BDC Veterinary Clinic

27/07/2025

28/7/25

Dear customers,
clinic closed for cleaning and training

Thanks for your understanding and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

- Team BDC vet 🫰

08/07/2025

Never Paint a Turtle’s Shell It’s Not Art, It’s Agony

It might seem harmless. A splash of color, a creative mark, a cute design. But painting a turtle’s shell isn’t a whimsical act it’s a slow, silent form of cruelty.

A turtle’s shell isn’t just a hard surface. It’s a living, sensitive extension of its body filled with nerves, blood vessels, and essential functions. Through its shell, a turtle absorbs sunlight, breathes, regulates body temperature, and senses its environment. Covering it with paint blocks all of that.

Without sunlight, the turtle can’t metabolize properly. Its bones weaken, its growth stunts, and its immune system falters. Paint also seals in bacteria and fungi that the turtle would naturally shed leading to painful infections and, in many heartbreaking cases, slow and silent deaths.

The damage isn’t always immediate. But over time, the toxins from the paint seep into the turtle’s body, and what looked like a “cute” gesture becomes a death sentence.

This isn’t creativity. This isn’t kindness.
This is suffering.

Every turtle deserves to live freely, as nature intended not as a canvas for human amusement. So spread the word. Educate others. If you see a painted turtle, report it to a wildlife rescue group. Because for these quiet, ancient creatures, your voice might be the only one they have.

Let’s protect beauty, not destroy it.

01/07/2025

Hey guys and gals, purrs and woofs,

To better support long-term sustainability and staff wellbeing, we’re adjusting our weekend hours.

ᴊᴜʟʏ 2025 // ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ
🗓️ New: 𝟭𝟬𝗔𝗠 – 𝟳𝗣𝗠
🕡 Last Appointment: 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠

This is part of an ongoing effort to improve our services while maintaining a healthy work-life balance for our team.

Thanks for your support and understanding as we fine-tune our schedule!

💛💛💚💚💛💛💚💚🐱🐶🐰
- Team BDC vet clinic

22/06/2025

Sharing for the pictures. If collars dont work or not available, try these shirts

21/06/2025

It's Feline Friday! Learn the facts to keep your cat safe. 🐱

15/06/2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/sQLk64-O6C8?si=MK659ylCkOjdPDk-

Common question from owners:
Why my cat/dog teeth become like that?

Answer:
Because owner don't help brush their teeth.

See how it looks when human don't brush teeth 😝🤭

15/06/2025

Rabbits can make excellent pets and are very popular, but veterinary professionals are often skittish about providing medical care to them. In this course, learn everything you need to know to feel confident about caring for your rabbit patients, from anatomy, physiology, behavior and husbandry to h...

10/06/2025

The event took place at a pet boarding facility in the UK, where a male guinea pig escaped from his separate enclosure and entered a large pen housing over 100 females. Staff discovered the incident after noticing unusual activity and later confirmed that nearly all the females showed signs of pregnancy. The male guinea pig, later dubbed “Randy,” was placed in temporary isolation following the incident.

Guinea pigs are known for their rapid reproduction cycle. A female can become pregnant shortly after giving birth, with a gestation period averaging 59 to 72 days. Litter sizes typically range from two to four pups, which explains the estimate of approximately 400 offspring resulting from this single escape. While such breeding rates are biologically plausible, large-scale accidental impregnation cases like this are rare in controlled environments.

The unexpected population surge posed logistical challenges for the facility, including finding new enclosures, arranging veterinary care, and preparing for adoption coordination. Staff expressed concern about the resource strain, while animal welfare organizations offered support in managing the upcoming births and rehoming efforts.

The incident highlights the importance of strict enclosure management in pet care facilities, especially with species known for high fertility. 🐹🔒



Sources:
BBC News (2014), RSPCA UK Reports, Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, UK Pet Centre Operational Reports

07/06/2025

04/06/2025

Please do not take healthy kittens from their mother if under 5/6 weeks.

If you find a litter of healthy young kittens outside - (under a bush, deck, or in a shed) - please leave them alone. Mom will be back soon to take care of them.

Kitten-napping with the intention of bringing the babies to the local shelter can end in euthanization as there aren't enough bottle-feeding volunteers, and those that are available are likely already overwhelmed with truly abandoned or ill kittens. Unfortunately, without resources, the shelter will have no choice.

We can't say it enough; the best place for a healthy neonatal kitten is with its mom!

Once the kittens have learned to eat on their own, they can be taken to rescue, and mom cat can be TNRed and/or adopted. Until then, please leave the kittens be!

❗️If a rescue/shelter/foster isn't available for kittens over 8 weeks and they must remain community cats, PLEASE make sure to get them fixed and vaccinated between 3 & 4 months of age so the breeding cycle ends. Kittens can start getting pregnant at 4 months.

Further information for kittens with and without a mom cat: https://www.alleycat.org/community-cat-care/kitten-and-mom-scenarios/

02/06/2025

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29/05/2025

Lilies and kitties don't mix well! Make sure you know which lilies are safe to have in your home that are friendly for your feline!