Pet Eye Care - New Zealand

03/04/2024

Attention equine vets: We are now seeing referral equine ophthalmic cases at Cambridge Equine. If you want more information or have any cases you would like to refer, please get in touch by emailing [email protected] or filling in the referral form on our website www.peteyecare.co.nz/referrals

07/02/2024

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31/01/2024

Attention Wellington Veterinarians: From the start of April 2024 all our in-person consultation and surgical services will be based at The Referral Centre in Hamilton. Kellam moved to the Waikato a few months ago for family reasons, and Petra is going on leave. We have remote consultation services available for new and ongoing cases. For more information and to submit a remote consult request visit www.peteyecare.co.nz/remoteconsults
Any questions please contact [email protected]

We are pleased to now be offering a Remote Consultation Service to New Zealand companion animal veterinarians. This is a new service, and as such we are still busy testing and tweaking our protocols. We welcome any feedback you may have. The cost for an assessment is $150, which will be charged to y...

26/10/2023

Waiting times for consultations in Wellington are currently about 6 weeks. We recommend veterinarians who refer to our Wellington clinic consider using our remote consultation service. We can offer a much quicker turnaround and book patients in directly for surgery/diagnostics as appropriate. For more information on this service see www.peteyecare.co.nz/remoteconsults

12/07/2023

We have some exciting changes coming up on a business and personal level, which will impact our referral service going forwards.
For family reasons, Kellam and Amy have decided to relocate to the Waikato, so from September onwards The Referral Centre in Hamilton will be the main home base for Pet Eye Care!

We will continue to provide a regular referral service in Wellington. Petra has now completed the supervised training portion of her residency and will continue to provide a consulting and surgical service at Carevets Kilbirnie clinic. Kellam will regularly travel to Wellington to operate on patients.

The main impact of this change will be a reduced number of consultation appointments available in Wellington. To help alleviate excessively long wait times we recommend veterinarians use our remote consultation service. Further information can be found at www.peteyecare.co.nz/remoteconsults

22/06/2023

11/04/2023

Kellam is presenting an educational evening for veterinarians in Hamilton next Wednesday 19th April. Please let any Waikato based colleagues know, it will be a fun and informative evening.

Location: Speights Ale House, 30 Liverpool St, Whitiroa, Hamilton
Time: Nibbles and drinks from 6.30pm, talk starts at 7

We are also excited to announce that Kellam will soon be running a clinical service based out of The Referral Centre in Hamilton, offering both consultations and surgery.

Dr Kellam Bayley BVSc MVSc(dist) CertVOphthal MANZCVS Dip ECVO is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and a Registered Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology.

22/03/2023

Did you know we now offer remote consultations?
This service is available to New Zealand companion animal veterinarians. You will need to provide the findings of a detailed ophthalmic examination plus good quality, in focus photographs of both eyes. Kellam will examine these and provide a report including diagnosis/differential diagnoses, diagnostic/treatment plan and additional references where appropriate. Further information and FAQs can be found on our website www.peteyecare.co.nz/remoteconsults

23/12/2022

We're going to be closed from Friday 23th December 2022 to Monday 10th January 2023.

Thanks so much to our wonderful referring veterinarians and clients for your continued support this year. We hope you all have a safe and relaxing holiday period, and we look forward to catching up with you in 2023.

10/11/2022

We've added a post to our website with some useful technique videos to help you get the most from your ophthalmic examination. Check it out here

02/09/2022

Kellam and Practical CPD recently ran a 1 day continuing education course for veterinarians entitled Management of Ocular Emergencies

31/07/2022

We are delighted to welcome Dr Petra Price to our team. Some of you may have already met Petra as she's spent a bit of time with us over the last few months. She plans to finish off her ophthalmology residency under Kellam's supervision, and then to sit ANZCVS fellowship examinations and attain registration as a specialist Veterinary Ophthalmologist. We look forward to working with her, and wish her all the best with her studies.

Dr Petra Price BVSc MVM MANZCVS is a Veterinary Ophthalmology Resident enrolled in a fellowship through the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists. Through completion of this program she will gain the necessary credentials to achieve registration as a Specialist Veterinary Ophthalmologist in New Zealand.

Petra spent eight years as a mixed animal veterinarian before deciding to specialize in ophthalmology. She has completed her Masters of Veterinary Medicine and obtained membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists.

28/07/2022

We currently have longer than usual waiting times for both appointments and emails.
A close family bereavement and now covid have lead to a back log of work. We’re doing the best we can, but please expect a 5-7 day wait on email communications, and around 4 weeks for non urgent appointments. Thanks for your patience.

01/07/2022

Our new website is now live! Check it out at www.peteyecare.co.nz

We also have a new email address for referrals and other enquiries [email protected]

We will continue to monitor the old email address for a few more months, but please update our details in your contact lists when you get the chance.

We use a variety of equipment to give us the correct lighting and magnification to fully examine all parts of the eye, and then perform additional tests to check out any areas of concern.

16/03/2022

04/12/2021

Christmas holidays are coming around again. Thanks to all our lovely referring vets and clients for your continued support, it’s been another busy year.

Pet Eye Care will be closed from December 24th until January 19th. Appointments for after the 19th can be made online or via phone. Our emails will only occasionally be checked over the holiday period.

We hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday. See you all next year!

Kellam and the Pet Eye Care team

08/10/2021

Amy and Kellam are pleased to announce the recent arrival of our newest family member, Paige Sophia. Born 6/10/21 and doing very well.

While we figure out how to balance caring for both a toddler and newborn, Kellam will be working reduced hours over the next few months.

We will continue to offer a full referral ophthalmic service, but waiting times will likely be longer than usual. Kellam will triage all appointment and surgery bookings. If we feel that we are not able to offer a booking within an appropriate timeframe, we will let you know and discuss the available options.

Thanks for your continued support of our little business ☺️

Kellam, Amy, Mason and Paige

26/08/2021

COVID UPDATE 26/8
Thanks everyone for your patience. During to the extended level 4 lock down we are offering a contactless service for urgent and time-critical cases.

- Please call the clinic on arrival. Staff will be the only people in the clinic as all clients need to remain outside
- We will take your pet from you at the door, and return them to you after assessment.
- Dr Bayley will phone you to discuss the findings and treatment plan
- Contactless payment can be made over the phone with a credit card, or a bank transfer

If you are ill, or have been in contact with a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, please call us ahead of time so we can reschedule the appointment.

We are awaiting news on alert levels before rearranging appointments for the coming weeks. If you have an upcoming appointment we will be in touch to confirm or reschedule as soon as we know when we can safely see your pet.

17/08/2021

Hi everyone.
Due to level 4 lockdown all appointments will be cancelled for the remainder of the week. If you have an appointment we will be in touch over the next few days to rebook.

In case of emergencies during this time please get in touch via email [email protected]
We are still available to give advice and/or see emergencies as appropriate.

Thanks heaps and take care.
The Pet Eye Care team

17/06/2021

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