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At Cromwell Vets, the health, safety and wellbeing of our patients, our staff and our community is our number-one priority.

Our festive opening hours are as follows:

As you are probably aware, for the past two years Cromwell Vets have been raising money for StreetVet. Why did we choose this charity? It's not just because of the amazing work they do but also because a few of our nurses and vets volunteer some of their spare time to carry out this work on the streets of Cambridge or Peterborough. Sarah is one such nurse! Sarah has gone the extra mile (excuse the pun) this year and done some extra fundraising! In January she set herself the challenge of earning a medal a month and earlier this month, she completed it! From night walks to half marathons to 10k to obstacle courses - she's done it! Here's what she had to say in her final post about her challenge:

It’s been a busy summer for us with our events team being out and about for a total of 10 days at 8 different events. The season kicked off at the College of Animal Welfare in Godmanchester for their “Careers Day”. This is a different kind of event than the others but an important date in the calendar for us – our team enjoy being able to tell the younger generation all about the career they love. The rest of summers events were at local community fetes, festivals and carnivals throughout our region in Sawtry, St Neots, St Ives, Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon and Cambourne. We really enjoy being out in the community and having the opportunity to talk to pet owners in a different and more relaxed environment. As we do every year, one of our main focusses at events is raising money for charity. This year we continued to raise for StreetVet with our fun dog shows and our fabulous friends from St Ives Dog Training Club also donated their proceeds from their popular have-a-go agility and flyball. The events were a bit quieter this year because of the very hot weather this summer. Nonetheless it’s all helped reach an amazing total! We pleased to announce that along with last year’s events and donations in our surgeries, we have presented StreetVet with a cheque for £1697.94! Thank you to everyone who have joined us at the events and helped us raise so much for such an amazing charity. We’ll be back out in the community next summer, hope to see you there!

Pet lovers are being urged to be well prepared for what veterinary experts have highlighted as a time of year which can be difficult to keep animals calm.

We have received notification from the Government regarding Brexit and pet travel. Here's what we know.

We recently received a lovely card from Animals Asia about "Cromwell" the bear. You may remember, we raised £5500 back in 2008/9 to fund the rescue of this wonderful moon bear from the cruel life in a confined cage on a bear bile farm in Vietnam. Here's what the Animals Asia vet team in Vietnam have written after completing a health check on him:

Late one evening, earlier this month, we looked after a young stray kitten after he had been found stuck inside a car engine. This is his story.

Playing with your pet is a great way to exercise and bond with them but unfortunately it can occasionally end in tragedy as one local pet owner recently found out.

We're definitely in the full swing of grass seed season - we've already dealt with 38 cases of irritating grass seeds so far in July!