EquiVet QLD

EquiVet QLD provides friendly and comprehensive veterinary services to horses based in North Brisbane

30/06/2025

🩺🐴 Festival of Showjumping 2025 – What a Week! 🏆

We’ve just wrapped up a huge week as part of the on-call veterinary team for the Festival of Showjumping – one of the biggest events on the equestrian calendar, with over 700 horses from all corners of Australia!

A huge thank you to our team who managed the increased caseload on top of an already very busy week with our standard routine and emergency appointments.

A shoutout to all our incredible clients we spotted out there competing 💙

Thank you to the committee for their efforts in organising such a successful event!

Wishing everyone a safe and smooth trip home—and hopefully a quiet night or two to catch your breath…😅

25/06/2025

Happy 3 Year ‘EquiVet QLD’ Anniversay to our Vet Nurse Georgia! 💕

Your dedication to the vet industry, compassion for our patients/clients and amazing sense of humour make you one of our favourite people on the planet!

Thank you for your hard work & commitment. Watching you thrive in the vet industry has been nothing short of a privilege and we can’t wait to see what you achieve over the next year! 💪🏻

02/06/2025

🌟 Patient Spotlight 🌟

This incredible 27-year-old gelding suffered an eye injury. Despite every effort from our team and his devoted owner, the eye sadly couldn’t be saved.

But this golden oldie still had so much life and love to give — healthy, in ridden work, and enjoying his days! After discussing all options together, his owner elected for a standing enucleation surgery (eye removal), and this beautiful boy handled it like a true champion.

✨ Performed under standing sedation with local nerve blocks, he was the perfect patient. He woke up from his sedation, started grazing and returned to his paddock mates… calm, comfortable, and utterly unbothered!

He’s now healed beautifully, and we were thrilled to receive this photo of him back under saddle, doing what he loves best. 🐴💙

Horses adapt incredibly well, and while there are small changes to make, we find our patients recover uneventfully from this surgery and continue to live happy, healthy and pain free!

09/05/2025

💙 On Do It For Dolly Day, the team at EquiVet QLD proudly supports Dolly’s Dream in spreading awareness around mental health, kindness and the importance of speaking up.

Dolly’s story is a powerful reminder that we never truly know what someone else is going through. A simple act of kindness, a moment of empathy, or a gentle word can make all the difference.

Whether it’s in the paddock, at school, or in the veterinary industry— kindness matters.

We are looking forward to having our girls ride at the Northern Districts Hack & Dressage Do It For Dolly Dressage day on the 24th May! 💙

04/05/2025

A huge weekend for the team at EquiVet QLD!

We’ve been flat out managing our regular emergency caseload, while also proudly serving as the attending veterinary team for the Interschool Queensland Regional Championships 🏆 at QSEC (Queensland State Equestrian Centre).

Although we couldn’t be at the Adelaide Equestrian Festival in person this year, we’ve been cheering on all the incredible combinations from home—watching the best in the sport chase their dreams with absolute grit and determination! 💪🏻

A huge congratulations to all riders—both the rising stars at Interschool and those competing at the elite level. We love seeing the future of our sport shine so brightly!

📸 Photo Credit: An Eventful Life of the superwoman Jess Somerfield!

29/04/2025

The struggle is real…. Sunglasses were a friend for these tired eyes today 😅😎

I’m not sure who was more exhausted… Our children running their X-Country, or us trying to juggle family life & Vet life!

Thankful for our colleagues who kept the wheels turning & allowed us to have a couple of hours of family time! 🙏🏼

18/04/2025

We’re ready to tackle this long weekend with as much determination as my daughter and her little pony have to take on the world! 💪🏻

As always, we are available 24/7 for any emergencies over the Easter period.

We hope all of our wonderful clients are able to spend some quality time with their families doing the things they love the most! 🐴

29/03/2025

Working as a vet in the UK for 7 years taught me more than I could have ever imagined! I’ll be forever thankful for all the clinical experience I gained…🙏🏼🐴

Today, I’m also thankful for having all the right gear to cope with this wet weather….

-Waterproof Boots ✅
-Waterproof Overalls ✅
-A good cup of tea ✅

The only difference is when it rained in the UK, it was usually -2 degrees… ❄️ Here in Queensland, it’s pouring, yet still a lovely 25 degrees!

Rain or Sunshine… I still LOVE my weekends on call providing emergency care 🚑.

07/03/2025

It’s been a busy 48 hours with non-stop emergencies combined with cyclone prep 😮‍💨

As always… vets and vehicles are ready to go, as soon as it is safe to do so! 🚑

Our ponies have some large trees nearby their paddocks and stables. So we currently have a ‘Pony Hotel’ in part of our office…. Fully equipped with air conditioning, CCTV surveillance and a live-in vet on site. 🫣 (Chris knew it was here or the living room 😂).

Stay safe everyone 🌀

03/03/2025

🌀Cyclone Alfred 🌀

We would like to encourage all of our clients to be prepared, make sensible decisions and act ahead of time.

🚨Be Prepared🚨

- Please ensure your horse is in a safe environment. An open paddock with safe fencing, away from large trees and powerlines. Remove debris.

-If your paddock is known to flood or is at risk of flooding, please act NOW and move your horse! (There are evacuation centres available for horses). Please contact us if you require details.

- If you’re choosing to stable your horse, please ensure the building structure is safe with no large trees surrounding. Please also take into consideration whether your horse is used to being stabled (especially in intense (loud) weather conditions).

- Prepare fresh water (plus extra troughs/buckets) and ensure you have an adequate feed supply that is kept high and dry. Do not introduce new hay or feed during this high risk period.

- Remove rugs and halters: They can be dangerous in flood waters or if debris becomes entangled.

- Tag your horse’s mane with an identification tag (or tape). Have identification photos and your horse’s microchip details readily accessible.

- Ensure your first aid kit is stocked. We have our ‘flood first aid kits’ available if you require. 🩺

- Once safe, please monitor your horses for any wounds, swollen/closed or weeping eyes, colic symptoms or cellulitis (swollen limbs). Ensure new, fresh water and feed is provided.

🚑 While we hope you won’t need us… we will have a vet (Dr. Charlotte) on-call 24/7 for any emergencies that may arise.

* Amongst all the storm stress and preparation…. Here is calm and beautiful picture of our sweet Charlie, living his absolute best life. 🌈

26/02/2025

What it looks like when you find a farrier who is equally excited about hoof balance and prevention of lameness as we are…. 🙌🏻 🤓 📚

We sit, we measure, we discuss, we plan…. and we also order Italian 🍝

Thank you CDS Professional Farrier Services. Love your work!

22/01/2025

When your Vet Nurse has been trained so well in every aspect of the veterinary industry… She even knows to bring Donuts in on a Wednesday morning! 🙌🏻🍩

For those that know Chris and his pride of being a ‘gastroscope driver extraordinaire’… he handed over the reins this morning and let Georgia drive! 👏🏻

Address

PO Box 1232
Morayfield, QLD
4506

Telephone

+61481287507

Website

http://www.equivet.com.au/

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