Gippsland Veterinary Group - Companion Animals

06/11/2025

🚨 Last Call for Small-Scale Farmers! 🚨

Numbers close in the next day or two for our Animal Health & Welfare Course in Wonthaggi - don’t miss your chance to join this hands-on, three-part series designed for small-scale farmers.

🐑 Learn practical skills in livestock husbandry, disease prevention, and parasite management for sheep, alpacas, goats, cattle, and calves.
🗓 Attend one, two, or all three nights - it’s up to you!
☕ Includes course notes, handouts, tea, and refreshments.

📅 Dates:
• Tues 18 Nov – Sheep/Alpacas/Goats
• Tues 25 Nov – Calves/Cattle
• Tues 2 Dec – Parasites

📍 Wonthaggi | 7pm start
💰 From $165

Don’t miss out - final numbers are being confirmed now!

31/10/2025

Melbourne Cup Public Holiday 🏇🏆

As the Melbourne Cup Day Public holiday approaches, we would like to ensure our clients have adequate time to prepare for our irregular clinic opening hours.

Our clinics will be available as usual on the weekend preceding the public holiday (1st & 2nd Nov) with small animal after hours offered from Leongatha and Wonthaggi. All of our clinics will also be open as usual on Monday 3rd November.

For the Cup Day Public Holiday our vets will be available for EMERGENCIES ONLY from 5:30pm Monday 3rd November to 8:30am Wednesday 5th November. An after hours fee applies to all consultations seen during this period.

All small animal emergencies will be seen at our LEONGATHA clinic (32 Anderson St, Leongatha) on the Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday. If you have a small animal emergency, please call 5630 8050 (Bass Coast area) or 5662 2818 (South Gippsland area).

If you have an equine or large animal emergency, please call 5662 2818.

There will be no clinics open for medication ordering/collection on the public holiday. If your pets or livestock require ongoing medications, please check that you have a sufficient supply to get you through this period.

For many people, the Melbourne Cup Holiday is treated as a long weekend. If you plan to travel over this period, now is the time to ensure your pet is up to date with vaccination and are current on their flea, tick and worming prevention.

We wish all our clients and their animals a safe and enjoyable Melbourne Cup Day.

The Team at GVG

21/10/2025

⚠️⚠️BE SAFE EVERYONE⚠️⚠️
Where possible keep pets indoors, if you are unable to do so ensure they have safe and secure shelter from the weather and any possible debris (such as falling trees).

20/10/2025

Fleas are pesky parasites that jump from one host to the other. Once infested, some pets can suffer from severe itching all over their body, even if they’ve only got one flea. Flea bites can lead to inflammation, severe itching, and even substantial fur loss. Flea eggs dislodge from our pets and into their environment which can make treating a flea burden a long and drawn-out process.

14/10/2025

PARASITES & PETS - Intestinal worm info post - Intestinal worms are one of the most common parasitic risks to our pets and us, with some of these worms being zoonotic meaning that we can also contract them. Monthly and Three-monthly preventative care options as well as controlled/good hygiene practices can ensure they aren't burdened by these nasty little parasites. There are FOUR types of intestinal worms;
· Hookworm
· Roundworm
· Whipworm
· Tapeworm
For advice on the right parasite prevention for your family contact our clinics today.

09/10/2025

09/10/2025

🚐 French Island Vet Day - October 30th!

Our vets will be on the island all day, fully equipped for:
🐮 Farm animal care
🐴 Horse health checks & vaccinations
🐶 Small animal visits

From pregnancy testing and hoof trimming to drenching, blood work, and more - we’ve got your animals covered.

📞 Bookings essential — call our Large Animal Clinic on 03 5662 2251 today!