Penguin Vet Centre

Penguin Vet Centre Penguin Vet Centre A fully equipped surgical practice, we can provide for all
your pet's health requirements. Phone 64371331 to find
out more.

The cute bunny was taken home by his owners. He had been loose in a town where Calicivirus has been deliberately releas...
21/04/2026

The cute bunny was taken home by his owners.

He had been loose in a town where Calicivirus has been deliberately released. So we treated him for Rabbit Fleas, both to protect him, and also in case he brought those fleas into our clinic.

Calivivirus can be spread by contact with a contagious rabbit, and also carried from that rabbit to others by insects: notably Mosquitoes, and Rabbit Fleas [the ones that crawl, rather than hop, and which eventually stick-fast to the edge of the ears]
So, for pet bunnies:-
1. Use Imidocloprid [ ] to stop fleas biting.
With most flea treatments need fleas to bite, and so do not protect from diseases they may carry. Imidocloprid stays on the surface of the bunny & acts by contact on the flea; killing it before bites.
2. Use fly screens inside and mosquito nets outside. A human mosquito net can be draped effectively around most rabbit hutches.
3. Vaccinate your bunny. This does not guarantee 100% potection, so nos.1 and 2 are still needed.
4. Rabbit fleas travel on cats and dogs, so treat them with Imidocloprid too, for their own sake, and so they don't bring the fleas in close to your bunny.

Is your dog up to date with vaccination?PARVO is about.Phone us 64371331 to organise a booster
01/04/2026

Is your dog up to date with vaccination?
PARVO is about.
Phone us 64371331 to organise a booster

Not quite black but very lucky, TASH is so very gentle, trusting and sweet, but she needs a home. [Details on adoption i...
01/04/2026

Not quite black but very lucky,
TASH is so very gentle, trusting and sweet, but she needs a home. [Details on adoption in the post below]
She was dumped next a busy, scary highway.
Why?
Her previous owners must have been nice to her ... why did they turn so mean?
Because, tho barely 5 months old, she had been in heat and Might Be Pregnant!
Here at PenguinVet she waited out her quarantine, and has now been speyed ... and did have 6 barely there kittens. Very confronting. Very sad.
But TASH is fine, enjoying her breakfast.

Kittens and Cats needing Homes. ph 64371331We have them in the window, but only when some-one is here to keep an ey...
10/03/2026

Kittens and Cats needing Homes. ph 64371331
We have them in the window, but only when some-one is here to keep an eye on them.
1. Wicheta: a stone grey tabby girl, 10 weeks old. She has been desexed, microchipped, and has started her course of vaccinations. And her brother
2. Linesman: a silver tabby boy.
3. Lucy, is still home-hunting after her previous owner passed away. At 18 months, she is a quiet, trim, gentle, and sooky. tabby and white short-haired cat. A lovely lifetime companion. She was speyed, chipped and vaccinated here, and we will top her up with a vaccination booster before she leaves.

Kittens stay with us at least 14 days to be health & temperamnet assessed, de-wormed, de-flea'd, desexed and litter trained. Each has a microchip registered for life into the name of their new owner, accessible on a world-wide data base. Each is vaccinated with a full primary course for F4-FIV
Each comes to you with some food and kitty litter, they are used to; and a blanket or toy they love, to help them settle in.
Kittens $340 Cats $150

KITTY has found her new home, with a lovely caring person.
02/02/2026

KITTY has found her new home, with a lovely caring person.

Kittens and Cats needing Homes. ph 64371331Joseph, Jacob and Konranne have found new people, but we have 2-3 more ....
23/01/2026

Kittens and Cats needing Homes. ph 64371331

Joseph, Jacob and Konranne have found new people, but we have 2-3 more .....

Our Found cat has been claimed.Hit by car this morning; was killed instantly.Thankyou to the lady who wrapped him up and...
16/01/2026

Our Found cat has been claimed.
Hit by car this morning; was killed instantly.
Thankyou to the lady who wrapped him up and brought him in.
He had no microchip, unusual in a young desexed cat, so we could not immediately contact his owners. But they did find him, and took him home.

This little KITTEN, found east of Penguin just before Christmas, has now found a new home here in Penguin.
23/12/2025

This little KITTEN, found east of Penguin just before Christmas, has now found a new home here in Penguin.

Christmas Time is almost herePlease ensure you prescriptions, food and all veterinary uncertainties are up to date befor...
15/12/2025

Christmas Time is almost here
Please ensure you prescriptions, food and all veterinary uncertainties are up to date before this weeks-end.
[Couriers are already slow with our orders; and during the Festive Season they scarcly come at all]

Picture from Mid Dec 2015

Be mindful of plastic.Beautiful magpie from inner Penguin. We have listened for her song each day.Brought in very ill, ...
04/11/2025

Be mindful of plastic.
Beautiful magpie from inner Penguin. We have listened for her song each day.
Brought in very ill, head down in the grass and drooling. Given emergency meds. Suspect upper gullet obstructed; took an xRay -> nothing to see. Planning for more intrusive searches; but she died. Post mortem -> soft plastic, as might be wrapped around meat. Shards of harder plastic too, possibly broken take-away spoons. RIP

This one was found soaking in a ditch in Riana. Now comfy and dry, but who owns her? Microchip details out of date. P...
22/10/2025

This one was found soaking in a ditch in Riana. Now comfy and dry, but who owns her? Microchip details out of date. Phone us 64371331 0408140548

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