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• Soft Tissue Surgery

  Soft tissue surgery is surgery on skin, muscle or inside the abdomen or the chest. The most common reason for our pets to undergo soft tissue surgery (apart from desexing) is to remove a lump or growth. The other reasons for undergoing surgery are investigating gastrointestinal complaints such as blockages or perforations, emergency repair of a skin or muscle wound, abscess or cyst drainage. Depending on the type of surgery your pet is undergoing they may have a skin or abdominal incision, they...
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• Emergency & Critical Care

  Emergencies can happen suddenly and without warning. The first step is to call our number and either speak to us about what to do for first aid or, if after hours, the answering machine will give you an emergency number you can call for advice. Not everything that happens to your pet outside of normal hours needs to be seen by a vet immediately. The person on the phone will ask you what is happening to your pet, and give you instructions if you need to do any first aid before heading down to our...
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• Free Puppy and Kitten Checks

  Here at the clinic we offer a free puppy and kitten check service for you to have your newest family member meet our vets and for you to check you are on the right track. In addition, it is a good idea to have a free check of your puppy or kitten a few days after bringing them home to establish that they were healthy when you purchased them.  What’s included in your free check? -        An assessment of the paperwork that came with your new pet and help interpreting it -       ...
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• Desexing your pet

  Sterilisation or ‘Desexing’ Deciding whether or not to have your pet desexed or sterilised is a big decision and one we do not expect you to necessarily take lightly. However, at Bakers Hill Veterinary Hospital, we firmly believe that sterilisation is not only good for your pet’s health, it is essential if you want to avoid certain health risks and/or potential behavioural problems. From our point of view, it is also a significant surgical procedure that requires a high level of care and s...
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• Pet insurance

  The best time to get pet insurance is when your pet is young, as generally it  will have no “pre-existing” conditions. Though any pet with a pre-existing condition can still be insured, the pre-existing condition itself will not be covered. Pre-existing is defined as a condition that shows clinical signs before the policy has been taken out. You can get pet insurance for most animals, not just cats and dogs. Why get pet insurance?   The main reasons why we believe pet insurance is a good...
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• Orthopaedic surgery

  Orthopaedic surgery is the surgical correction of any form of bone defect.  Most orthopaedic surgery involves some amount of soft tissue surgery as most bones are covered by degrees of soft tissue such as muscles, tendons, skin or ligaments. Most orthopaedic surgery is either the repair of a fracture, usually associated with a traumatic incident, or the surgical correction of a joint problem such as a dislocating (luxating) patella or ruptured cruciate ligament. Some procedures can be done at B...
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