Crags Veterinary Clinic & Shop

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Sharing from the friend, especially for the elderly patients with the so common heart conditions, please, consider getti...
02/01/2025

Sharing from the friend, especially for the elderly patients with the so common heart conditions, please, consider getting them the cooling blanket for summer, they really work well:)

Keep your furry kids cool 🚫 avoid heat stroke!
🧊 Dog Cooling Harnesses 🧊

Large breeds
S - Chest 74-84cm - R520.00
M - Chest 82-96cm, Neck 65cm - R520.00
L - Chest 95-110cm, Neck 70cm - R520.00

Small breeds
S: 30-48cm (Chest), 35cm (Neck), 28cm (length) - R430.00

Itsy Bitsy Goodies WhatsApp: 071 256 1248 to place your order. 📦 Delivery anywhere in SA R79.00

With noise tonight, many of our furry friends will need help. One thing to try is wrapping, as shown below. Let them go ...
31/12/2024

With noise tonight, many of our furry friends will need help. One thing to try is wrapping, as shown below. Let them go into the calmest place (bathroom?). If possible, sit with them and hold them tight. For the dogs that have a history of bad fear responses, please stock some mild sedatives so you are prepared for the night to come. Do not leave gates/doors open, as they may run out in the panic and get lost or hit by a passing car.
Please, do not use fireworks, they really hurt.

Apart from NOT helping with thermoregulation, shaving off the double coats weakens the coat and skin's natural biome an ...
25/12/2024

Apart from NOT helping with thermoregulation, shaving off the double coats weakens the coat and skin's natural biome an predisposes them to various skin diseases... If you want a short hair dog, choose the one that was born with a short coat:) Each type of coat comes with different care requirements for the optimal health and look.

Very nice explanation, and in our area the ticks and tick borne diseases are particularly common in dogs, cats, horses a...
03/12/2024

Very nice explanation, and in our area the ticks and tick borne diseases are particularly common in dogs, cats, horses and farm animals alike.

Many people ask about the current rabies situation in our area, so I found this map from this year, to show the register...
02/12/2024

Many people ask about the current rabies situation in our area, so I found this map from this year, to show the registered cases in various species of mammals SA wide. Amazing and hard to understand, why some areas are very high risk, while the neighbouring areas have very little, or no cases at all... looks like we are very lucky where we are:))

Some pretty faces from the Tsitsikamma Wolf Sanctuary today😊😊
15/11/2024

Some pretty faces from the Tsitsikamma Wolf Sanctuary today😊😊

15/11/2024

Busy day vaccinating wolves in the Tsitsikamma Wolf Sanctuary today. Weather was beautiful, the team was as always fantastic and the wolves did great. 18 out of 22 vaccinated today:) Most important: we managed to avoid any excessive stress to any of the wolves and most of them didn't even realize that darting was done by people, some looked up and around as if looking for a bee or another stinging insect that bit them🤗🤗

Some patients need a post, sometimes to pay them a tribute, sometimes to show a lesson their lives served... Dotty was t...
26/09/2024

Some patients need a post, sometimes to pay them a tribute, sometimes to show a lesson their lives served... Dotty was the elderly pony, who has a story to tell, and I am going to tell it for him. Sweet pony, passed from hands to hands for years, just to "find him a good home" as was said... in truth, no home-checks, no assuring the homes were actually capable of giving him what he needed, just getting rid of the problem... his last home was one of the "I will get couple of ponies to eat the grass and as rides for my little kids"... no equine knowledge, no experience, adopting the ponies unchecked, and already unwell... then a shock comes: horses actually cost money🙉 they need regular hoof trims, vaccinations, deworming, teeth correction. Then when they get sick, vets actually cost money too, then we hear: sorry, we never thought of that... Sunshine Animal Rescue and the Crags Vet Clinic stepped in and took over Dotty, who at that stage suffered for many months, possibly longer... the extensive cancer of his sheath, causing painful inflammation and difficulty urinating... sweet pony carried on, tough as they are, but the pain was getting worse... finally, under the care of Sunshine ladies, the proper diagnosis was made, surgery considered, but proven impossible, due to the extend of growth, and then at least: relief from pain, the stressless death...

Dotty could not be saved, but he had a message to pass, and I am passing it for him: horses are not paddock ornaments. They need care, maintenance, treatment when unwell. Food, shelter from bad weather, and most of all: someone, who understands them... and yes, they do cost money, so do dogs and cats, if you want to offer them quality life. It does not matter how the animal comes to your home, bought, gifted, adopted: responsibility is the same.

By saying yes to letting them come, you are signing the contract to care for them the best you know how for the rest of their lives. If you cannot afford it, DO NOT ADOPT. You are doing no favour to them. Home must be the right one, otherwise suffering persists. End of message.

We had another heartbreaking emergency from Stars yesterday... little Snowy, a very young JRT mix, came to the clinic wi...
11/08/2024

We had another heartbreaking emergency from Stars yesterday... little Snowy, a very young JRT mix, came to the clinic with a history of "having 3-week-old puppies and being unwell, not eating for a while"... what we saw surpassed our imagination... starved nearly to death, covered with parasites, with severe biliary and uterine infection, Snowy was still waving her tail to us, sweet little person... surgical removal of infected uterus was necessary, but Snowy's hematocrit (anemia) was so bad, that she would unlikely survive the surgery... there was only one chance for Snowy: direct blood transfusion and then an immediate surgery. Thank you, Hendrie, for staying with me after hours, and thank you, special Bilbo boy for donating your blood to save Snowy's life. Sadly, when Stars arrived to collect her puppies yesterday, two already had died of starvation... but Snowy lived, and she is taking beautiful care of the remaining puppy boy. She is eating already and waving her tail in gratitude to people around her🤗 Please, anyone willing to help with donations towards Snowy's case, or interested in giving a home to the brave little boy, who survived the impossible start in his life, send me a message and I will put you in touch with Stars.

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The Crags
6602

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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 12:00

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+27664411966

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Busy day vaccinating wolves in the Tsitsikamma Wolf Sanctuary today. Weather was beautiful, the team was as always fantastic and the wolves did great. 18 out of 22 vaccinated today:) Most important: we managed to avoid any excessive stress to any of the wolves and most of them didn't even realize that darting was done by people, some looked up and around as if looking for a bee or another stinging insect that bit them🤗🤗

Our very special patient, Mrs. Piggy from Kurland. She grew up with dogs in the house, then when she became too big, she was moved to roam free on the vast polo estate. She is an old lady now, so we need to attend to some issues now and again, but she is such a laid back, sweet patient, we don't mind at all🤗🤗

This is the real Old Soul in the dog form... we will never know what this GSD has been through in life, but it was a lot... he was found by the Sunshine ladies wondering the Kurland Village, with a serious, neglected paw injury, severely malnourished, very sad, but so dignified and friendly... he was most likely someone's loved pet, that in some way: stolen, given away, owner died...? ended in the village. Because of his sweetest attitude he was allowed to stay on one street, but as no one's dog, and he was just waiting for his fate to change again... they call him Rascoe... Sunshine brought him to Crags Vet Clinic yesterday for the foot surgery and neuter. But when we met him, and heard his story, there is no way we are sending him back to wonder the streets of Kurland again...

And here is a part of a lecture about feeding the raw fish rich in omega oils. Salmon and sardines are particularly valuable, and while the former is often too pricey, raw bait sardines are readily available, relatively cheap, and really valuable as a part of the dog and cat diet.

This weekend I attended the international virtual conference on the pain management in the veterinary patients. I am sharing these short clips, because the obesity related problems are among most common in my practice. The first clip talks about the two ways how the excessive weight affects pain, through the excessive weight on the vital structures, especially joints, but also through lowering pain threshold and increasing inflammation in the body, therefore making animals experience pain more drastically.

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