The Chatty Vets Podcast

What would you do? Tell us Episode 9 - Bonus Episode! Vomiting in Dogs and Cats Vomiting… or is it regurgitation? And how worried should we actually be? In this bonus episode, we’re diving into one of the most common — and sometimes most stressful — presentations in small animal practice: the vomiting dog or cat. From working out whether it’s true vomiting vs regurgitation, to spotting the red fla...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 8 - Two week takedown. Lap spays, leaving uteruses behind, ketamine enthusiasm, and the never-ending neuter list… Welcome back to another Chatty Vets Two Week Takedown — where we break down the real clinical topics that have been filling our consulting rooms and operating theatres recently. This episode we chat: • Laparoscopic spays in bitches  • Ovariectomy vs o...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Ep 7 – Two Week Takedown: Turmeric on Chicken Legs, Seasonal Fleas, Dental Chews, Euthanasias & WhatsApping Clients?! It’s time for another Two Week Takedown — where we round up the cases, conversations, and clinical curveballs that have been keeping the vet world busy lately. In this episode, we’re covering everything from the slightly bizarre (yes… turmeric on c...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Episode 6 – Bonus Episode: Deep Dive into Dyspnoea (Part 1) Breathing difficulties. Worried owners. High-pressure decisions. 😅🫁 In this bonus deep-dive, the team at The Chatty Vets Podcast tackle one of the most stressful presentations in practice: dyspnoea in dogs and cats 🐶🐱 From that first “this doesn’t look right” moment, to emergency stabilisation, hands-on c...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Episode 6B – Bonus Episode: Deep Dive into Dyspnoea (Part 2) Same breathless patients. New level of confidence. 😅🫁 In Part 2 of our dyspnoea deep-dive, the team at The Chatty Vets Podcast build on Episode 6A and take things even further — helping you turn uncertainty into clear, practical decision-making 🐶🐱 We wrap up our discussion on thoracic POCUS 👀📟, explore...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Episode 5 – Two Week Takedown: THAT Panorama Episode, Cuffed ETTs in Cats & Tricky Cases… In this week’s Two Week Takedown , Brendan and Charlotte are joined by very SPECIAL GUEST @cat_the_vet for an honest, hilarious, and refreshingly real deep-dive into life on the vet front line 🐾 From that Panorama episode everyone’s been talking about, to cuffed endotracheal...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 4: Two-Week Takedown. Is Librela dangerous and a new weekly NSAID... It’s time for another two-week takedown 🎙️ and we’re back with the things that have been filling up our consult rooms, group chats, and on-call brains over the last fortnight. In this episode, Brendan and Charlotte dive into the new weekly NSAID, daxocox —how it works, where it might fit into pr...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 3: Deep Dive – Head Tilt That's right, the dreaded neuro! But don't worry, we're here to break it down for you. In this episode Brendan and Charlotte talk through how to approach head tilt cases across species, from vestibular disease in dogs, to working up head tilt in cats, and the truly impressive head tilts we can see in rabbits. We cover how t...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 2: January 2026 Two-Week Takedown It’s our first full episode 🎉 and we’re kicking things off with the January 2026 two-week takedown. In this episode, Brendan and Charlotte chat about festive toxicities, questionable foreign bodies, the CMA report and what it could mean for the profession, dreaded dentals, and the joys and challenges of dealing with particularly...

What would you do? Tell us Hi and welcome to The Chatty Vets Podcast ! 👋  We’re Brendan and Charlotte; two UK-based small animal general practice vets. If you work within the Veterinary Profession, then this is the podcast for you. In this short intro episode, we explain who we are, why we've started this podcast, and what’s coming up. Expect twice-monthly “two-week takedown” episodes where...