Latest articles by Sarah Elliott
Behaviour
When is the right time to let my children have a pet? This is a question many vets are asked in the course of their working day. It’s also a question I’ve been asking myself, as I raise my two small children in a (curren…
Dogs
DNA test kits have become hugely popular over the last decade or so. This may in part be thanks to the popular TV series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Over 26 million Americans have so far taken an at-home ancestry t…
Emergency
For many pet owners, the cost of a visit to an emergency out-of-hours vet can come as a shock. When your pet is sick or injured, the last thing on your mind is how much it will cost to make them better. Emergencies are n…
Behaviour
If you have a cat, you may spend a lot of time carefully watching your feline friend, trying to work out whether they are happy and content. Perhaps they are trying to tell you that something is amiss? How would we know?…
Cats
Does your cat love basking in a shaft of sunlight on the windowsill? Or perhaps they can generally be found lying out in the garden, the sun comfortably warming their coat? Sadly, they will have to wave goodbye to sunbat…
Cats
58% of owners say they do not visit the vet as much as they would like to. What does this mean for cats and how can we change that? The charity Cats Protection recently published their fifth annual Cats and Their Stats (…
