Woodvale Park Veterinary Hospital

04/12/2025

This little rabbit was handed into us this morning found in woodvale, not microchipped. If it’s yours please call the clinic on 9409 6968. Thanks 🙂

02/12/2025

This is a very important post to read. Kate and her team at Warwick go above and beyond for ALL their clients, and it’s very important to understand that they are doing the best for everyone and are always going to prioritise emergencies. This means rescheduling appointments, surgeries and even rosters/staff to accommodate those who need them most. Every vet clinic does the same, including us. So please be kind and understanding, and know that we are doing our very best! 🫶🏼🐾❤️

A real look into clinic life today…

By mid-morning, we had a surgical list of five, and were caring for a dog admitted with vomiting blood.
Just before lunchtime, two more critical cases came through our doors, a heatstroke patient and a seizuring patient, both needing urgent stabilisation from all three vets and our nursing team.

When true emergencies arrive, we sometimes have to reschedule a small number of non-urgent appointments to make space for life-threatening cases. We don’t do this often and only when absolutely necessary.

Today, most clients were incredibly understanding.
One client, however, became upset when asked if we could move their appointment by just 90 minutes. They stated that “it wasn’t their problem we were dealing with emergencies” and that the clinic was “clearly poorly run if it can’t deal with emergencies.”
They also said we were “assuming their pet wasn’t dying,” despite the fact their case had been appropriately triaged over the phone as a non-urgent, stable condition.

Here’s an important insight:
Veterinary clinics triage just like human hospitals:

🩺 Critical or life-threatening cases must be seen immediately
⏳ Urgent but stable cases are managed as soon as possible
📅 Routine or non-urgent cases can sometimes be safely rescheduled

Even though we are a general practice clinic, when a patient comes through our doors fighting for life… we treat it like an emergency hospital. Because in those moments, it is.

If we ever contact you to reschedule, please know it’s never because your pet isn’t important.
It’s because, at that moment, another pet might not survive without immediate care.

💛 Thank you to the clients today who showed patience, understanding, and kindness… it truly made a difference.

We debated whether to share this, but we feel it’s important to show the true reality of life inside a vet clinic.

28/11/2025

Grass seed related surgeries are on the rise this season!! This poor patient had one in his thigh that needed to be removed. While he was asleep we managed to find many more in the fluff of his feet! Another reason to make sure you are checking every nook and cranny, especially in our long furred animals after every walk and visit outside ❤️🐾

19/11/2025

Always here to help the wildlife whenever possible! 💪🏻 hopefully we can fix his eye and make him comfortable ❤️

18/11/2025

Chika was in for some surgery to remove a possible grass seed. This is her in recovery with her favourite teddy ❤️ grass seeds are out in full force and we’ve had to remove MANY already! Grass seeds are very dangerous and we encourage everyone to check over their pets after every walk. Every nook and cranny Including the mouth!

12/11/2025

Just when you think you’ve seen the smallest patient, one comes in who blows you away with just how tiny they are! 😍 this baby (we think mouse/rat) was handed into us by the member of the public today. Here at woodvale park vets we are happy to see all kinds of wildlife and will always do our best to help them in anyway possible 🫶🏼🐾

10/11/2025

Little Bonnie here got into her owners medication today and was rushed down to us! Despite feeling very unwell her little tail never stopped wagging ❤️ We had to make Bonnie vomit to get up as much of the medication we could before it fully absorbed into her system. This is an important notice to keep medication out of reach not just from children, but from our pets too! Bonnie felt much better after her treatment and went home happy without a trip to emergency 🫶🏼🐾 If you ever suspect your pet has eaten medication please always call your local vet, and if not please get them to an emergency clinic asap!

29/10/2025

Miss-he is in for a holiday with us 🦜Did you know that Dr Todd is happy to see your feathered and scaly friends?! All birds are welcome :)

29/10/2025

Pepper in for an ear flush today 🐶 hopefully that will make her feel more comfortable!

25/10/2025

Happy Sunday everyone! Anyone else needing an extra weekend day this weekend?

Show us your pets lazing about on a weekend 🐾🫶🏼

23/10/2025

Sweet Murphy here is in for his castrate! He has been the bestest boy 🐶🐾

09/10/2025

Happy vet nurse week to our amazing nurses! 🎉

Nurses are the back bone of every clinic and we couldn’t do it with out you all! So a big THANK YOU to all. ❤️