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Pet Insurance For Your Kitten And Why It's So Important
Throughout a cat’s lifetime, there are times when you’re likely to need to make a claim on your insurance, particularly for veterinary fees. Click here to read.
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How To Help Puppies Who Have Missed Out On Socialisation In Lockdown
If you've welcomed a new puppy into your family recently, could they have missed out on early socialisation due to lockdown? Click here to find out more.
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Choosing The Right Diet For Your Kitten
With so much variety available, how do you choose the right diet for your kitten and how do you know a good diet when you see one? Click here to find out more.
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Entertaining Your Kitten
Find out how you can provide your kitten with plenty of opportunities to carry out their normal behaviour, even when they live indoors! Click here to read.
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Playing With Your Kitten
Every kitten loves to play so keep yours happy and active by playing ball, dangling strings and generally playing your part in keeping it entertained.
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Letting Your Kitten Outside For The First Time
Knowing when and how to let your kitten outside can help you have peace of mind as you introduce your little bundle to the big wide world!
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Crate Training Your Puppy
Everybody needs their own space some times, and our dogs are no exception! Crate training is a fab way to make sure that your dog has a place of their own.
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Appropriate Exercise For Your Puppy
While young puppies can’t do the levels of exercise they can as adults, building their exercise steadily and safely will help keep them fit and fabulous!
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Training Recall
Getting a lead clipped on an unwilling and playful dog can be a nightmare but training recall lets you give your dog some freedom.
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Suggested Resources and support
Losing a beloved pet can be hard but there are several methods you can try to help ease the pain. Click through to learn more.
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Caring For Your Pet Rat
Find advice on caring for your rat, pets which are available in a wide range of interesting colours and love to be sociable so can be kept in pairs.
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Behind the scenes: Dental treatment
What happens behind the consulting room at your vets can seem like a mystery. This guide outlines an average day at the vets for our dental patients.
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Neutering: Behind the scenes
What happens behind the consult room at your vets can seem like a mystery. This guide outlines an average day at the surgery for one of our neutering patients.
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Cryptosporidium And Your Reptile
Cryptosporidia are a type of protozoa – a microscopic, single-celled parasite – which live in the intestines and can have devastating consequences.
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Neutering And Contraception For Ferrets
For female ferrets, a lack of male attention (or an injection to simulate it) during their cycle can be fatal! Click here to read more.
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Heartworms And Your Ferret
Heartworms are not found in the UK, but are a risk for ferrets that travel abroad – although ferrets are at a much lower risk than other pets. Learn more here.
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Microchipping Your Ferret
Find out the benefits of microchips and everything else you need to know when microchipping your pet ferret. Useful pet health advice from Companion Care.
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A Guide To Feeding Your Small Pet
Check our advice to make sure you’re providing your little family member with everything they need to keep them happy and healthy.
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Choosing Your New Small Pet
Small pets encompasses a range of species that suit different households, including Guinea-pigs, hamsters, gerbils, degus, rats and chinchillas.
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Caring For Your Chinchilla
Advice on keeping a chinchilla, a nocturnal pet. With the right food and drink, plus plenty of exercise and play, it could be with you for years to come.