Sensitive Souls

Sensitive Souls

Those of us who are fortunate enough to live with and love animals, get into a rhythm with them.  This rhythm means that we know instinctively when they are not quite themselves, not balanced. Sometimes this imbalance is physical, sometimes emotional and sometimes...
Contentious Issues

Contentious Issues

Whenever I’m asked about routine annual vaccinations for a cat or a dog, I happily repeat what I was told some time ago by a very well respected vet. He told me that after the age of 8 or 9, the vaccines don’t work.  Presumably to do with the changing...
Hallow’een and Bonfire Night

Hallow’een and Bonfire Night

I think that for animal lovers and their animals, Autumn is a mixed blessing.  Who doesn’t love seeing the trees as the colours change, or walking through the crunch of fallen leaves? There’s a hint of chill on the air as we recognise that the season has...
New Life in the Henhouse

New Life in the Henhouse

I came home after my holiday to learn that Celeste, my one remaining hen had gone broody.  I’d been hoping this would happen but wasn’t sure it would as Celeste is not yet a year old. You may or may not know that when a hen goes broody not only does she...
Love; Pure and Simple

Love; Pure and Simple

In a recent episode of “The Supervet” a cat was brought in having been badly run over by a car. After X-rays and consultations, the outlook was bleak for his recovery. The vet, Padraig, one of Noel Fitzpatrick’s colleagues, bravely sat down with...