Penguin Vet Centre

02/02/2025

HomeSafe microchip registry has shut down, and as yet the data from microchips listed with them has not been transferred to another registry. Apparently there is no legal requirement that this be done.
The microchips of pets registered to Homesafe have become untraceable.
Homesafe was mostly used in Queensland and NSW.

You can check your pet's microchip registration at www.petaddress.com.au to find which data-base your pet is listed with.
If it is HomeSafe, consider re-registering with a different data-base: CAR, AAR, Petsafe or perhaps Global registries are all accessible nationwide. Your vet can help with this.
A collar ID tag with your phone number is a great idea too!

Also please note that the NSW Registry is only accessible within NSW. In any other state, they will show as being unregistered.
Your pet is untraceable.
It is best for you also to re-register on one of the National data bases.

For Our Clients: we can readily check your chips and advise accordingly. just phone through, email or SMS the chip number to us; or bring your pet to the front desk to be scanned. 64371331 0408140548

Simply type the microchip number in the search field; then click to search. If your number is found in one of the databases you will be directed to the database for further information.

25/01/2025

Found CAT behind Penguin.
This one has been seen about for some time apparently.
Very friendly, and has been desexed. Currently in Quarantine at PenguinVet. If unclaimed, will be needing a kind new home.
PLease share. Phone us on 64371331 0408140548

22/01/2025

Ducklings on the Highway.
Can someone onshare to Community Page please? [I seem unable to]
Brown mother duck with a brood of 1/4 grown duckinlgs on the Westbound highway between the two overpasses. Just east of the Wings Park sign.
Dreadful traffic and a very slithery steep bank downward.
I shooed them downward, but they may return.
[Owner alert please!]

14/01/2025

KITTENS needful of Homes.
Nerida has had her Spey procedure and is awaiting a new home. Her little 1/2-sister Minette is due for her Spey next week.

These two foundlings have been fostered by a great little mother-cat and have grown up in a quiet and safe environment. Cheeky and playful, they can be seen in our window but ONLY when we have staff available to care for them there.

Fully deWormed and deFlea'd, they are already litter-trained & have begun what will be a complete course of F3/FIV vaccination Their microchips will be registered into their new owner's name. We give them a kitten pack of food, litter and a blanket they are used to, to help them settle in. Also a reflective collar with a bell [JIC, especially since they are black].
$340
Currently ALL proceeds are going towards animal welfare in war zones, via IFAW [further information at our front counter], or you can scan down to our previous IFAW posting.

64371331 or SMS 0408140548 or come in for a visit.

14/01/2025

Wildlife Carers ... please Share with folk who may be interested.

Penguin Veterinary Centre has received these beautiful hand-knitted joey pouches + cotton liner: made up by a group of knitters at Coroneaugh Park.
Up to 4 pouches per Carer ... and in return one choccie or biccie per pouch to put into a present for the ladies, and your signature on a ThankYou card.
Phone us: 64371331
Or pop in; best between 11am and 3pm
Tessa
Update, Fri 17th ... THANKYOU to the people who have been in and swapped luxuries ... about 1/2 gone, but maybe more expected.

31/12/2024

Will you be near FIREWORKS tonight? Or maybe an over-noisy party that may frighten your pet?
1. JIC they do get out: are their microchip details up to date? And are they wearing a collar with easy to read ID? You can write your phone number on with a felt-tip pen!
2. Exercise them NOW. If they've had an energetic time they are less likely to be anxious and disturbed later
3. Give them a generous dinner: a repleat pet is a sleepy pet. Post-prandial dozing at its most useful!
4. Keep them inside, with doors and windows shut, curtains drawn. Then make a safe-spot for them, with a bed, or a box and a blanket that smells friendly.
5. Look out the calming products you may have: a Thunder Jacket? [perfect], Feliway or Adaptil spray?, Lavender Calmative?
5. If you do have therapeutic anti-anxiety medicine, remember to give it BEFORE needed: at least 1/2 hour for many products; often 2 hours is best.
6. Make other local noise: background TV, or music that will mask the scary sounds.
See you soon ... Next Year.

17/12/2024

First 2025 Clinics:
Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd January, 11am - 1pm

Pre-New-Year clinics are on
Monday and Tuesday from 11am - 1pm.

I hope everyone is having a happy and safe Holiday-Time.

17/12/2024

Our first kitten-consignment have all got wonderful homes.
There will be four more in Early January.
All girls: 3 are black, one tabby
Rehoming details are in the post below.
If you'd like to meet one, Phone us dbh 64371331, msg here, or you can text 0408140548

01/12/2024

26/11/2024

Help is here to help you keep your cats confined.
And there are very imaginative, innovative and inexpensive ideas for creating cat-enclosures on the net.
Netting to cordon off a portion of your garden, porch or to create a courtyard can be bought by the metre from Hobart.
"Inside" the cats are so much safer.

18/11/2024

Duran, Herrman, Khali and Jill have now all settled into safe and comfortable new homes.
And this is SUFI, we have 6 kittens his age, and 3 a week younger. They are all being mothered by Khali .... we help with top-up feeds.
They can go to new homes in January, "when they have had their vet work done".
Expressions of Interest are welcome. Penguin Vet 64371331

31/10/2024

This is Duran. Today he helped out behind the counter; this evening he supervised my work, then settled down for a sleep on the cat-scales.
Duran has found a home; we've seen photos and he looks very settled.

He was desexed, microchipped and part-way through a course of F3/FIV vaccination.
Health and temperament assessed, he had been de-flea’d & de-wormed, litter-trained and excellently fed.
He went to his new home with some food, kitty litter and a blanket he was used to, to help him acclimatise.
He also had a “Care Pack” of general cat-advice, info on Cat enclosures, Cat insurance etc. plus treats and a reflective collar ….

He cost $340 ... Phone Penguin Vet 64371331 for information

Thankyou to those who shared the post and helped little Duran.

18/10/2024

Good news, our vagrant little tabby cat has been identified, and been returned safely to her home.

09/09/2024

This is Sioux-Cat: hear him roar!

[He is a lovely cat. The x-ray was of his shoulders ... but then this wonderful head appeared]

01/08/2024

Missing from Riana is chocolate labrador ROSCO. Much missed, very much being searched for. He may have been picked up by a car, and so be quite far from home.
Please be watchful; and Share this post to get him home.
Contacts 0400137339 or let us know at PenguinVet [03]64371331

15/07/2024

Tabby kitten has been FOUND and is SAFE.
Thankyou to everyone who cared, shared and searched.
Special thankyou to the family from Hobart who found her
and returned her safe and sound.

Penguin Vet 64371331, or 0408140548

11/07/2024

IFAW = International Fund for Animal Welfare is where the donations you leave at our counter are sent to. This is just one of the amazing things they have recently been involved in .....

30/06/2024

Penguin Vet's DeTom your Tom cat was in July
$65 for tomcat desex + registered microchip, for residents of the Central Coast.
High participation, Good to see, Thankyou.
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