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COVID Update
Dear pet owners,
Due to high number of staff being off sick with COVID we will have to temporarily close our Frimley Green surgery. Our Camberley surgery will remain open 7 days a week and we will aim to accommodate as many appointments as possible. We are hoping to resume normal service within a week
If you need to collect your medications, please go to Gordon House veterinary Centre, 216 Gordon Avenue, Camberley GU15 2NT
Telephone lines will be redirected to our Camberley surgery, or you can call direct on 01276 22193.
We apologise for any inconvenience and sincerely hope to go back to normal level of service as soon as possible.
Greyhound World Congress 2022
Greyhound World Congress 2022 is taking place from Friday 1st – Monday 4th July at Frimley Hall Hotel. We are delighted to offer veterinary support, as they official veterinary surgery.
Wishing all the participants a very enjoyable weekend
Blackwater Valley Veterinary Centres
Jubilee weekend
We hope everyone has a wonderful and relaxing Bank Holiday weekend. Should you need to see us, these are our opening hours over the holiday.
We are looking for a small animal Vet
Small Animal Vet – Blackwater Valley Veterinary Centres
Blackwater Valley Veterinary Centre is an independent and thriving practice in Surrey.
We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time or part-time vet to join our happy, growing team, if you are looking for a new venture, we’d love to hear from you.
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.
We offer a generous salary, CPD Allowance, up to 4 day working week with 2 in 6 weekend rota, No OOH or on call, 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and other benefits. Please send your CV and covering letter to us at [email protected]
Easter opening hours
Gordon House
Thursday 14th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm
Friday 15th April – Closed
Saturday 16th April – 9.00am – 5pm
Sunday 17th April – 9am – 1pm
Monday 18th April – Closed
Tuesday 19th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm
Please note the last day for ordering any food or Medication in time for Easter is Wednesday 13th April.
Any orders placed after this will not arrive until Tuesday 19th April
Vets Now out of hours Telephone Number 01252 737555
Elm Cottage
Thursday 14th April – Normal Hours 8.30am – 7pm
Friday 15th April – Closed
Saturday 16th April – Closed
Sunday 17th April – Closed
Monday 18th April – Closed
Tuesday 19th 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 25th September. We are be open 8:30 -16 on Saturday 25th and 8:30 – 13 on Sunday 26th 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
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 19th 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