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(If you phone and we do not answer immediately or it goes to answerphone, please be patient. It means we are with another client and will return your call as soon as we are available - thank you)
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How to Register With Us
Due to our limited ability to take phone calls on the move (due to one phone line and 2 members of staff)
to save your time and frustration for you (and I don't want to upset any of you guys from the very start - not great business!) please send an email to: info_safehaven@yahoo.com
listing the below items so we can get you registered without the frustration.
What we need:
a) Your name, address, best telephone number and email address.
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b) Your pets name, species, breed, sex (and whether neutered or not), age, colour, approximate weight and microchip number (where known).
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With these we can get you registered in the following 24 hours and then you will be good to go to book an appointment.
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Topic of the Month - Myths about Rabbits Ears!
There are two main myths circulating about rabbits ears (or any form of haired skin "treat" such as cow scalp).
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NUMBER ONE - THEY NATURALLY WORM A DOG.
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Errr nope! Give this more than a milliseconds thought and the illogical basis for this should be glaringly apparent, yet somehow it persists as a common practice amongst dog owners.
In an age of modern medicine why are we still using medieval like remedies that have no basis in fact let alone medicine. No one is putting hot pigeons on their heads for a headache and people are generally not putting snail slime on warts. People realised these practices were - well - stupid.
Intestinal worms attach to the wall of the intestine to stop themselves being pushed out by day to day intestinal movements. They are not going to give a flying monkey about a bit of haired skin passing by. Soggy haired skin is not nature's Brillo pad. Just think about it - if this actually worked then all wild carnivores would never have an intestinal parasite!
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NUMBER TWO - THEY NATURALLY FLEA A DOG.
Well if number one fell into the realms of fantasy, this idea walked off the same page as the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. By what machinations of the imagination ingesting a rabbits ear produces flea genocide is beyond me and the rest of the scientific fraternity. It really is no better than witchcraft and has no place in modern veterinary medicine. That said if anyone can provide a logical explanation that is scientifically demonstrable as to how this miracle might occur I am very willing to listen!
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NUMBER THREE - RABBITS EARS ARE A SOURCE OF FIBRE
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Sorry but this is just plain factually wrong and demonstrates how complete ignorance of basic biology can become promoted so that the public believe it. Hair is keratin, a protein, skin is cellular material and collagen which is also, a protein!. There is NO fibre in a rabbits ear. Fibre comes from vegetable matter and cereals (bran, oats etc).
​Haired skin does not aid digestion, can cause obstructions and aggravates gastritis and inflammatory disease.
They should not be sold in pet stores (neither should hooves, deer antlers, pigs ears or cooked bones).
SO please please dont believe the lies.
Be responsible and worm and deflea with approved and proven products ​​
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SHVC - OPENING HOURS
Monday - 8am to 6pm
Tuesday - 8am to 6pm
Wednesday - Surgical Procedure Day (appointments may be possible if we are quiet).
Thursday - 8am to 6pm
Friday - 8am to 6pm
Saturday Morning - 8am -12noon. (This is time for end of life appointments, urgent visits if required or video calls).
Out Of Hours Provision of Care
Callers not within the above working hours will be directed by answer phone message to the number of our Out of Hours care Provider. This is MiNightVet in Ringwood based at Cedars Veterinary Clinic.
Telephone Number - 01425 705024.
Cedar Veterinary Group,
69 Christchurch Road,
Ringwood BH24 1DH
(You are of course at complete liberty to use your
parent clinic's out of hours provider if you prefer).
