News
Winter 2012
December started off rather busy, with everyone getting organised before the Holidays and festivities began. Every year seems to be the same, the closer it gets to Christmas, the quieter we get at County's End, people's minds are happily succombing to that festive state-of-mind!
All to soon though, a new year is upon us! The festive season is now over, folk are recovering, bank accounts are recovering, and reality is setting back in. January, as usual, started with a bang! (and a bump or two!) Repeat prescriptions and appointments flew in and were made at the dozen, it seemed pet's were needing more than a good night's sleep to recover from the festivities!
A new year means a fresh new start, and an introduction of new technological features at County's End! We are proud to say that our Hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art surgical and diagnostic facilities, so keeping these up to date is important to us.
We recently upgraded our Dental Scaler, so now we can do Dental procedures much faster, and because we charge Dental Therapy by the time we spend doing the procedure, this new feature will help reduce your bills!
We have also installed a new X-Ray Processor, this new processor produces better quality images at a much faster speed, meaning a quicker, more accurate diagnosis.
Our Practice has been bustling with new ideas since the new year, and we have set up all kinds of new projects and schemes, completing this website and making it live was one of them! (The hardest part of this was getting the staff to have their profile photos done!)
Mid-January, we also decided we would set up a blood donation
scheme. This is where you, as a client, can sign your pet up to become a blood-donar! To find out more information on this scheme please click here.
We have also had a few strays brought to us from members of the public this winter, some of which have been reunited with their owners, however, some have had to be rehomed. This is a regular occurence at the start of the year, we all know the saying "A pet is for life, not just for christmas", but the reality is that new pets have been given as gifts over Christmas and, unfortunately, this sometimes means old pets are pushed out.
As a Veterinary Hospital, we cannot take in strays unless they are injured, so if you find a stray then your best bet is to call your local RSPCA. Click here for local RSPCA contact numbers in the Oldham area.
If, however, you have found an animal that is injured, then it is our duty of care to take them in for treatment. Sometimes the animal is microchipped, which means we can easily contact the owners and make them aware of their pets circumstances.
On some occasions though, after attempting to find their owners with no luck, we have had to find new loving homes for them, Marie Taylor our Receptionist is in charge of this procedure, and we have successfully rehomed one dog (called Harry who is a petterdale terrier cross) and three cats, one of whom had to have his leg amputated at our practice!
If we have a stray with us, who needs a loving new home, we will post them on the 'Animals in need of a loving home' page on our website. We will update this website often so if you are looking for a new family member, then please keep checking!
We also have a lost and found page on our website, so if you have lost/found an animal then please let us know and we can put them on this website to try and help get them back home, click here to preview our 'Lost and Found' page now.
