Pets

Comprehensive Veterinary Care For Your Pet

Since 2015, Bermuda Veterinary Services has endeavored to provide outstanding health care to pets, and exceptional client service in a friendly environment. Its commitment to high standards, competence and service has raised the bar for veterinary medicine in Bermuda. Unique in Bermuda and impressive for any small community, the previously only available overseas.

The skilled and experienced veterinary surgeons and registered veterinary nurses are capable of performing a wide variety of medical and surgical procedures for both small and large animals (equine). The team at the fullservice hospital at Bermuda Veterinary Services utilises advanced diagnostic tools, including MRI, x-ray, ultrasound, blood analysis, laboratory, ECG and much more, ensuring your pet veterinary medical technology in order to diagnose and develop an appropriate treatment plan.

Should surgery be recommended, the surgical suite has modern equipment to safeguard your pet’s health. After surgery, your pet will be monitored continuously by the nursing and veterinary team, who will assure your pet is clean, comfortable, free of pain and on the road to recovery. Whether your pet has a broken leg, an abdominal tumor, or has a bone stuck inside, the doctors at Bermuda Veterinary the problem.

Bermuda Veterinary Services has the honor of working with Dr. Tomas (Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Surgeons) from New York, who is available to perform advanced surgical procedures at the hospital, thereby reducing the stress of travel for a sick pet. Dr. Infernuso’s caseload encompasses surgery for patients with a wide range of orthopedic, neurologic, oncologic (cancer), thoracic and soft tissue problems.

Bermuda Veterinary Services early admissions, 30-minute appointments, minimal waiting times, house calls and barn calls. If one of its patients has an emergency after hours, the on-call doctor is available to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Its clients trust Bermuda Veterinary Services to be there for them and it takes the responsibility of emergency service seriously.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 232-8387 or visit www.bermudavets.bm

Keeping your BEST FRIENDS

happy and healthy!

BERMUDA VETERINARY SERVICES

The Netherlands, 1 The Lane Paget PG05

• Medical care • Surgery (soft tissue, orthopedics and neurosurgery) • Dental care and surgery • Advanced Imaging: Pet MRI, Radiology and Ultrasound • Home visits • On Call 24 Hour Emergency Service • Grooming, Doggy Day Care and Boarding

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14 York Street, Town of St George’s GE05 (Access via Water Street)

• Pet products, medications, food and supplies for cats and dogs • Primary Veterinary Care: annual exams, checkups, weight clinics and new pet wellness checkups • Non-surgical care and treatments • Delivery service (East End)

Bermuda’s newest ‘old’ animal care facility

Ettrick Animal Hospital was founded in 1974 as a family run practice and has retained that family feeling despite continual updating of equipment and facility including a multimillion-dollar renovation and addition project completed in 2021. The ‘new’ Ettrick is now a 7,000+ sq. ft. modern hospital and boarding facility designed with your pet in mind. The design and engineering incorporate the latest recommendations for comfort, safety, health and design provides a less stressful environment for you and your pets.

While it is fantastic to have a modern veterinary facility, it is successful, and Ettrick has the most experienced team of vets and nurses on the Island, providing full service 24 hours a day. All Ettrick’s vets can deal with your routine and emergency needs. After hours, an on-call vet answers the phone so you have medical expertise available immediately to talk you through whatever your pet is experiencing and determine if you need to come in for an emergency visit, surgery or hospitalisation of your pet.

Ettrick is experienced in the relocation of animals to and from the Island and routinely assist owners navigating through the paperwork and requirements needed to travel with animals. A warm welcome awaits at Ettrick.

Travelling to Bermuda with your canine or feline companion requires a bit of planning but is quite an easy process if you get started early enough.

Bermuda currently enjoys status as a rabies free jurisdiction. As such, the import regulations for companion animals are set up to maintain this status, and obtaining an import permit from the Bermuda Government Department of Environment and Natural Resources is required.

Firstly, your pet must be implanted with a microchip that can be read by any standard microchip reader. This is usually done at a very early age but can be done by your vet at any age. Your pet must have an ID chip for entry.

If you are arriving directly from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand or Jamaica, your pet is permitted to enter without having any rabies vaccinations. For those travelling from the US, Canada or other countries where rabies is present, your pet must have been rabies vaccinated. To enter Bermuda, your pet has to have received two rabies vaccinations. There must be at least a six-month interval between the rabies vaccinations with the most recent one being given at least thirty days before arrival. This means that if your pet has never had a rabies vaccine, it will take a minimum of seven months prior to travel for them to qualify for entry. If your pet has already been receiving annual rabies vet that there has been no lapse in the coverage and they have received at least two rabies vaccinations. meets the rabies requirements for other requirements with one visit. You issued within ten days of your arrival into Bermuda that states your pet is not infected with any communicable disease and is free from external description and microchip number of the pet, along with the owner’s name

or fax them to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and they will email or fax back an and address. Your vet must apply a tick import permit. Response times are preventative to your pet and state that usualy very fast, within 24 to 48 hours. they have done so, including naming For more information and to obtain the medication used, on the health the forms required to import a pet, visit the Bermuda Government Once you have your rabies vaccine website for the Ministry of the Environment: www.gov.bm/onlinewith a completed application to services/import-dog-or-cat import form (which you can download For local vet services and from the Bermuda Department of information, visit www.endsmeet.bm. Environment website), you can email Tel: 236-3292. Dedicated To Helping Your Pet Achieve Their

ASK ABOUT OUR HOME VISIT OPTION Emergency On Call Veterinarian (24 hours- 365 Days a year) Mobile & In Home Appointments and Consultations Annual Wellness Exams Advanced Inpatient Monitoring and Care Digital Radiography (Xray) Pet Vaccinations Reception 236-3292 Emergency Pager 694-0703 168 Middle Road, Devonshire - Endsmeet.bm

Diet & Weight Clinics

Overseas Travel Certification

CBD for Dogs and Cats

Ultrasound

Orthopedic Specialist & Referral

Dentistry & Oral Preventative Care

Flea & Parasite Control

Pets Beware

Watch out for these critters and plants to keep your pet safe

We don’t have snakes or coyotes in Bermuda, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have critters that could harm your pet.

You are allowed to walk your dog on a leash on public beaches in the winter months; if you do, watch out for Portuguese Man of the water and often washes ashore. The long tentacles pack a mighty sting and pose a serious threat to people and pets. If stung, adults often have to make a hospital visit, and your pet may require immediate attention from a vet.

Another small animal to look out for is the Bermuda toad. These can grow quite large and are toxic to dogs. Don’t let your dog pick up a toad with its mouth. Plus, certain toads also secrete a deadly toxin through their skin, so just licking or touching a toad could require emergency attention. Symptoms may include severe drooling, head shaking, pawing at the mouth or and, in severe cases, seizures and collapse.

Not quite so dangerous, but still to be avoided, are lizards, tree frogs, and snails. Sometimes pets can get Liver Fluke from chasing or eating these small creatures. The severity of symptoms depends on the severity of infection. in Bermuda, but mosquitoes can be a problem in the summer months. If your dog is bitten, it may lead to heartworm. We suggest you consult with your veterinarian on the best mosquito repellents and heartworm treatments for your pet.

Dogs are sometimes tempted to chew on or eat plants. Be especially vigilante that your pet doesn’t chew on Sago palms, which have toxic properties. Severe liver damage and death can occur. Also, you’ll see Oleander hedges along the roadside and in gardens throughout the island. They may look pretty, but Oleander is poisonous to many species, including cats and dogs. There have even been cases on the Island where cows have died from ingesting Oleander.

Finally, our tropical, humid climate can cause ear infections with excessive hair growth in the ear. Get your groomer to trim hair in the outer-ear canal or ask your veterinarian for the proper technique to do this yourself. Also ask your vet for recommendations on keeping your dog’s ears dry and on how often you should clean them.

The Sago Palm and other plants are toxic to pets