few weeks. Horses can get epiphora (excess tear production) when they have a number of eye conditions but Thomas’ eye is comfortable, he has no infection or inflammation.

Here are a couple of photos of Dr Ro performing a procedure this evening to help him. Who can tell us the diagnosis and what we are doing to try and help him?

Answers on a postcard!!!

EDIT: well done Sara Barnard and Beverley Bingle you are correct! Tom has a blocked tear duct confirmed by putting fluorescent dye in his eye. In a normal horse this should come out of the opening you can see circled in the photo of his nostril (we call this a Jones test). This nasolacrimal duct is how the tears produced in a normal eye flow out. When this becomes blocked the tears overflow out of the eye and down the face. Blockages can be removed by inserting flexible tubing from the nostril end and gently flushing with saline.

Tom got some stud muffins when he woke up from his sedation as a sorry from his vet mum for shoving things up his nostrils of an evening 🤣 but hopefully he knows it was to help him ❤️

03/10/2026

And just like that…….we are 4 years old 🥳🥳🥳

A lot has happened in four years. New premises, bigger team, better gear and Ro still being fairly horrific at admin 🤣

We continue to grow and there are exciting new developments this year as we continue to invest in new projects and equipment.

One thing never changes though. Our appreciation of our amazing clients and their horses, our love for this extremely special community and our total commitment to being the absolute best vets we can be.

THANK YOU to each and every one of our amazing clients who has supported us in starting the practice and been so loyal and gorgeous. Especially during the hard times of ‘is Ro’s head going to stay in place with the metalwork’ 😬🤣

Here’s to another year helping ponies with the best clients in the world ❤️

30/09/2026

Caring for our oldies in Winter ❄️

The weather is feeling very Autumnal so it’s time to start thinking about how we manage our veterans over the cooler months.

As horses age, they become less efficient at chewing and digesting their food and can lose weight over the Winter months more than they perhaps did when they were younger. Some things to think about.

TEETH 🦷 is your veteran up to date with their dental check ups?
FORAGE - does your horse have continuous access to forage, and is the forage in an easily chewable/digestible form for those who are dentally challenged?
RUGGING/SHELTER - horses use energy keeping warm. Rugs and shelter should be used to make sure our older chaps are cosy to prevent excess weight loss.
SUDDEN WEIGHT LOSS - some sudden drops in weight are due to PPID (Cushings) or other underlying conditions which can be mistaken for normal ageing. Call the team if you notice a sudden change. October is the perfect month to blood test to catch the condition early.

Monitoring weight and early intervention is vital - here is 19yo Thomas having his weigh in. The equine scales are available for hire, but if you don’t have access to scales, a weigh tape is a good method to monitor changes.

As always if you need further help or advice give the team a call 🙂

Address

La Rue Des Mares
Saint Martin
JE36BU

Opening Hours

Monday	08:30 - 17:30
Tuesday	08:30 - 17:30
Thursday	08:30 - 17:30
Friday	08:30 - 17:30

Telephone

+447797711800

Website

http://www.islandequinevets.co.je/

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