Main Ridge Veterinary Clinic

15/02/2025

The clinic is aware of the news reports surrounding the closure of Homesafe ID.

If you are unsure of where your pet is registered, you can check at petaddress.com.au

If your pet happens to be registered with Homeasfe ID you can move to Central Animal Records Australia by following this link

https://car.com.au/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAqrG9BhAVEiwAaPu5zu68Ul7VAAyGiJiHKItjfBOuCln6qT6mnYXJ9v7lTVOaK2AqzIcrQxoChfAQAvD_BwE

Please make sure you check, it ensures that if your pet is ever lost that you can be contacted when they are found!

If you need any help, or don’t know your pets microchip number you can call the clinic on (03) 5989 6232 to find out.

08/02/2025

Handsome Nelson came in to the large animal hospital today to have his bladder ultrasound. He’s been having some trouble urinating and not drinking enough water!

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06/02/2025

Had a bit of a sheepy morning. Ewe might have seen a couple of these lovely girls at the clinic today if you called in. 🐑🐏

Big girl Nala unfortunately had a cancer growing from the surface of her eye. The safest course of action to prevent the cancer invading into other tissues was to have the eye removed. Today Dr Belle performed an enucleation procedure to remove Nala’s cancerous eye. She’s already back out in the paddock grazing with her friends! We also had Penny the ewe in demanding her treats all morning while we were taking some radiographs of one of her friends.

03/02/2025

A beautiful bundle of puppies delivered safely by Dr Kristin via caesarean this morning ❤️😍

31/01/2025

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Be extra vigilant about snakes out there! While it is quite late in the snake season, we treated two snake bite cases yesterday!

This big fella was spotted in Arthur’s Seat last Wednesday, the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake. He was easily spotted on the trail but as soon as he was off the track became very well camouflaged. It’s best to keep dogs on the lead unless you can see clearly there are no wiggly friends nearby.

Keep safe and enjoy a beautiful summer weekend!

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27/01/2025

Spending the day reminiscing all the adorable puppies we’ve seen over the last couple of months 😍😍 How lucky are we!

23/01/2025

Meet Herbert ❤️🐷

Herbert is at the clinic today to be castrated. Lucky nurse Amy getting some pre surgery cuddles ❤️🐷.

22/01/2025

The clinic will be closed on Monday the 27th of January for the public holiday.

As always we will have a vet on call for emergencies only. Call the clinic on (03) 59896232 and be diverted through.

Don’t forget to get medication orders in today if you need them before the long weekend! It’s been a very busy January so far and we are doing our best to get the orders organised within 48 hours .

14/01/2025

Meet Carter!

This beautiful boy came to the clinic a few months ago after he suffered a horrible laceration in some stormy weather. The wind blew some tin loose from a roof and the tin sliced right through Carters hump! Although the injury was very severe he was actually quite fortunate that his hump protected his spine and other vital structures from damage.

Dr Belle anaesthetised Carter and sutured his hump back together. With hundreds of sutures the wound was closed, and Carter was able to go home with his wonderful owners who nursed him back to health.

This photo was take today showing Carter back to full health with his friends.

If you would like to see the photos of carters injury and surgery they can be found in the comments, however they are quite graphic.

09/01/2025

Pink Eye season is here early! Overnight they can turn from a tiny blue spot or weepy eye to a huge ulcer. If you notice extra flies hanging around the eyes, watery discharge or worse some blue discolouration or ulceration get onto it as soon as possible. This nasty little bacteria Moraxella Bovis acts quick and causes a lot of pain for our bovine friends as well as quite significant production losses.

Call us at the clinic on (03)5989 6232 if you need an appointment or for any advice.

03/01/2025

This poor little guy couldn’t use his left front leg, luckily he had a very caring owner who brought him in to the clinic today. Dr Ben very quickly realised it was likely a fracture and took this very impressive x-ray! Fortunately for this little guy sheep do a pretty good job of healing fractures, especially when they are young! Dr Ben was able to place a splint and supportive bandage and he was comfortably using the leg straight away with the support. Hopefully in a few weeks time we can update you with some healing bone x-rays!

26/12/2024

Congratulations to the winner of our Christmas Photo Competition, Rusty!! Rusty has had a huge year with a broken leg requiring specialist repair. He had a long road back to playing, but with the help of his mum he’s made an excellent recovery and we think his photo with Santa is absolutely adorable 😍🎄

Thank you everyone for entering, it was a truly difficult decision with so many wonderfull pets, we are so grateful we get to look after your loved ones when they need it.

We hope you all had a joy filled Christmas and that all of your pets were spoilt 🎄🎁🎅

24/12/2024

Opening Hours Update

24/12 1:30pm
It has been decided close the clinic early today to allow the team to spend time with the family.

As usual a vet is on call for emergencies.

Have a safe and merry Christmas. 🎄

🎄Holiday opening hours 🎄

It’s a busy time of year for everyone and our pets certainly don’t take a break. We have extended our Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve hours this year to accomodate any last minute needs.

As always we will have an on call vet available when the clinic is closed, for emergencies only.

🎄Happy Holidays!🎄

19/12/2024

Don’t forget to get your drug orders in before Christmas! With public holidays and lots of our clients going away, it is a very busy time of year for drug prescriptions. Even with our little helpers it may take at least 24 hours to get medication repeats organised so please try and get all of your requests in well ahead of time.

🎄Happy Holidays! 🎄

16/12/2024

🎄Christmas Photo Competition time 🎄

Post a Christmas themed photo, including a pet, in the comments to enter. Prize includes a Christmas hamper and a free annual health check and vaccination for one of your pets!

🎄Good luck! 🎄

12/12/2024

🎄Holiday opening hours 🎄

It’s a busy time of year for everyone and our pets certainly don’t take a break. We have extended our Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve hours this year to accomodate any last minute needs.

As always we will have an on call vet available when the clinic is closed, for emergencies only.

🎄Happy Holidays!🎄

10/12/2024

This poor little gull was brought in to the clinic because someone noticed fishing line hanging from his beak. Unfortunately the hook had lodged into his oesophagus and was stopping him from being able to swallow!

This is a hugely important reminder to always be careful with fishing line/hooks/any other rubbish. . Our wildlife is very vulnerable to our activities and we all need to be as careful as we can be to avoid things like this happening!

If you see any injured or ill wildlife please call the clinic on (03) 5989 6232 or Wildlife Victoria (03) 8400 7300 for advice.

05/12/2024

Dr Jess and one of her favourite patients Percy. She was able to give him his injections and trim his feet as long as he got enough belly pats!

We’re lucky to treat a wide variety of animals at the Main Ridge Vet Clinic. Call us on (03) 59896232 if you have any pets that need a visit, no creature too great or small!