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Mittagong Veterinary Hospital

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Mittagong Veterinary Hospital

A caring, affordable and experienced crew of vet and veterinary nursing staff at our 'A' class Veterinary Hospital.
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We have served the southern highlands since 1978 - dogs, cats and farm animals. We focus now only on domestic pets and wildlife. A caring, affordable and experienced Veterinary Hospital. We offer off street parking, wheel chair access, are LGBTQI+ friends within our community, and we're here to serve you with country friendliness. All our staff have decades of veterinary experience and you'll know you're animals will be in great hands.

08/11/2024

Happy FriYay! It’s been all-round love and pats to Miss Lucy Dolores today; Grand Old Ragdoll Dame. Lucy-Dolores-Beauty-Queen visited Dr Keith today for her seasonal beauty appointment; summer hair and nails. She’s splendorous looking once again, ready for Summer!

Lucy Dolores (rhymes with glamorous) is a senior kitty, therefore requiring extra nurse pats, attention and compliments. If you’re as mature as Miss Lucy Dolores, (and us for that matter) you’d remember the ‘I Love Lucy’ show. It’s the perfect theme song for this fully-fledged, vintage Beauty Queen. We love Lucy, indeed!

Lucy Dolores was a perfect girl at The Vet and has earned the trifecta - the coveted award, the award, PLUS a . Please send your love and pats to Lucy-Dolores!

05/11/2024

Happy Tuesday/US-Election-Eve/Melbourne-Cup-Day

As you can see, Bear the grey long-haired kitty is a bit as exhausted - as we all are - by the endless, relentless news cycle. He’d much rather have a mental holiday (as would we). But Alas! Here we are Bear, in a vet hospital, on a Tuesday... So, Pawetry it must be!

Please take a moment to enjoy this lovely poem which we recited to Mr Bear;

‘Finding the Cat in a Spring Field at Midnight’ by Pattiann Rogers.

Oh to be in a field, wrapped in a kaleidoscope of flowers and stars, and not in a cage at the vets. Bear found the visual painting of this poem a purrfect escape and tonic.

Bear’s unequaled today has earned him a today!

Well done Bear. Please join us in sending him love and pats!

04/11/2024

Have you ever visited on-line websites for your pets requirements. Look no further now that Mittagong Veterinary Hospital has teamed up with PetPA, our retailer partner that will bring some of the best internet prices and free home delivery. There's no need to hop into the car to get your pet needs, just go on-line, receive a great price with free home delivery.

Of course we can still offer a personalised in house service with full record keeping, but we do know that many of our clients want to get he best prices on-line so here it is. We have partnered with one of the best online sites. Either use the QR code or https://yourpetpa.com.au/?ref=mittagongveterinaryhospital Take a look at the extremally wide range of products.

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04/11/2024

Are you sick of paying for expensive insurance fees. We are now offering a Pet Wellness Plan through Thriving Pets.

What do you get? For $590 pa: Flea, Tick & Worming Home Delivered, Unlimited Consultations at any Vet Clinic (Claim up to $75 per consultation), Annual Vaccination (Claim up to $100), $100 Wellness Screen Allowance (Wellness blood test as recommended by your Vet),$100 Dental Allowance (From 12 months of age onwards) or $100 Desexing Allowance (Up to 12 months of age), 10% Online Pet Store Discount - coming soon, our own discounted web store (Visit yourpetpa.com.au. Terms and Conditions apply).

You won't lose! See -https://thrivingpets.com.au/thriving-pets-inclusions/

01/11/2024

Salutations and Behold, the face of !

Lilly, bootiful Staffordshire Terrier girl, is EXTRA happy the weekend is here.

Lilly’s glam dark coat & almond eyes are matchy-matchy with nurse Brittany’s fashion-nails (in fact, Lilly’s nails are also black! Well done).

Lilly-of-the-Valley-Girl isn’t just a pretty face + fashion-plate though, she was also a very good dog at ‘The Vet’ & thus takes home this week’s coveted & Mittagong Vet .

Please send your love to Lilly-of-the-Valley-Girl, and have a wonderful weekend!

18/10/2024

It was truly Freaky-Friday for Kenny the Henny. Seems she was kidnapped by a fox but promptly rescued (from the jaws of death)... we suspect fowl play! (Boom-Tish)

Kenny-Henny was brought in for emergency treatment to Mittagong Vet today. Thankfully, she pulled through, after abdominal surgery. Kenny went home with a for both laceration treatment and her near-death experience! Lots to tell the girls back in the coop tonight. In the H-en-d you can’t keep a good Chookie down.

Keep on cluckin’ Kenny and have a great weekend everyone!

Dr Keith and the Mittagong Vet team

04/10/2024

Please raise a toast to Moët, the Lilac Burmese kitty with the best name. A quick online search describes Moët as “...a crowd favourite (with) elegant colours of golden straw yellow with green highlights. A sparkling bouquet filled with the vibrant intensity of green apple & citrus fruit, the freshness of mineral nuances & white flowers & the elegance (of) brioche & fresh nuts.” Mmmm. Well, we say yes-spot-on to that description of Mr Moët, except he’s been castrated.

It’s a special occasion when Moët visits the vet. He’s no Brut (yet he’s absolutely Imperial and “so French!”. Moët is also a solid boy, magnum size. He dug very deep, both within the blankies and inside himself, to find strength to pull through going to the vet. Although we knew he didn’t want to be at we didn’t take it personally. Moët received the extra nurse head scratches, exclusive use of the heater and heat pad, tonnes of fleecy privacy, AND is this week’s recipient of the Award. Moët returned home back to his bubbly-self.

“May you seek happiness & prevail” Cheers, Cin-Cin & Salut to Mr Moët!

03/10/2024

Winner! Winner! Chicken-Dinner!

Lady the Calico-Kitty was all patience and virtue and pretty-things-nice, waiting an entire 45-minutes for her chicken to roast. Her owner (our nurse Brittany) took this pic of the kitty; reflected in the oven door, reflective about the scrumptiousness that awaits her taste-buds for din-dins.

But no. Perturbed, horrified, inconsolable and left languishing on the kitchen floor, Miss Lady was offered an hors d’oeuvre portion size. Apparently for the humans... And she’s on a diet. “Outrage! for what?” She hissed. Cat slaps all-round for the family for just desserts then, and so much for the 90’s motivational office poster bumf...

As nice as it is to give ‘treats’ to the kitty, a roast chicken can’t be the only food your cat should eat. Yes, they’re obligate carnivores, but no, they can’t live on KFC. It’s just not ideal as a replacement for a well-rounded healthy feline diet. Some owners give in to the incessant meows of their cat, but may end up with a cat that only wants the chooken. Be strong! If offered, make it ‘a treat’. Go for ‘nude chicken’ - avoid the fatty skin, avoid oils and spices. Only offer roasted or well steamed chicken. Always thoroughly cook the chicken and opt for healthy home-cooked, not ‘southern fried’ style, BBQ skewers or kebabs, and remember the wise Japanese proverb - ‘don’t eat the chicken sashimi’.

Sorry Lady, skin-free-roast-chicken next time, maybe.

24/09/2024

KITTY MOOD SCALE decoded

PURRFECTION: Considerably high Zen level in the Kitty-Space. Elevated Purr rating, excellent conditions for all-day catnapping with intermittent stretching.

GOOD MEOWNING: or is it? Kitty may be feeling judgey. Yellow isn’t always mellow, so you need to read the signs. For example, moving furniture without consultation, offering the wrong food, bringing home a new pet...How Dare You! All could trigger an extended bad mood with side-order of payback. Look for signs, watch & be prepared to act!

EXTREME PAWTION: The Orange Zone is also known as “Highway to the Danger Zone”. Move over Maverick, high tail wagging maneuvers & airplane ears are signs a pre-emptive strike could be coming. Proceed with Pawtion. Have a plan to leave (or make amends).

CAT-ASTROPHIC: Uh-Oh. For your survival, seek shelter. Kitty is not happy.

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Cat Pawrenting requires understanding & managing of the Kitty’s emotional world. Elevated stress levels, especially when prolonged, can cause medical complications in cats, such as Urinary Tract Infection.

Excessive licking (over-grooming) in cats, inappropriate urination, & defecation, change of behaviours, becoming more aggressive or habitual hiding can be signs your cat is stressed.

Some simple go-to rules below can help you maintain the Zen of the Kitty’s space once you’ve reached Purrfection:

Rule No.1- Keep the Cats Happy (always),
Rule No.2 - Don’t upset the Cats (ever),
Rule No.3, refer to Rule No.1.

We’ve created this easy-to-use Mood Scale to help you work out The Kitty’s inner-world & help you make the appropriate adjustments to get your cat back to Zen. Swipe our pics to see Dr Keith demonstrating the Kitty Mood Chart with Grace, our clinic cat. PLUS, we’ve included a bonus cut-out for you to use at home with your Kitty. Simply pin the paw in the center of the chart.

We hope you can tap into the hidden language of the kitties & enable you both to enjoy a newfound, deeper rapport & ease in your daily communiCATion.

16/09/2024

Lovely Molly earned our esteemed Award and today, because, despite a tiny bit of catastrophizing, we know she dug super-deep to be her bravest-self throughout her intrepid visit to The Dogtor at !

that Dalmatians are said to come from the coast of Dalmatia, in Croatia. The first known written record of the breed is in 1375CE, with Peter, Bishop of Đakovo citing a hunting breed with the distinct white coat and black spots, naming the breed Canis Dalmaticus.

Known for being extremely loyal, they are also outgoing, energetic, friendly and intelligent (sounds like an ideal friend, IMHO). Dalmatians have a distinct white coat with black spots, more rarely with brown spots, and have become quite famous in popular culture throughout the 20th century, notably through the 1956 novel and Disney’s 1961 movie adaptation of the same name, 101 Dalmatians.

Originally bred as a hunting dog in medieval times, but had a few career changes in more recent times. Historically, they were bred for a variety of working roles: hunters, war sentinels, as carriage dogs - being great guardians of carriage horses in firefighting, and especially famous as firehouse mascots in the US, and even as circus performers. Today, they are kept as companion/house pets.

Their unique temperament means they can be reserved with strangers and a bit toey with other dogs. They are known to have an excellent memory, being said to recall mistreatment (and good times) for years... hence, we’re being especially encouraging, reassuring and providing extra nurse cuddles-with-smiles for Miss Molly. Good Vibes Only is the golden rule!

08/09/2024

vibes with Dapper-Dude, Jacko the Greyhound. He’s super pleased because it’s Monday AND it’s September in the Highlands. All those lovely blossoms and fragrances about. Best time of year for walkies and smells, he thunks.

Can’t remember anyone being this pleased since one of our staff caught the Greyhound Express straight to Bacon Street, Grafton to witness the Jacaranda Festival in full flight (...and coronation of the Jacaranda Queen).

We asked Jacko which Jacaranda Queen was his favourite?... maybe 1946’s Miss Vois Schwinghammer? She had a fabulous smile too like Jacko. No answers from the greyhound, he’s just pleased to be fussed over at the vet hospital by the nurses and go home after a nice day and visiting The Dogtor. Good news, Dr Keith said he doesn’t have .

06/09/2024

Spring sets in motion an onset of itchiness in pet dogs, especially for those who are predisposed genetically to being itchy. Itchy skin conditions can cause great distress and discomfort in these pets, year on year. The cause of very itchy skin can be varied and needs to be properly diagnosed by a veterinarian to determine the underlying cause (there can be many!) and how to treat the itch effectively. Because of the spike in springtime allergens and accompanying itchiness in dogs, our timely blog explores the many causes of canine itchiness and what pet owners can do at home to help relieve their itchy pet!

Read our blog: https://www.mittagongvet.com.au/Mittagong/Blog/Why-is-my-dog-so-itchy

image source: itchy chihuahua courtesy DreamtimesGallery

06/09/2024

Please welcome four baby puppies and their proud, brave mumma Nova. We love puppies, and we love good news and happiness, and goodness knows does the world need more of that!

We’ve got smiles for miles today because Nova, the beautiful Tenterfield Terrier, successfully birthed her four puppies today with no complications.

It was all hands on deck for the caesarean at . Mumma Nova and her healthy, chubby, hungry little four bubbies are all doing very well. Wonderful news and congratulations to the Tentie family at Tenterfield Terriers of Mittagong!

Nova and her babies are our bravest this week ###x

31/08/2024

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, / The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; / And ’tis my faith that every flower / Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopped and played, / Their thoughts I cannot measure:– / But the least motion which they made / It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan, / To catch the breezy air; / And I must think, do all I can, / That there was pleasure there.

- Extract from “Lines Written in Early Spring” By William Wordsworth.
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The first of September, finally here... that gingery warmth of Spring morning sun means we’ve passed another cold winter. What better way to celebrate & contemplate Nature’s rebirth than a bit of Wordsworth recited to the Kitties? Cats notice everything; the buds as they unfurl their petals, a breath of floral notes in the air. The lark descending, wrens in the rosebush, rhymes & rhythms of purr. Spring stirs the Poet, is a Composer’s unheard melody & an artist’s palette refreshed. (It's also the time for sneezing and allergies, but more about that next week)

’s new ‘ inspired window (orange kitty in a garden) celebrates the change of season. Klimt was a renowned Cat-Dad BTW. His clowder of cats lived with him in his studio. In fact, our are awarded to Mr Gustav Klimt and his kitties! . Our own orange kitty, Cecil, loves watching the baby birds at the window, hopping in the rose bushes & he doesn’t mind a bit of paw-etry either. We hope your cats enjoy the poetry!

Read about Gustav’s cats at “Art Bites: Gustav Klimt Was a Cat Daddy”
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-gustav-klimt-cats-2444770

image of Gustav Klimt with a beloved Kitty 1912 Austria, courtesy GettyImages

26/08/2024

For the Old-Ones and Baby-Ones,
who watch over their herd,
who never cease dreams of endless fence-less fields,
who love work and teach us to play.
Never spurns and always heeds.
Unbreakable bond, a constant friend. To those we hold today, and the ones we lost along the way. Never forgotten. A Happy International Dog Day!

Today we give with kindness to the dog. We know how much these amazing canine creatures mean to us and our wonderful dog-parents at - Let’s cherish these wonderful four-legged friends today!

16/08/2024

Please welcome Archer, a Golden Retriever-X. His hooman Dad assures us the X is from a miniature Poodle, but we think it also stands for ‘X Factor’. Archer has been blessed with an almighty great coat of golden follicles (perfect surfer hair) and a winning attitude! Archer gets our not only for being and ravishing, but especially because he’s a super nice doggoe and makes everyone smile! The world definitely needs more Archers.

Please send your best wishes to Archer, aka Mr Golden-Rays-of-Sunshine on four legs!

14/08/2024

Please welcome Tilly, a tortoiseshell kitty.

Apparently, the Tortie’s have a reputation of being a bit spicy & a bit naughty. We feel like that’s stereotyping. We found Tilly to be exceptionally well behaved, plus she’s as cute as a button. She also achieved for being a very good cat for Dr Keith as he examined her in her consult... Tilly has therefore earned the coveted Award. 10/10, Miss A++. Extra pats for Tilly!

Well done Tilly!

14/08/2024

It’s Wednesday. It’s cold. It's raining. We need a pick-me-up.

Look no further than Blue, the beautiful Boxer.

He is today’s magnificent mascot. We could say, ‘turn that frown upside down’, or he most most melted ice-cream! But Nay! Don’t you dare touch those adorable jowls...

This darling canine is a 30kg white (& pink) marshmallow; Gentle, fun-loving, sweet. Blue is just what The Dogtor ordered for a wintery-Wednesday. Join us in sending our biggest happy Wednesday vibes & love to Blue!

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Mittagong, NSW
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Monday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

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Have a peek at our latest hospital video; We’ve got great new staff; Upgraded hospital equipment; We've even had the footpath fixed on Main Street!!! We're as cheerful and ready to serve you and your pets as always. We look forward to meeting you for the first time, and continuing to serve you and your pets. Mittagong Vet Hospital has been providing high-quality vet care to Mittagong and the Southern Highlands since 1982. We’re a proudly 100% independent, family-run single-vet practice; So, your family pet will always get the best, one-on-one veterinary care they deserve. We’re conveniently located in the historic heart of Mittagongs town centre, on Main Street. #Mittagong #MittagongVet #SouthernHighlands #Veterinary #pets

What’s the matter? Two severe weather warnings - that’s what! Wild & woolly out. Batten down the hatches, Cecil. Stay warm & stay inside this weekend, fellow Highlanders. Brrrr #cat #mittagong #southernhighlands #bom #catsofinstagram #mittagongvethospital #mittagongvet #highlands #veterinary

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Mittagong Vet Hospital. A country practice, caring for your pets since 1982. We’re located in the heart of Mittagong township. Our experienced, dedicated Veterinarian and nurses are here for you and your pets, offering a full service from consultations, vaccinations to surgery, puppy school, quality vet products and animal behaviour consultation; for the best health of your pet! Our location has plenty of off street parking via Albert lane, is wheelchair friendly with no steps to negotiate. We can provide assistance for you and your pets, via cat cage loan or helping access heavy animals. We have a non discriminatory policy and are LGBTQ+ friendly.

Open Monday to Saturday. Servicing Mittagong and the Southern Highlands. Call to make an appointment ph. (02) 4872 2028 or book online at www.mittagongvet.com.au