Equine Vet Services PTY LTD

26/08/2025

EOI- 16th October Ingham Run
Dentals, vaccinations, portable Xray, ultrasound, gastroscope

20/08/2025

🌟 Jupiter’s Incredible Journey 🌟

This is Jupiter, a 10-year-old Clydesdale gelding, who spent almost three weeks in our care fighting for his life.

His owner first noticed something was not quite right at a local pony club event. When he continued to refuse food at home, they wisely called for advice. We encouraged them to bring him straight in—because when horses stop eating, even without obvious colic signs, it can mean something much more serious.

On arrival, Jupiter was severely dehydrated, feverish, and had a heart rate of 100. Blood tests revealed kidney dysfunction (likely from dehydration), and we initially suspected colitis. He was placed on IV fluids, pain management, and intensive monitoring.

Over the next 48 hours his appetite declined further, and signs of colic developed. Ultrasound showed a thickened colon wall, but the biggest surprise came when we attempted a gastroscopy—his stomach was massively distended, holding nearly 40 litres of fluid. This life-threatening reflux indicated a condition called proximal enteritis, a rare and very dangerous small intestine disease.

At one stage, Jupiter’s pain escalated to the point where surgery was considered. Unfortunately, with his kidneys still compromised, he was not a safe surgical candidate, and euthanasia was discussed. He returned to our hospital for palliative care overnight for euthanasia then next day but to everyone’s surprise, he became more comfortable that very evening.

After late-night consultation with specialists, we set strict day-by-day goals with his owners: if pain could be controlled, we would give him a chance.

And Jupiter fought.

💉 Around-the-clock IV fluids
💊 Pro-kinetic drugs (like lignocaine infusions)
🍬 Dextrose “sugar drips” while he wasn’t eating
🌡️ Anti-ulcer medication, antibiotics, and careful pain management
🧊 Icing of his feet to help prevent laminitis
🩸 Frequent blood tests and monitoring

For the first 10 days, our team worked with only a few hours of sleep in between 2-hourly checks, treatments, and refluxing. Once he grew stronger, we gradually moved to 4-hourly care, midnight checks, and finally, after a couple of weeks, the luxury of a full night’s rest—for all of us.

Slowly but surely, he began to improve—passing manure, eating, drinking, and regaining his strength. By the time of discharge, his bloodwork had returned to normal, he was happily eating again, and a repeat gastroscopy showed healing ulcers secondary to his ordeal.

💜 We are so grateful to our amazing clients who entrust us with their horses, through both sickness and health. Watching Jupiter walk out the gates, bright and strong, alongside his very grateful family was a moment that brought tears of joy.

What a champ, and what a special boy Jupiter is. His recovery was worth every single minute of effort. 🐴✨

✨ Jupiter’s story is a powerful reminder: if your horse is off their feed, depressed, or just “not themselves,” don’t wait. Even the smallest changes can be signs of serious, life-threatening illness. Early veterinary attention can make all the difference.

16/08/2025

Discharge day 🥰

This one is SUPER special., we will share the story in coming days..

One of the toughest, sweetest, and sickest patients we have ever saved, it took a monumentous effort from so many people, we will share the fill story in coming days!

It was decided he was to be laid to rest, but he didn’t stop fighting, and neither did we.

There were many tears to see him go home today after almost 3 weeks

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16/08/2025

It was all hands on deck for some cattle work this mornning!

💉 🪱 🔥 👩‍⚕️ 🏷️ vaccinations deworming branding castrating pregnancy testing and NLIS tagging

Complete with

🧑‍🎓 vet student
👍 mates
🧍kids

We’ve also done dogs, and goats this week
…..
Might be time for a rebrand; Everything Vet Services 🤣



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15/08/2025

✴️ pop quiz..

13/08/2025

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“This young mare looked perfectly fine… until we opened her mouth. 😲🦷”

🦷 Young Horses Need Dental Care Too — Every 6 Months! 🐴

Did you know horses under 5 years old should have their teeth checked every 6 months?
Even without any signs of trouble, serious issues can be hiding.

This young mare looked perfectly normal — not dropping feed, eating well, and showing no signs of pain — but here’s what we found:
✅ Severe sharp enamel points causing painful cheek ulcers
✅ Fractured teeth
✅ Feed packing leading to periodontal disease (gum disease)
✅ Bot fly larvae 🪰

Young horses’ mouths change rapidly as adult teeth erupt and baby teeth shed. Problems can develop quickly, often before owners notice anything is wrong.

A sedated dental exam by a qualified equine veterinarian means we can detect and fix issues early — before they cause pain, weight loss, performance problems, or long-term damage.

📆 If your horse is under 5 years old, book their next dental check 6 months after their last one. Even “normal” eaters can have a mouth full of surprises.

08/08/2025

✴️❌‼️please read everyone!! ‼️❌✴️

♦️infectious disease public announcement

Herpes virus (EHV1) is “endemic” in Australia meaning its widespread in the horse population.

We most commonly see horses with respiratory disease here jn NQ (snotty nose coughing etc). But last week a horse was diagnosed with the VERY RARE neurological form.

Please take the time to read and SHARE this to spread the word.

To our clients; rest assured our Biosecurity protocols and risk management is top notch and we take all of the necessary precautions between horses and properties to prevent spreading any potential cases.

Your job is to let us know if your horse displays any of the symptoms listed so we can be sure to act appropriately ✅

QLD Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Fiona Thompson has issued information on 2 equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) cases detected in the Townsville and Toowoomba regions.

Veterinarians are advised to stay vigilant and up to date with biosecurity measures.

Find out more:
➡️ https://bit.ly/4mxudEk
➡️ https://bit.ly/3UfBjkR

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31/07/2025

Charlie had an eye recheck today after spending 7 weeks in hospital recently with a nasty stromal abscess.

We are pleased to say his eye is healing so well and he’s also now got the cutest and kinda accurate fly mask ever to protect his eyes 😜😍🤩

29/07/2025

We are back!

And we’ve hit the ground running…or sliding sideways 🤣

Upon arriving home friday afternoon i was straight into it seeing a hirse with an eye emergency

Friday night my own cat presented to me very sick and requiring hours of surgery and intensive care which continued theoigh Saturday as well

Sunday was crazy hoursework unpack and try reset for a busy week which didnt disappoint..

Monday morning greeted us with an emergency sick patient admission; a VERY sick horse who is thankfully fighting hard and still with us!

Running on little sleep we got some routine appts done during the day 💪

Tuesday evening saw a second sick horse arrive in hospital with severe ataxia and neurological signs. Thankfully she has stabilised overnight.

After a week away there is a lot of catch up and paperwork To do, and thus far no time to do much of it 🤣

Supporting Dr Sarah is full time assistant extraordinaire Jackie, and now 3 other part time/casual staff helping with administrative tasks anx stable hand duties.

So whilst we might be a little slow to reply we hope to catch up today/tomrorow so hang in there, we are still alive and if you’ve contacted us recently and not heard, you will 😀 thanks for your patience, we sincerely appreciate it (and so do the horses) and their clients who are so grateful for our dedication and compassionate care in their times of need.

We hope to expand our staff very shortly to accomodate more vet appointments and improved workflow efficiency 😎

Ps the cat is doing amazing!!

Picture of the beautiful Sunshine Coast 😌




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23/07/2025

Day3-BainFallon

- dentistry
- medicine
- sinus surgery
- joint disease
- antibiotic usage

And day 1 of 2 - 80s party 💃🪩

4th and final day tomorrow

22/07/2025

22/07/2025

Day 2- Bain Fallon

❤️Today was all things cardiac for me, a refresher on echocardiograms (ECGs) and a 2 hour Masterclass on interpreting them!

Happy to say I haven’t forgotten it all over the years 🤣

Off to Aussie World for dinner and back at learning bright and early tomrorow ☀️