Clontarf Veterinary Practice

25/01/2024

We will be closed today the 26th for the Australia Day public holiday. We will reopen Saturday at 8am.

The Pet Emergency Hospital at 53 Flinders parade, North Lakes is open 24 hours, so if your pet needs medical attention while we are closed, please contact them on (07) 3384 2222.

30/12/2023

To all our lovely clients: we are currently out of power so our phone lines are down. We are still open and will be open until 12pm today and closed over the long weekend!

08/12/2023

‼️💊WILL YOU REQUIRE A MEDICATION REFILL OR PRESCRIPTION FOR YOUR PET THIS CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR PERIOD?

We encourage you to check your pet’s medication supply as we will be closed on the Christmas / New Year public holidays. This is a particularly busy period for us so please get your medication and script requests in asap.

MONDAY 25th DEC 2023 – CLOSED
TUESDAY 26th DEC 2023 – CLOSED
MONDAY 1st JAN 2024 – CLOSED
🎅🏼🎄

23/11/2023

📣We need your help!!! 📣 we have been busy caring for your furry friends, we have a shortage of towels! We kindly ask our Clontarf community if you can donate any of your own old bath/beach towels 😊 if you can just drop them by! Our patients and staff would greatly appreciate it! Thank you

14/09/2023

Industry Watch

13/09/2023

It’s Spring 🌸 and that time of the year where you might notice baby birds on the ground as they are learning to fly. This post from RSPCA has some good tips for what to do if you see a fledgling bird 🐥🐣🪹🪶🪺

02/09/2023

Happy Fur Fathers Day 🐶🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🐾🐈🐈‍⬛🐱🙀🦜🐀🐓🐔

17/07/2023

Attention all cute pets : it’s that time of the month, we are needing a new display profile photo for our page. Go ahead and submit a photo of your beloved fur babies in the comments below! 🐶🐱🐾

06/06/2023

⁉️Is your dog all up to date with parasite prevention?

Check out Nexgard Spectra a monthly chew the covers flea, ticks, heart worm and intestinal worms. 🪱🦟

Any questions please call us on 3284 4262 🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🐾

27/05/2023

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23/05/2023

15/05/2023

Attention all cute pets : we are needing a new display profile photo for our page. Go ahead and submit a photo of your beloved fur babies in the comments below! 🐶🐱🐾

11/05/2023

It’s that time of year again when it’s starting to cool down. And that time of year where we see a lot of animals suffering from osteoarthritis!
Arthritis is one of the most common diseases we diagnose in our patients. It is something that our pets are so good at hiding, and often isn’t picked up by owners until they start showing obvious symptoms such as limping, which is often when the arthritis is at a more severe stage. More subtle signs include not lasting as long on walks, reluctance or difficulty jumping, difficulty or slow to rise after resting/sleeping or even some patients won’t show symptoms at all, especially cats! The earlier arthritis is diagnosed, the easier it is managed and treated, which is why it is so important to pick it up earlier rather than later.
Luckily in veterinary medicine, we have access to some very successful medications and nutraceuticals to both treat and manage arthritis, including a new groundbreaking monthly pain relief injection that has just been released in Australia.
If you think your pet may be showing signs of arthritis, or if you have a pet who isn’t showing signs but you want our vet to check for any early arthritis for earlier detection and management, give us a call on 073284 4262!

24/04/2023

We are CLOSED today for Anzac Day. We will reopen on Wednesday (26th) with normal hours.

The Pet Emergency Hospital at 53 Flinders parade, North Lakes is open 24 hours, so if your pet needs medical attention while we are closed, please contact them on (07) 3384 2222.

07/04/2023

Easter long weekend 🐰 🐣

We are closed:
Good Friday
Easter Saturday
Easter Sunday and
Easter Monday.

We resume normal trading hours Tuesday 11th April 8am. For emergencies please contact Pet Emergency North Lakes 3384 2233.

Have a safe and happy break 🐰

09/01/2023

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10/11/2022

Just a reminder that tick season is in full swing and now more than ever it’s important to make sure your pet is on a tick preventative. There is a national shortage of tick antiserum (used to treat animals showing symptoms) in Australia at the moment due to usual weather patterns. Symptoms to look out for include a loss or change in ‘voice’ (meow/bark), weakness or paralysis generally starting at the hind legs, drooling, regurgitation and can lead to death if untreated.
Please contact your local vets to check if your pet is on prevention.

02/11/2022

⚠️🚨NO TICK ANTISERUM 🚨⚠️
Australia is having a shortage of tick antiserum!
Please make sure your pet is on regular tick prevention.
Please contact your local vet to discuss tick prevention to keep our furry friends safe.

⚠️LOW TO NO tick antiserum Australia wide

This means if your furry family member gets a tick and isn’t on a preventive it will now be even more difficult for your vet to currently treat.

The best thing we can do for our pets to avoid even needing to see a vet for treatment due to tick envenomation is to make sure they are on a well-rounded preventative and to triple check your current preventive NOW to make sure it also covers paralysis ticks!

Steps to follow to keep your loved fur-members safer and to avoid seeing a vet due to tick envenomation include:

• Providing your pet with a preventative
• Ensuring preventatives are taken as frequently as the box recommends
• Set a calendar reminder for when preventatives are due
• Checking your pet DAILY for ticks
• Keeping your grass short

Unfortunately, we are seeing high numbers of tick cases this year, but the good news is there are easy at home steps you can take to keep your pets from experiencing life-threating tick envenomation. We are so lucky to have tick prevention products available for our pets so it’s important we are giving this to them.

Even with the treatment shortages, there are still ways we can help your pets. If you find a tick on your fur-member the safest thing to do is contact your vet. If they are on a preventative and you are worried please still call your vet 🐾💜🩺

Our emergency team are available 24/7. If you need us for an animal emergency call
07 5460 1788 ☎

02/10/2022

We will be closed tomorrow, Monday 3rd October.

If you have an emergency, please contact your nearest pet emergency.

Pet Emergency North Lakes 3384 2233
BVECCS 3264 9400 (Albany Creek)
Pet Emergency Stafford 3359 5333

Have a lovely long weekend and stay safe. 🐶🐾🐱

12/09/2022

With spring comes new life! It’s that time of the year where all our wildlife hatchlings start to arrive, but if you find a baby bird you don’t always have to rescue it! Please read below for when and when not to bring these guys in to see us. 🐣

26/07/2022

Ever heard of a singleton pup?
Meet Nina and her beautiful singleton puppy “Wolfie”. Nina is a gorgeous young GSD owned by the wonderful Alyssa, who was accidentally mated by Alyssa’s other male German Shepherd (whoops!). Nina ended up only having one puppy, called a singleton puppy. Singleton puppies often cause issues at time of labour due to failure of the normal hormonal events of labour (e.g. not going into labour at all or may not lactate) commonly leading to dystocia (difficult birthing) or death of the puppy. They are often very large as well, which means they can have difficulty fitting through the pelvic cavity. Luckily we realized that Nina’s puppy was a singleton via an x-ray, and after Alyssa reported Nina had some vaginal discharge around her due date, we got her in as we were concerned she may be not showing the usual labour signs (sometimes all they will show is vaginal discharge). After discussion, we made the decision to refer to the amazing Queensland Veterinary Specialists for an emergency caesarian with their reproduction team, and luckily Wolfie was born alive via C-section with no issues!
This outlines the importance of finding out how many puppies there are going to be prior to labour. X-rays are often done around day 50 from mating to check how many puppies there are going to be. Ultrasounds are done from day 30 to confirm if pregnancy was successful or not.
We are so happy that everything went okay with Nina and Wolfie, and can’t wait to watch Wolfie grow!

17/04/2022

Hope everyone is having a great Easter 🐣