The winner of our November Pet’s Corner Posing Pets competition with the North Devon Journal is eleven year old Maisie.

With bonfire night and dare we say it, Christmas just around the corner, it's a noisy time of year! Find out what you can do to help your pet if they struggle with noise phobias.

As the nights draw in and the leaves start to change colour, it is a reminder to all rabbit owners to prepare for the winter months ahead. Autumn can be a beautiful season, but it can also be very damp, windy and cold. Even though extreme, snowy weather usually doesn’t hit us until after Christmas, it is a good idea to be prepared. This is especially so if your rabbits normally live outdoors.

The winner of our October Pet’s Corner Posing Pets competition with the North Devon Journal is two year old Tiny.

The increase in pet ownership, in particular kittens, has resulted in temporary cat vaccine supply-demand imbalance across the UK and Europe. The good news is that we have secured an allocation of vaccines and, with the stock we already have, we will be able to continue to vaccinate a large number of cats.

We humans are probably not looking forward to the shorter days of autumn and winter. For many people this often means getting up in the dark and coming home in the dark too. It can have implications for our pets as well, so now is a good time to review what we can do to keep our pets safe in the dark.