Southern Cross Veterinarians-Bellmere

22/10/2024

📢 Important Update: We are currently experiencing internet issues at the clinic. Unfortunately, this means we cannot make/receive calls, check emails, or schedule appointments at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Please bear with us as we work to resolve this issue! Thank you!

11/10/2024

Vet Nurse Day!

If you came into the clinic today you would have seen the fun party decorations that were set up in reception area. It was a lovely surprise for the nurses to walk into first thing in the morning 🥳✨

There really isn't enough words and honestly not enough space on here to say how much our nurses do for us! From getting into work first thing in the morning to set up for the day, to staying back late to help clean the clinic.

Today the nurses got spoilt with personalised gifts and cheese platter to graze on throughout the day.

Our compassionate nurses are heroes without capes!

A massive thank you to
Molly, Lauren B,Lauren S, Jen, Hollie, Jess, Angela, Neva, Nat ,Amy and our lovely practice manager Kym.

10/10/2024

🐾❤️ Happy Vet Nurse Day! ❤️🐾

Let’s give a big shoutout to our fantastic Vet Nurses! Your dedication and compassion are essential to our team and the well-being of our furry friends. Thank you for all that you do! 💖🐶

03/10/2024

CLOSURE NOTICE - Kings Birthday Long Weekend

We will be closed from 1pm on October 5th, and will reopen on October 8th with our usual hours of 8am-5:30pm.

MEDICATION AND FOOD - Please ensure you have enough food and medication for your pets during the closure period.

❌We require a 24-48 hours notice for all medication requests to ensure we can meet your needs in time.❌

Please email [email protected] or call 54087090 to order any medication.

If your pet is experiencing an emergency during this period, please call Pet ER North Lakes on (07) 3384 2234 or Animal Emergency Service Tanawah (07) 5445 1333 See less

01/10/2024

On October the 11th it's Vet Nurse Day!

We will be celebrating the incredible work of veterinary nurses! Join us in appreciating the dedicated, compassionate team of our vet nurses who help care for our beloved pets and support our vets.

In the reception area there's a box, paper and pen if you would like to leave an appreciation note for our lovely nurses to read on the 11th of October.

30/08/2024

‼️‼️ITS GETTING HOT IN HERE ‼️‼️

As we've all felt it, the weather is getting nice and warm and our fur-babies are feeling it too!

This is a reminder to please be mindful when it comes to walking our canine companions. Unlike us our four-legged friends can't put on a pair of shoes to protect their paws from the scolding hot ground and we often see a lot of dogs coming in with burn wounds on their paw pads. As you could imagine this would be very uncomfortable and painful 😢

Please don't walk your pets during the middle of the day, try and aim for the morning or evening. This will help protect their paws and help reduce the risk of heat stroke.

Heat stroke is a very serous condition as it can cause organ failure, make sure your pets have access to a cool shady area and fresh water all the time.

If you're concerned your pet has heatstroke NEVER put them straight into cold water as this could make them go into shock.
Start by wetting a towel squeezing the excess water out and placing it over them, move them into a shaded area and try and keep them calm. Call your nearest veterinarian to get further advise and help.

PH: (07) 54 087090
Our staff can answer any questions you have about the seriousness of heatstroke.

26/08/2024

Happy international Dog day 🐶🐾❤️

Featuring Daisy 🌼

14/08/2024

The faces my furr-kids make after being caught playing on my bed 🤨

08/08/2024

CLOSURE NOTICE - Ekka Holiday Long Weekend

We will be closed from 1pm on August 10th, and will reopen on August 13th with our usual hours of 8am-5:30pm.

MEDICATION AND FOOD - Please ensure you have enough food and medication for your pets during the closure period.

❌We require a 24-48 hours notice for all medication requests to ensure we can meet your needs in time.❌

Please call 5408 7090 to order any medication.

If your pet is experiencing an emergency during this period, please call Pet ER North Lakes on (07) 3384 2234 or Animal Emergency Service Tanawah (07) 5445 1333

08/08/2024

‼️‼️PARALYSIS TICKS‼️‼️

With the weather warming up we have seen a rise in tick cases over the past weeks!

In the past two days we have treated two dogs with tick paralysis, thankfully they are in recovery now with the help from our team but there have been many pets that have sadly lost their life from ticks 😓

We want to help in every way we can that's why we urge pet owners to please keep their pets up to date with their flea and tick preventatives.

‼️‼️REMEMBER : PREVENTION IS BETTER THEN A CURE ‼️‼️

Simparica trio and Nexgard spectra is what we recommend which are monthly chews for our canine companions

For our feline friends Nexgard spectra spot on is recommend to be given every month.

If you have questions about tick preventions please give us a call and one of our staff members can help you.

PH: (07) 54087090

02/08/2024

On Wednesday the 31st of July Southern Cross Veterinarians-Bellmere said goodbye to Dr Guy Nation.

We will certainly all miss him, but we're happy to know he's on a new adventure travelling the globe ✈️

Enjoy retirement Dr Guy you have definitely earned it and thank you for servicing the Moreton Bay Region for over 20 years, your compassion for helping animals is inspiring.

Dear Clients,

We would like to inform you that after 26 wonderful years of dedicated service, Dr. Guy Nation has retired. Dr. Guy will now enjoy new adventures while travelling the world. He will be dearly missed by all of us.

We deeply appreciate your trust and support over the years. If you need any assistance with your pets' care, please reach out to our team, and we will be happy to help with the transition to a new veterinarian.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Sincerely,
Southern Cross Veterinarians Woodford 🐾❤️

26/07/2024

Mini the 12 week old Bull Arab x puppy came in for her second vaccination today and sitting on the scales perfectly already 😊

25/07/2024

RSPCA operation wanted ends at the end of August!

Call to book in now!

Female cats can have a litter of kittens just had the age of 5 months old! Even cats that are kept inside still have the risk of escaping and mating with a male cat.

Call now to enquire about the 20% off!!

20/07/2024

‼️‼️SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING‼️‼️
*Owner consented to post*

On Friday we had big boy Butters admitted into our care for being unwell :(

We ran some bloods, started him on IV antibiotics and fluids. When we went to start a physical examination we felt his testicles were enlarged and hard.

Butters had something called "torsed testicle" or "testicular torsion" where on of his testicles twisted around on itself, more specifically the spermatic cord which provides blood flow to the testicle twists. This causes it to loose blood flood, swell and is quite painful as you could imagine.

How we treated this was emergency surgery to castrate the patient, which was more difficult then a routine castration because of the testicle being swollen.

We want to send out our gratitude to our clients who were happy to move their appointments, a big thanks to our nurses Lauren & Angela who prepped the surgery room, our manager Kym who monitored Butters while he was under anaesthetic and to Butters owners who trusted us to look after him ❤️‍🩹

You will see below the swollen testicle, butters after his procedure and him this morning with his human having cuddles.

We're glad Butters is feeling better and recovering smoothly!

19/07/2024

"Mum what do you mean I can't come to work with you?"

-Daisy 🐾

Happy Saturday everyone 🌸💖

05/07/2024

Thursday afternoon a concerned owner brought in her adult female cat Nala and her kittens less than 24hrs old.

The owner was concerned for the wellbeing of one of the kittens and the mumma cat.

After being thoroughly examined by our vet Dr Mark he came to the conclusion that there was still a kitten stuck inside of Nala

With a case like this time is usually our biggest enemy as we had to race Nala into an emergency caesarean to get this kitten out of her uterus as soon as possible!

We had our doubts that the stuck kitten inside would be alive as it would have been in a lot of distress, thankfully when Dr Mark pulled the kitten out of the uterus he could feel a tiny heart beat.

Nurse Jen then rushed to help stimulate the baby kitten to wake up some more.
All while our practice manager Kym kept the mum cat stable under anaesthetic.

This really was a team effort from not only our staff but also to the clients who we had to call and reschedule their appointments so we could fit this surgery in.

Nala the mum cat and her kittens all got to go home that afternoon with her owner.😊