Author Archive: Amy Bergs
Amy Bergs DVM MRCVS graduated from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. Her academic interests lie in feline internal medicine and she has a soft spot for older cats. In 2013 she started The Cat Doctor, a feline-only mobile veterinary practice in Surrey and South West London.
Now I don’t know about you, but I get pretty stressed around this time of the year making sure everything is ready for Christmas.. Have I bought enough food? Where is everyone going to sleep? Have I remembered to buy a present for each member of my family?! As we rush about our lives in…
Those of you who have been with us for some time may have noticed a few changes lately. More than a few in fact, as when Shreen and I started doing home visits 5 years ago, we could have hardly imagined where we would be today! We’ve both studied hard and completed advanced certificates in…
That’s the line my husband used when I suddenly realised how fat my cat Aaliyah had actually got. It’s easy not to see the weight piling on when you see your pet every day, but that doesn’t mean it’s not happening. As a veterinary nurse regularly meeting with clients and addressing their cat’s weight issues,…
What would you do for your 15 seconds of fame? A few weeks ago we made a short video about our business and entered it into a competition run by iZettle, who make our credit card reader. It was surprisingly difficult to show the world what makes us special in just 15 seconds but on…
Paloma was a happy, healthy, bouncy 4 month-old kitten living under the care of a cat charity in Spain, waiting to find a new home. With little chance of a local adoption, the decision was made to send her to live with a family in England who had kindly agreed to take her on. She…
We recently had the great pleasure of meeting Lulu, a very sweet 12 year-old tortoiseshell girl. Life was good for Lulu until sadly her owner passed away and for the past several months, she had been living alone in an empty house. No prior arrangements had been made for her care so when her owner…
I’m a vet, so of course I’m going to say yes, right? Pet insurance allows me to perform more diagnostic tests and treatments for my patients which means not only happier, healthier pets but also a more profitable practice. So you would think that I would recommend it to all of my clients and in…
This week we travelled to Esher to visit Sammy, a lovely 18 year old cat. Sammy’s owner thought he was ‘slowing down’ in his old age and wanted us to make sure there were no underlying health problems. His owner had had him since he was a kitten and in her eyes he hadn’t aged…
“That can’t possibly be flea dirt” I thought to myself as I walked past my cat Molly’s bed, “I’m the vet, my cat can’t have fleas!” A wave of embarrassment washed over me as I realised that yes, my own cat had fleas. I had forgotten to apply her monthly flea preventative for the past…