How beautiful is this baby Ringtail possum ❤️ did you know that a Ringtails tail is prehensile, meaning it can grasp objects and its tail can act like another limb? Fascinating! But this one’s sooo cute 🥰
One of our beautiful clients has sent through a (hilarious) video of her foster cat who is looking for his purrrfect home. Sir Simon Meowingham 😂 loves dogs, children, adults and other cats, he just wants to be the favourite ❤️ he is a beautiful three year old domestic shorthair who is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and wormed. There is so nothing for his new family to do but love him. If that is you please email [email protected] and we will pass on your details ❤️
This, friends, is a paralysis tick. They can jump on dogs and cats and stay attached by burrowing their mouth into the skin. Most ticks prefer the warmer part of you pet, for example ears, nose, even the gums but some can be found around the anus, between toes or in the pen*s or vulva areas too.
This guy was found in the ear and was potentially there for three days. Unfortunately tick prevention was a week overdue and when we have beautiful days followed by rain ticks will come out. This puppies symptoms were a change in vocals, not eating or drinking, and the start of paralysis in the back legs. We have started him on antiserum and will monitor his progress in clinic over the next few days.
Please stay vigilant on your tick prevention, there are tablets that can be taken monthly, every three months, a spot on that lasts six months and come December (fingers crossed 🤞) an injection that will last a full year. If you’re unsure that your pet is up to date, give them something. Prevention is must better than cure! Remember, tick paralysis is an emergency so don’t wait, come up straight away if you think your pet has symptoms or if you find a tick on them. Stay safe this summer
This is Ray 🐱 he’s an 18 week old male Ragdoll, who has just been desexed this morning but thinks it’s come for a play date here at the clinic 🥰 he’s such a cheeky boy
When the cutest pup tries to be friends with a bee 🐝 and it doesn’t go so well 😳 well Gidget, we still think you’re pretty adorable 💕💕💕
This gorgeous boy is Mr Tubs 💕 he is a beautiful rescue kitten from the RSPCA, owned by our very own nurse Olivia. He came in to see Dr Rachel for his vaccination. He clearly didn’t mind the vet environment at all and took full advantage of the treats that were available - and let me tell you, he deserved every single one! Such a brave little man and so very cute 🥰
This is Kimchi, one of our absolute favourite patients! She came in for desexing recently and really lapped up all the cuddles she received post-op with her vet Dr Rachel. What a sweetheart! 💕
Whenever your pets come in for a check up we like to perform a full check over. This includes checking their temperature, eyes, weight and also their ears. This gorgeous bambino in the comments is Bailey. He came in for his second lot of vaccinations and after a check up with Dr Henry he was found to have ear mites. Some ear medication and he’ll be back to normal in no time 💕
Here is a video of Frankie the 10 week old Frenchie who came in to see Dr Rachel for her second vaccination. She was so relaxed she fell asleep during her visit! Adorable 🥰
The puppies of the shire have been keeping busy during lockdown!
As we all know we are not able to run our normal puppy school during lock down. Monica and Lisa, two of our nurses have been working hard to help all the puppies get their socialisation in, in a covid safe manner!
Here is a snippet from our Monday night class this week, our doggie parents get to wait outside or in their cars and watch through our big glass windows as their puppy enjoys their socialisation, we run our classes 3-4 nights a week and strive to match our puppies up with compatible buddies to the best of our ability!
Please give us a call on 9521 6422 and leave your details for the girls to get back to you 🐶
