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Guinea pigs rely on a high fibre diet to keep their guts healthy and moving. Good quality meadow hay should represent 85-90% of their diet. Large piles of fresh feeding hay encourage your guinea pigs to eat the fibre they need, while also encouraging natural burrowing and foraging behaviour.

If you walk your dog in woodland or areas with long grass then it’s likely that at some point they will pick up a tick, especially during the warmer months. Ticks are a blood-sucking parasite and a member of the spider family. They usually appear small, flat and reddish-brown in colour. As they feed on their host’s blood they swell up, becoming rounder, and their bodies turn a grey-blue colour.

Dental disease is one of the most common problems we see in veterinary practice. It’s thought that as many as 80% of pets will suffer from it in some form before the age of five. Symptoms in cats can include bad breath, drooling, visible tartar or discoloured teeth, red and inflamed gums, lesions on the tooth or gums and wobbly teeth.

Your cat’s kidneys perform lots of important jobs. They filter waste products from the blood into the urine, maintain blood pressure and water balance, produce certain hormones, and regulate the levels of essential minerals in the body. When the kidneys aren’t working properly, waste products build up in the bloodstream and the body tries to compensate for the loss of the other functions. When too much kidney function is lost, signs of illness start to show in your pet.