HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2024 AT FOUR SEASONS HOLISTIC VETERINARY CARE

The New Year brings new challenges. Changes to the RCVS ‘under care’ guidelines put further restrictions on services we can offer. It has become more important than ever that we only give advice and care after referral from your primary care vet who must be willing to provide out of hours care. The services we offer carry very little risk of directly causing a problem that would need emergency care, and we remain happy to support our clients and their vets with advice during working hours.

We have not made any New Year price rises as we understand the cost of living is difficult for everyone and strive to keep our services affordable. Unfortunatley we are getting a lot of potential clients choose cheaper advice from unqualified sources using over the counter remedies when we say we can’t give them advice without a (paid for) consultation first. Vets are bound by rules that pet shops and internet ‘experts’ simply aren’t. Only vets can legally diagnose what is medically wrong with an animal and prescribe treatments, and any paraprofessional should be asking for a referral and working with a primary care vet. Yet many don’t.

It feels like 2024 will be a make or break year for us, and it is no exxageration to say we are considering whether we can continue to offer the service our clients value.

2024 Services by Four Seasons Holistic Veterinary Care

Mobility/pain assessment and acupuncture treatments.

Behavioural assessment and treatment plans.

Holistic consultations with lifestyle, nutrition, and herbal medicine support.

Puppy and kitten litter health checks with microchipping.

Gundog puppy legal tail docking (strict eligibility conditions apply).

All services are offered in your own home, and we have access to a private field for some behaviour assessments.

Talks and Training by Four Seasons Holistic Veterinary Care

In 2023 we made anopther visit to The Falkland Islands to help dog owners better understand their pets. We we also asked to do a talk for canine hydrotherapists on the links between painful conditions and noise sensitivity. Pet First Aid continues to be a popular subject and we offer both a Facebook based ‘learn in your own time’ option as well as in person lectures and hands-on training.

Our vet Vicky Payne is happy to write and deliver talks on any of her areas of interest in-person, or online. Email health@holisticvetsussex.co.uk and pitch her an idea!

2024 Blogs…

Every year we promise to do better at keeping this page up to date with fresh content… but the truth is, we don’t feel like anyone is reading it and we have to log into an actual desktop computer to write on it! Our Facebook page does a little better, and is easier to share things on, so maybe give us a follow https://www.facebook.com/holisticvetsussex