Marc the vet

Get Walking with Your Dog!

So how many of us have already broken our New Years resolutions? Urgent changes in lifestyle, fitness regimes and stopping all bad habits are usually top of our lists, and always first to go. And, what’s more, we’re all guilty! Year upon year we help ourselves to that extra helping of Christmas pudding, self-promising that [...]

A Shark’s Tail…

Ask any scuba-diver what they’d most like to witness at close-hand, and the majority will answer: whale shark. I’ve been diving for a few years now and still haven’t seen a whale shark - the world’s largest fish, and slow-moving plankton-eating filter feeder that can grow to 12 metres (40 feet) and weigh upto 21 [...]

National Rabbit Week - Latest Homes – 22nd January 2008

It’s officially National Rabbit Week!

So if you are the proud owner of one (or more) of Britain’s third most popular pets, you’re thinking about getting one in 2008, or just a big fan of lagomorphs in general, then read on…

Traditionally, rabbits have always been seen as the ideal children’s pet, seemingly requiring less care and [...]

Why Did the Toad Cross the Road? – Latest Homes – 29th January 2008

This is not another rubbish cracker joke left over from Christmas (and this year weren’t they particularly poor?) but a very serious question indeed.

Our local toads will soon be starting to migrate – returning to the same ponds where they were themselves spawned; and often having to travel up to half a mile across fields [...]

Latest Homes – Happy New Year – January 2nd 2008

Happy and healthy New Year to you all, and of course to all of your pets!

I thought we’d start 2008 on a charitable note as typically at this time of year animal charities need all the help they can get, when unwanted four-legged presents are tragically abandoned.
 
We’re all familiar with the big national animal charities [...]