Expert veterinary care for small and large animals in the Yarra Valley. We also have a branch clinic in Yarra Glen.
We offer compassionate and expert medical and surgical care for your pets at our state of the art Animal Hospital in Lilydale. We also offer a 24 hour on-call service for our clients. Apart from dogs and cats, our clinic continues to treat horses and cattle around the Yarra Vallley.
Could your horse have gastric ulcers? We have our next scoping day at Cavalli Park on Monday 30th September
Signs of gastric ulcers in horses can include:
- Weight loss
- Sensitivity with girthing
- Unwillingness when ridden
- Dull coat
- Picky eating
- Negative change in attitude
- Lack of energy
If you would like to get your horse checked for ulcers please contact the clinic on 97395244 to secure a spot
Is your mare expecting this season? Foaling is an exciting time, but it’s important you have support along the way, even if you are experienced with the process.
Start by booking your mare in for a pre foaling check up to monitor the pregnancy, check general health, worming and vaccination status and caslick removal if needed. This is a great time to discuss the foaling process and make a plan for the time whether you are doing it at home or sending away.
Follow our page for more posts on pregnancy, post foaling care and breeding as the season goes on or call 97395244 to speak to one of our experienced equine vets ❤️
Sometimes we deliver baby animals and sometimes we get covered in crap 💩
Perks of the job ~ Dr Ryan
Happy International dogs day!
🐶🐕🦮🐩🐕🦺🐾🦴
Today we celebrate the pawsitive impact our furry friends have on our lives ❤️
Our main phones are temporarily down, you can reach us on 0428586467
How many bites does it take to eat a whole kebab? 🍢
Answer = None says Max the Border Collie! 🐶
Max presented to us shortly after swallowing an entire kebab - skewer and all. We performed an X-ray which confirmed its location in the stomach. In this situation we were unable induce vomiting due to the risk of complications from the skewer puncturing something on the way up. Instead we first attempted to remove the skewer using an endoscope which is a long flexible camera we put down the oesophagus with grabbers. Unfortunately we were unable to grasp the skewer with this method, so proceeded onto surgical removal of the skewer from the stomach by performing a gastrotomy. The skewer was successfully removed with the kebab still showing grill marks and all with no signs of any chewing! We are pleased to report Max has made a full recovery and is back to being a happy dog!
This sunny weather should get us thinking about Laminitis! Now is the time to act and prevention is key! 🐴 🩺
How cute!
Bonnie and Cash sleeping off their sedation in the morning sunshine after their yearly dentals today ☀️
Some photos from our recent equine scoping day showing what gastric ulcers look like! 🐴
• In the first two photos the dark red splotches on the paler pink area of the stomach are called ‘Squamous’ ulcers, and this area is the non-glandular portion of the stomach.
•The area between the paler pink and darker areas of the stomach is called the Margot Plicatus and this divides the glandular and non-glandular regions of the stomach, a common site for ulceration.
• The 3rd photo is of the pyloric area of the stomach, which is the stomach’s exit to the intestines. The dark red areas here are pyloric or ‘glandular’ ulcers.
Fluffy friday!!! We had the pleasure of having all three of these Pomeranian cousins in the clinic this week! As you could imagine they got lots of cuddles from our staff 🥰
Unfortunately we have multiple staff off sick 🤧 today so Yarra Glen clinic will be closed. It will reopen tomorrow as usual. Lilydale will be operating as normal. Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience!
Our phones are back working again!! 👏🏻
Our phones are still down this morning, please contact us on 0428586467
Our main phones are currently down, please contact us on our afterhours number 0428586467 if you need to contact us!
Did you know we have a full in house pathology suite at the clinic? 🩸🔬
👉 That means we can perform many of your pets blood and urine testing and cytology and get results straight away
👉This is especially useful for sick pets to help us get to a diagnosis quicker
Winter is the perfect time to get your horse's teeth looked at!
Apart from sharp enamel points that develop without regular dental care, a lot of other dental pathology can remain unseen without careful examination. Dental disease can severely impact riding, performance, eating/maintaining weight and can be painful.
At Yarra Ranges Animal Hospital, all patients receive sedation so that every side of each tooth can be examined carefully. Any suspicious areas can then be further investigated with tools such as dental probes and x-ray imaging.
Some of the diseases we look out for include gingival disease, peripheral and infundibular caries, EOTRH, pulp exposure and loose/infected teeth. We are also able to remove wolf teeth in horses which can impact riding and bit seating. After each dental, all clients receive a dental chart and plan for treatment and follow up visits.
Dentals also provide the perfect time to discuss any further health concerns, booster vaccinations and sheath clean for geldings.
To book in your horse's dental, please contact the clinic on (03) 9739 5244.
This is Mahalia recovering from her TPLO surgery today. The tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO) surgery is done as a treatment for cruciate ligament rupture, a very common problem we see in dogs. This is the 3rd TPLO Dr Ben has done for dogs in Mahalia’s family!
The X-rays show the placement of the bone plate used to re-align the joint and change the angle of loading through the joint, thus negating the need for the cruciate ligament anymore. TPLO is considered the “gold standard” for cruciate ligament surgery and Dr Ben has performed this surgery over 2000 times and accepts referrals from other vet clinics for this service.
After Mahalias 8 week recovery process we expect she should be moving around normally again with full function of her leg!
Our Yarra Glen clinic will open at 1.30 pm today - apologies for any inconvenience 😀
Part 3 of our winter horse health series - Mudfever / Pastern dermatitis
Part 2 of our equine winter health series - Worms in horses. If you’re wanting to get a faecal egg count done for your horse, we can do this for you. Any questions get in touch!
We are closed today due to the public holiday
If you have a veterinary emergency you may phone our vet on call
0428586467
Could your horse have gastric ulcers? We have our next scoping day happening Cavalli Park on Monday 1st July with Dr Olivia
Signs of gastric ulcers in horses can include:
- Weight loss
- Sensitivity with girthing
- Unwillingness when ridden
- Dull coat
- Picky eating
- Negative change in attitude
- Lack of energy
If you would like to get your horse checked for ulcers please contact the clinic on 97395244 to secure a spot
Welcome to our winter horse health series, where over the next few weeks we will be sharing info about veterinary conditions we can see during winter. The first part is about Colic in horses. Remember if you’re ever unsure we’re just a phone call away and have vets on call 24 hours.
Rosie is a long term patient of ours who recently became unwell. Rosie had developed chronic kidney insufficiency as well as pancreatitis. Rosie's owner Glen has been very dedicated with her care, and she was treated in hospital and discharged 48h later. Rosie has come along in leaps and bounds since then and we love receiving videos like this showing just how well she is doing!
Congratulations to our May puppy pre-school graduates - Henry, Dandy, Poppy, Noni and Murphy! You all did great 🎓🐶👏🏻
Our next class starts Tuesday 4th June!
Introducing our newest staff members who have taken a liking to reception duties 🤓 ☎️
We’re so glad to be able to help our friends at Starting Over Dog Rescue. If you can, please donate to help this wonderful organisation.
Yarra Glen clinic will be closed tomorrow due to staff illness. Lilydale will be operating as normal!
Yarra Glen will reopen 1pm Monday. Thank you.
Our amazing receptionist Sue enjoying cake on National receptionist day! We are lucky to have such a great team of nurses and reception staff at the clinic and we love any excuse for cake 🎂
484 Maroondah Highway
Melbourne, VIC
3140
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| Tuesday | 8am - 7pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 7pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 7pm |
| Friday | 8am - 6pm |
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Did you know we have a full in house pathology suite at the clinic? 🩸🔬 👉 That means we can perform many of your pets blood and urine testing and cytology and get results straight away 👉This is especially useful for sick pets to help us get to a diagnosis quicker
Rosie is a long term patient of ours who recently became unwell. Rosie had developed chronic kidney insufficiency as well as pancreatitis. Rosie's owner Glen has been very dedicated with her care, and she was treated in hospital and discharged 48h later. Rosie has come along in leaps and bounds since then and we love receiving videos like this showing just how well she is doing!
Our Christmas raffle draw for 2023 with all money raised donated to Starting Over Dog Rescue to help them continue the wonderful work 🥰🎄
The winners of the Starting Over Dog Rescue Christmas raffle are.……
Something a little different for our staff meeting last night with Dr Ben and Lou showing us how to make ice cream with liquid nitrogen 🍦🍓
Warning gross content! This video shows Drs Emma and Olivia performing endoscopy to remove a 50cm length of ribbon from Tilba the cat’s stomach! Tilba and her sister Tully had been playing with the ribbon earlier when suddenly it went missing. The owners weren’t sure which cat might have eaten it. Tully had endoscopy first to look in the stomach but alas we didn’t find any ribbon. Next up was Tilby who turned out to be the ribbon eating culprit! Linear foreign body’s such as ribbons can lead to dangerous consequences for pets if left to pass through on their own. One end often gets lodged at a point in the gastrointestinal tract and then as the intestines attempt to move the foreign body along it results in the intestines bunching up. This can lead to intestinal perforation and peritonitis. Luckily the owners of Tilba and Tully caught them right away and brought them straight down for treatment. They both recovered well from their procedures!
Teddy was the cutest little patient in the clinic today!!!
Melbourne Animal Specialist Hospital
Maroondah Highway
