Harrisdale Animal Hospital

15/01/2025

Rabbit parents - please be advised that Armadale council will be releasing Calici virus into the city and hills region this March. Please make sure your bun's vaccines are up to date before then.

31/12/2024

This little girl was brought into our clinic today after a suspect MVA - young female wearing a gold collar, no microchip. Found on Armadale rd. Please call the clinic if recognise her!

27/12/2024

🐶 Calling all itchy boys and girls 🐶 for a limited time we are giving away a free parasite treatment with every Cytopoint injection 🪱🦟 Call our friendly team to book!

20/12/2024

19/12/2024

To all of our lovely clients: Please remember to check that any ongoing medications won't run low over the Christmas period. We may have a delay in getting medications delivered whilst the suppliers take a break over Christmas. Please give us as much notice as you can 😊

19/12/2024

04/12/2024

📣Vaccination reminder📣Holiday season is here, we hope you all have some well needed time off this festive period! Don't forget to book your furry kids in for their vaccinations - boarding kennels typically require vaccines at least 7-10 days prior to stay. Get in touch if your dog or cat is due soon 🐶💕🐱

04/11/2024

"ITS NOVEMBER" 🐾OUR DISCOUNTS HAVE STARTED🐾

DENTALS ARE 20% OFF
STERILISATIONS 15% OFF

Call our friendly staff to book on 6156 8666

30/10/2024

🎃🎃🎃All of us at Harrisdale Animal Hospital would like to wish all our wonderful clients and their furry babies a fun filled Halloween.🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

24/10/2024

Baby Delta wants to let everyone know there is still some available spots for puppy pre-school at Harrisdale Animal Hospital starting this Thursday 6pm - 7pm!

Come join us for some fun! Please contact the clinic directly if you would like to book your previous puppy in!

24/10/2024

1 week to go! Get in touch and talk to our friendly team about our November promotion 💕🐱🐶💕

We are turning 1!

We are very proud to be celebrating the first of many birthdays as part of the Harrisdale and surrounds vet community.

Thank you to all the pets and families who have been part of our journey so far. Our patients and their carers are a huge part of why we do what we do here at Harrisdale Animal Hospital.

To celebrate our birthday we are offering discounted procedures in NOVEMBER 2024.
Book your pets sterilisation and receive a 15% discount.
Book your pets dental and receive a 20% discount.

You can call our friendly staff on 6156 8666 for further information, enquiries or to book in. We are open from 8am to 10pm 7 days a week.

We look forward to a month of celebrations and continuing your pets care into the future. Please feel free to share this post with your friends to continue to grow the HAH community.

The team at Harrisdale Animal Hospital

29/09/2024

We are turning 1!

We are very proud to be celebrating the first of many birthdays as part of the Harrisdale and surrounds vet community.

Thank you to all the pets and families who have been part of our journey so far. Our patients and their carers are a huge part of why we do what we do here at Harrisdale Animal Hospital.

To celebrate our birthday we are offering discounted procedures in NOVEMBER 2024.
Book your pets sterilisation and receive a 15% discount.
Book your pets dental and receive a 20% discount.

You can call our friendly staff on 6156 8666 for further information, enquiries or to book in. We are open from 8am to 10pm 7 days a week.

We look forward to a month of celebrations and continuing your pets care into the future. Please feel free to share this post with your friends to continue to grow the HAH community.

The team at Harrisdale Animal Hospital

09/09/2024

Did you know that by 2 years of age 70% of cats and 80% of dogs have some form of periodontal disease? Making it the most common disease we see in practice! Often pet parents are totally unaware due to a lack of clinical signs (these are not usually present until end-stage disease).

Dental disease can be very painful, impacting the quality of life of our hairy kids. Prevention is certainly better than cure as only early dental disease is reversible.

Our experienced team of nurses are here to educate preventative home care methods and assess whether veterinary intervention is necessary. We offer this service for FREE to our clients so call us on 6156 8666 to book an appointment!

05/09/2024

Meet Archie, a super-special boy that recently got himself into a spot of bother!

*WARNING - contains images some viewers may find disturbing*

16-week-old Archie came to us in May after sustaining a nasty fracture to his right front leg. His human mum, Joy, shares: “We had Archie for about a month or two when we saw him leap up for the laundry drying on the line… As he landed, he must have done so awkwardly and we heard his leg snap!”

Radiographs (X-rays) revealed a fracture of both bones in his forearm (radius and ulna), very low and close to his wrist – a very tricky location that requires surgical intervention for any chance of a good outcome. Occasionally, if just one of these bones breaks, the other acts as an internal ‘splint’ and surgery can be avoided. As Archie had done a proper job, our only options were surgical repair or amputation.

Dr Aaron from Small Animal Orthopaedics came to the hospital to perform the delicate surgery, whilst our team handled Archie’s analgesia and anaesthesia needs. Experience and care are essential when young animals undergo anaesthesia and we are fortunate to have skilled, fully trained nurses to support our vets. Surgery and anaesthesia went well for Archie, and the real challenge started once Archie discharged!

His mum, Joy, takes up the story again: “After his surgery his home care was HARD! He is a puppy with so much Jack Russell energy. He had to wear a huge bandage to protect his healing leg (because he identifies as a gazelle and doesn't stay still) and needed to be sedated for each change. We kept him in the laundry room and did our best to stop him from jumping around, which he loves! We gave him lots of toys and sniff walks for enrichment, but unsurprisingly he did need a medication called gabapentin to keep him calm too.”

Archie had his follow up radiographs several weeks after surgery which happily showed signs of good healing. A few more weeks of strict rest and amazing puppy healing powers, he was declared fixed!

Joy says: “Now he is doing amazingly well, you can barely tell he had his injury - the only clue is the surgical scar which you have to look very closely to see. We are so happy, we would strongly recommend Harrisdale vets to anyone and have done to all our friends! Archie loves the team and we were blown away by all their help. A family friend recommended Harrisdale as they had a great experience there, we have kept coming back because we did too!"

08/08/2024

International Cat Day 🐾
Today we celebrate all things CATS!
Please share your cat photos and their quirks in the comments 🥰

05/08/2024

Well lets talk about worms....

Do you take your dog into high dog traffic areas?
Do you feed your dog raw food?
Does your dog ingest any grass or dirt?
Do you have kids in the family?

If you answered yes to any of these questions we highly suggest regular worming. Its as easy as a tablet and prevention is better than treatment 🪱

If worms are left untreated, they can result in coat issues, lack of appetite, poor nutrient uptake, poor growth, intestinal upsets and organ damage.
Not to mention you and your children can also become infected and leave you quite unwell.