🐾✨ Sleepy Pre-Med Feels for Mackenzie today! 🌙💤 At NIVH, we're dedicated to making every pet's visit as comfortable as possible. Our team is ready to provide all the snuggles and care Mackenzie needs for a pawsitive experience! 🐾❤️
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B is for Bunny 🐰🐇
Bunnies make fabulous pets, but there are a few health factors to consider prior to bringing a bunny into the family!
🐰Bunnies have complex digestive systems so feeding them they right diet is of utmost importance. A bunny needs to continually eat, and if they stop eating it is a medical emergency.
🐰Bunnies have continually growing teeth, it is important to have these checked regularly and provide a diet to ensure they do not overgrow.
🐰Bunnies require at least annual health checks where they will be checked from their big ears to their little cotton tails!
🐰You should vaccinate your bunny against calicivirus which is a lifethreatening disease which is often released to control the wild rabbit population. However the disease doesn't discriminate between pet and wild rabbits, so the only way to protect your pet is to vaccinate against the disease annually.
Feel free to call the clinic to book your bunny health check or to ask our team for any advice regarding your bunny's needs 🐰
Today we were surrounded by love ❤️....the best type of love ❤️....🐶🐾
Can you guess the breed?!
Just look at those waggy butts 😍
Today is 'Take your dog to work day' 🤓
Show us your dog "working" hard today.....
Some of you may have noticed a resident receptionist at the vets on certain days?! Nurse Abbie's dog Snooze often accompanies Abbie to work and 'helps' out on reception. Snooze is 16.5 years young and completely blind (hence the halo to stop her bumping her little noggin!). She likes sitting at the front desk with her mum and sleeps the day away in-between getting pats from all the team and visiting clients! She loves it when someone gets the snuffle mat out for her with hidden treato's for her to snuffle! If you see her at the front desk, feel free to give her a snuggle!
Tell us how your dog spends their day at work....🐕🐾
🩷 Meet Bella 🩷
Bella visited the team at NIVH last week for sore eyes, and we discovered that at only 8 weeks old, she has a condition called Entropion.
Entropion occurs when the eyelids roll inwards, which can be very uncomfortable!
Bella was booked in for a corrective procedure straight away, called “Eyelid Tacking”, where her eye lids are temporarily corrected with sutures.
Bella recovered beautifully and is back with her family enjoying lots of cuddles and kisses !
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Meet little Tequila! Tequila is a Chiweenie aka a Chihuahua X Dachshund and she is Nurse Sarah's rescue pupper! She unfortunately suffered a broken leg and needed an external fixator to help it heal. All this and she is only 4 months of age! However as you can see, little Tequila is taking it all in her stride and nothing holds her back! We felt she needed a mention on NIVH socials since the 14th May is International Chihuahua appreciation day!!
If you all remember all those many moons ago...before the chaos of christmas and new year....we were running out 12 days of Christmas draw 🎅🏼
The last few winners of the draw...one being a bonus winner....was Bobbins Kay, Minus Arnold and Maisy Tokley 🥳 We hope all our winners enjoyed their prizes as much as Esmeralda who was one of our very first winners...here she is opening her prize!
We would like to thank our sponsors who made our 12 days of Christmas possible:
💙Boehringer who donated Nextguard spectra, leads, tote bags
💙Royal Canin who donated food/treat samples
💙ADM Protexin who donated ProKolin
💙Dermcare who donated skincare packs
💙MSD who donated Bravecto
Happy new year to all of our clients and patients 🥳
With only 2 more sleeps till Christmas, our vets have not only been in clinic treating our pets 🧑🏽⚕️, but they have also been busy helping the man in red 🎅🏼 get ready for the big day.....
See our story to see what the rest of the team have been up to...
The 9th and 10th day of Christmas NIVH (and sponsors!) gave to Wendy Urquhart and Gus Jarman 🎅🏼🎄🎉
Thanks to our elf Dr Jackson for doing such a fabulous draw! 🎅🏼
We've had some fun in the clinic over the last few days!!! 😂
Thank you to all the participants who were willing to dress up 🎅🏼
Huge congrats to Vixie Littleton who won today's 12 days of Christmas draw!! You can see Vixie right at the end when she was a good sport and dressed up when visiting us in clinic today 🎅🏼🎄
Today Hercules helped us draw the winner of the 7th day of Christmas!!!
And the winner is Arnold Bianco 🥳🎅🏼🐶
Instead of 5 gold rings 🏅💍 and 6 geese are laying 🦢🥚
...Day 5 and 6 of NIVH 12 days of Christmas brings smiles to Louis Dawson and Mitch Downer's faces 😁
Come claim your prizes tomorrow 🏆
Instead of 5 gold rings 🏅💍 and 6 geese are laying 🦢🥚
...Day 5 and 6 of NIVH 12 days of Christmas brings smiles to Louis Dawson and Mitch Downer's faces 😁
Come claim your prizes tomorrow 🏆
....And on the 4th day of Christmas NIVH gave to....
Harley Ham 🥳🎉🎅🏼
Congrats Harley, come on down and claim your prize 🎄
On the 3rd day of Christmas, Northern Illawarra gave to....
Simba Heath🐈⬛
Whoo 🎉 congrats Sim-bobs!
On the second day of Christmas, NIVH gave to.....Rupert Merryweather 😻🐾🎁🎉
Well done Rupert and co!!!
🥁Drumroll please🥁
And the winner for the first day of Christmas is ESMERALDA 💖🐾
We will be posting some pictures/videos of our winners in due course 🎉
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ☃️🎅🏼🎄
Look at the festive friends who have visited us this week!
We love when our patients like to strike a festive pose! 🎅🏼
How does Dr Lisa get a reluctant stubborn bulldog on the scales?
Cheese 🧀and liver treats 🍪 of course!!!
One happy Snizzle Van Hamburger 😂
⚠️WARNING⚠️
Paralysis ticks are around.
Paralysis ticks can be deadly to our pets, we cannot stress enough how important it is to keep your pets up to date with their preventative treatments to protect them from things such as paralysis ticks.
When a paralysis tick attached to a pets body, it injects a toxin causing paralysis, and even death.
☑️PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.
📞Call the clinic if you are unsure if your pet is due their preventative treatment or you need any advice.
