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Easter opening hours

 Gordon House

Thursday 14^th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm

Friday 15^th April – Closed

Saturday 16^th April – 9.00am – 5pm

Sunday 17^th April – 9am – 1pm

Monday 18^th April – Closed

Tuesday 19^th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm

Please note the last day for ordering any food or Medication in time for Easter is Wednesday 13^th April.

Any orders placed after this will not arrive until Tuesday 19^th April

Vets Now out of hours Telephone Number 01252 737555

 Elm Cottage

Thursday 14^th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm

Friday 15^th April – Closed

Saturday 16^th April – Closed

Sunday 17^th April – Closed

Monday 18^th April – Closed

Tuesday 19^th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm

When Surgery is closed please call Gordon House Vets 01276 22193 for an appointment or out of hours service information

Easter

Easter is a wonderful time of the year. Spring is here, family get together, egg hunt, and lots of chocolate.

Please make sure that we all enjoy it safely with our pets. Most commonly encountered cases of toxicities at Easter time are related to:

Chocolate

Chocolate can make dogs very sick and can even be fatal. This is due to a toxin called theobromine, Humans can break down theobromine quickly enough for it not to act as a poison. However, dogs metabolise the chemical much slower.  Symptoms of poisoning are tremors, vomiting, heart arrhythmias and even fitting. It can take between 4 – 24hrs for signs to appear.  Although chocolate is also bad for cats and rabbits, they’re less likely to eat it as they can’t taste the sweetness.  If your pet ingested chocolate, please contact a vet as soon as possible and they may have to be seen to induce vomiting.

Hot Cross Buns

They contain raisins and other dried fruits, which cause kidney failure in both dogs and cats. Kidney failure classically causes increased water intake and urination; however, symptoms are usually seen weeks later when the secondary effects of reduced kidney function kick in. In the days following ingestion there are usually no clinical signs at all.  If your pet ingested food containing raisins, please contact a vet as soon as possible and they may have to be seen to induce vomiting, or in severe cases treated with fluids.

Sweets

Some sweets contain a substance called xylitol, which is an artificial sweetener. It’s very harmful to dogs and even a small amount can be toxic to them. If your dog manages to grab some sweets, watch out for these symptoms: vomiting, lethargy, lack of coordination and seizures.  

Please keep these foods out of the reach of your pets and have a wonderful, happy Easter with your furry friends and family.

Best wishes from Blackwater Valley Vets

Festive season Opening hours

Wishing all our patients and their families Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope you don’t need us over the festive period but if you do, we will be there

Yours

Blackwater Valley Team

Maintenance work on Saturday 25 September

We will be having some essential work done on our electrical network. To minimize the disruption, we will have it done over the weekend. We will have to shut our Gordon House Veterinary surgery an hour early this Saturday 25^th September. We are be open 8:30 -16 on Saturday 25^th and 8:30 – 13 on Sunday 26^th September.

Next weekend we are open as per our usual hours.

As always should you have an emergency when we are closed, please call Vets Now in Farnham on 01252 444436

COVID Update August

COVID update

Firstly, we would like to thank you for all your support over the past 18 months.

As you are aware the government have relaxed the Social Distancing rules further from 19^th July 21. However, as things stand if any of our staff come in contact with a COVID positive client in our surgery they would have to self-isolate for 10 days. This will add pressure to the service that we provide and reduce our availability of appointments we can offer, or even worse, having to close one of our surgeries. 

Therefore, we have made the decision to continue as we are. We will be open 7 days a week, and practice social distancing providing care for our patients.

We will be monitoring the situation regularly and should the regulations change or number of the COVID cases starts decreasing we will immediately change our policy.

Thank you for your understanding.

Your Blackwater Valley team 

FULL TIME OR PART TIME SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY SURGEON

FULL TIME OR PART TIME SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY SURGEON

We are looking for a small animal veterinary surgeon to join our friendly, busy Independent Veterinary Practice 4 vet, 7 nurse team.

Our practice is well equipped and we are dedicated to high quality client and patient care. We pride ourselves on our teamwork and looking after staff as we do patients.

Our ideal candidate should be confident, a team player and have excellent communication skills, minimum of 1 years’ experience.

Our vets work between 9.00am – 7.00pm Monday to Friday and 2:6 Weekends

Saturday – 9.00am – 5.00pm Sunday – 9.00am – 1.00pm, NO OOH or on call.

We offer competitive salary, company pensions, CPD Allowance and other benefits

For further information and an application form, please send you CV to the Practice Manager [email protected] alternatively you can post to the address below:

Miss Karen Bell

Blackwater Valley Vets

Gordon House Veterinary Centre

216 Gordon House

Camberley

Surrey

GU15 2NT

We are looking for a Full time Qualified Veterinary Nurse

We are looking for a Full time Qualified Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly, busy independent veterinary practice 4 vet, 7 nurse team.

Our practice is well equipped, and we are dedicated to high quality client and patient care. We pride ourselves on our teamwork and looking after staff as we do patients.

No out of hours, 1 in 6 Weekends

Practice opening times 8:30 – 7:30pm Monday to Friday.

Saturday 8:30am – 5:00pm Sunday 08:30am – 1:30pm

We offer 28 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays ), company pensions, and other benefits

For further information and to apply please send you CV to the Practice Manager [email protected]

Our 2021 Nominations

We are delighted that even in these challenging times both of our surgeries have been nominated for the Practice of the Year. We are extremely proud of everyone who worked extremely hard towards this

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We wish all our furry patients and their families Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you enjoy the festive season, but if you need us, we are here for you.

 

Everyone at
Blackwater Valley Vets