Veterinary Ramblings

This week Veterinary Ramblings is a double bill - with Bill Lambert & Bill King joining us from The Kennel Club UK / The Kennel Club Charitable Trust!  Bill Lambert is Head of Health and Welfare at The Kennel Club (UK) and Bill King is the Chairman of The Kennel Club Charitable Trust. We discuss the history of The Kennel Club (UK), how it has evolved over the years and the benefits for dog own...

This week we're chatting to Chloe Mackintosh AKA The Charity Vet Nurse! Chloe started as a student veterinary nurse in 2016, completing all her placements at the PDSA hospital in Edinburgh while working for Vets Now in the evenings! After moving around a bit, she realised she wanted to work in the charity sector of the veterinary profession, helping people and animals who otherwise wouldn’t have a...

In this episode, Tony Booker explains how his PhD research took him from turmeric farms in India and China to the aisles of his local Morrisons supermarket  We learn about the benefits and properties of Turmeric, Curare, Reserpine, Artemisia and  Ethnobotany.  We also discuss biopiracy, Ethnopharmacology and the steps taken to protect the intellectual property of indigenous tribes and the effects...

Join us for a bit of a giggle with our (very random) season finale with Mike & Julian! This episode is full of random ramblings about sunglasses, fungal infections and all kinds of accidents they've encountered. We also wonder what would happen if politicians were to do satnav voices! Finally, we finish off the season with a 60-Second CPD all about cheese and a, of course, a lot of cheesy dad...

This week we're talking to Jade Statt, the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of StreetVet! StreetVet is an award-winning UK charity that provides free accessible veterinary care to pets of people who are experiencing homelessness. Jade explains her inspiration to begin StreetVet, which started with her and a backpack and has grown into a nationwide organisation with over 300 volunteers providing ca...

This week we're chatting to Jon Fitzmaurice! Jon is a rum enthusiast and an RSPCA Veterinarian.  Jon and Julian went to vet college together in London, where Jon qualified in 1997.  His first job was in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, in a 5 vet surgery that had connections with the local RSPCA branch where he worked for 10 years. In 2008, He moved across town for his 2nd, and current, job to become...

This week we sit down with Anita Dowe, more commonly known as The Mindful Pet Owner! Anita is a veterinary surgeon who current works in emergency and critical care and also runs The Mindful Pet Owner - a website that focuses on training humans to be the owners their pets deserve and is passionate about educating people on responsible pet ownership including training and behaviour struggles. We dis...

In this episode, Veterinary Ramblings gets hypnotised by Anne-Marie Svendsen Aylott from Purple Cat Coaching!  Anne-Marie is obsessed with learning, which took her on her journey from veterinary medicine to human psychology and coaching. She focuses on evidence-based and research-driven training and coaching and has developed a unique toolkit to help organisations and people be the best they can b...

This week, we're kicking off our latest season with the wonderful Dr Amber Lee!🦜🦩 We discuss how she built her career as an avian/exotics specialist and the differences between working with exotics in the USA and Australia. We also discuss the difficulties the veterinary profession has faced during 2020, both with coronavirus and the Australian wildfires. Amber shares some fantastic insight and...

This week Veterinary Ramblings has turned one year old! We'll be back next week with more wonderful, fascinating guests, but in the meantime, sit down with us for 10 minutes as we reflect on the year gone by.  From the bottom of our gin-filled hearts, thank you to each and every one of you who have tuned in to our show so far. We hope you have as much fun listening to our show as we do creating it...

This week we're talking treats - specifically, the ones that Julian won't eat due to ethical concerns over palm oil and it's effects on the rainforest.  We also talk about how the knock-on effects of COVID have caused national shortages of one of Mike's favourite treats (Marmite) and how drinking british beer could potentially help alleviate it! We also cover chocolate, vanilla, orchids, and the h...

This week we have a blast talking with Cat The Vet! We catch up on how the pandemic has affected her as both a veterinarian and a mother. We also discuss why vets are thought to be expensive and how her family influenced her decision to join the profession.  Cat is passionate about providing reliable sources of clinical information and veterinary advice for pet owners through her website and popul...

Ey up! This week we welcome Julian Norton to Veterinary Ramblings - best known for his role on the popular Channel 5 television series 'The Yorkshire Vet'. The show is regarded as one of the most successful shows on the channel as it has reached the heart (and screens) of over 2 million viewers.  We discuss the intricacies of balancing the job of being a vet alongside being a TV personality, how t...

Join us as we speak to Jill Moss & Chris Laurence (MBE) from The Bella Moss Foundation. We discuss Jill's fascinating career as a child actress & find out how Chris got the charming nickname 'Spider'! We also learn about the tragic circumstances as to how The Bella Moss Foundation came to be & more about the wonderful work they do to promote responsible antimicrobial use and good hygie...

Join us as we sit down with Pete Wedderburn AKA Pete The Vet. We ask him about his career path and if he would change anything about the choices he made. We also discuss how he got into the media as well as his love of facing his fears to do hobbies that scare him! Pete is well known as a media veterinarian with regular national tv, radio and newspaper slots in Ireland and a weekly column in the D...

This week we're chatting to Sam Morgan, former president of the BVNA counsel and current member of the BVNA advisory committee & British Veterinary LGBTQ+ committee as one of two RVN representatives.  We discuss the difficulties of teaching over zoom and learn a little bit of welsh! Sam also shares her experience within the  LGBTQ+ veterinary community and things she would say to her younger s...

We're chatting to John Chitty, the director of a small animal/exotics practice in Hampshire. We discuss John and Julians shared love of old books, giving the snip to tortoises and sugar gliders, ferret husbandry and the difficulties, but also benefits of working through the pandemic as a veterinarian. Also, we want to give a quick shout out to a charity which John is the Trustee and Honorary Secre...

Our first ever guest on the show, Graeme Eckford, is back this week! We've come a long way since episode one but join us for a more boozy, relaxed ramblings as we discuss cats stuck in sofas, whiskey auctions and Mikes homemade gin during our gin tasting session. Graeme also does an unusual 60-Second CPD about the benefits of porridge. Check out our first episode, ' Whisky and COVID with Dr Graeme...

Join us as we sit down with Laura Higham,  a veterinary consultant in sustainable livestock production at the Food Animal Initiative (FAI) and one of the directors at Vet Sustain. She is also studying for a PhD in antimicrobial use in agriculture at The Global Academy for Agriculture and Food Security at Edinburgh University and holds an MSc in international animal health. We discuss regenerative...

This week we're chatting to Dr Martin Brice about lion dentistry, working in the UK & South Africa, his time on television plus so much more! 'Martin qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon in June 1995 at Onderstepoort University, Pretoria, South Africa. Once qualified, he left South Africa to gain experience working in England and worked in Shropshire as a large/small animal vet. A year later he r...

Veterinary Ramblings is back & this week we’re kicking off the season with Dr Robin Hargreaves, Director & Vet Surgeon at Stanley House Vets. We discuss the history of his practice which has offered out of hours services for over 100 years! We also share lots of anecdotes & life lessons for vets new & old regarding mentorship, euthanasia and learning from mistakes.  Robin is a past...

We would love for you to join us for our podcast Veterinary Ramblings. Veterinary Ramblings is an 'after-hours' podcast for veterinary professionals and animal lovers.  In our show, we interview veterinary & medical professionals who share their funniest, rudest and most inspirational stories. In our later shows, we have a great feature called 60-Second CPD in which our guest shares some exper...

This week we sit down with Dr Will & Dr Tara from Animal Doctors International. Join us as we learn about the trials and tribulations of working life in Vietnam and Laos. They do a lot of fantastic work, both teaching and providing veterinary medicine to their unusual customers including walk-in tigers and pangolins! Don't miss out on this weeks 60-Second CPD called 'Stop That Elephant!'  www....

We sit down and unmask the mighty organ that is The Raptured Spleen! The Raptured Spleen is a satirical Facebook page loved by veterinary professionals and the Splenic Masses worldwide! Meet the mind behind your favourite spleenos including Practice Wondermum, Boomer Vet and old Mrs Parker. We discuss humour in the workplace, cancel culture and the part played by The Raptured Spleen in sticking up...

 This week our ramblings are not of a veterinary nature as we are sitting down with the awe-inspiring Marny Cringle to hear about her incredible story of surviving and thriving against the odds. We also discuss her success in wheelchair tennis, her love of playing the violin, our experiences with Australian wildlife and much more! 'Marny Cringle was living the dream. At 26 she was travelling the w...