Animal care blog

Heat stroke, or heat stress, is not something to be taken lightly. This can be a life threatening condition and unfortunately, in our tropical climate, it is something we see too often. When your pet’s core body temperature becomes too high, it can cause massive damage and even lead to

There are many myths floating around social media about Parvovirus at the moment, we thought we would try and dispel a few. 1.  Parvo is in the soil for 10 years – wrong. ⦁ Parvo is deactivated by sunlight if contaminated items are left in direct sunlight for 24 hours. This will

With the colder weather comes paralysis tick season. These ticks are carried into our yards by native animals, which are not really affected by them. However, our dogs and cats are. Signs of paralysis tick envenomation⦁ Wobbly back legs/unable to get up⦁ Retching/vomiting⦁ Trouble breathing What to do if you find a

Exciting News! We have been recommending the use of Comfortis for flea control in dogs for a couple of years now. It is a once monthly, palatable tablet that kills fleas within 3 hours of being bitten. We have had great success with it, and all members of staff use

We have recently been involved in the production of a short video on rural vets for ABC OPEN. Many thanks to Laurie Ann King for her amazing efforts in putting this together. https://open.abc.net.au/posts/puppies-bullets-brown-snakes-96lu7zx

From Bec, Steph and all our dedicated staff, we wish all our clients and pets a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Remember this time of year is very festive and we all have leftovers. Please be careful with leftover ham, every year we have patients with pancreatitis from eating

For the month of August (2013) we admitted 8 animals with snakebites. Most of these have been Eastern Browns, although we have also had a Whip snake and unfortunately, 1 Taipan fatality. If your pet has killed the snake, make sure you bring the snake and your pet as quickly as possible to be treated.