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20/10/2024

12/10/2024

Today I wanted to chat to you again about tick prevention. Unfortunately I have noticed that a lot of people are not using their medication correctly. This is scary because ticks can attach the day after the meds run out in their system.

Most chew tablets that do “everything” ie worming, ticks, fleas and heartworm, usually only work for a month. These include symparica trio and Nexguard spectra.

Bravecto for dogs has 3 different over the counter options, a monthly chew, a three monthly chew and a 6 monthly spot on.
Make sure, the tablet is fed around a meal and also make sure your dog chews the tablet, or you need to break it up.

If you are worried or unsure about your treatment, please pop into your local vet clinic. Our nurses are trained in how to correctly apply your current medications, they can also recommend different meds that may be better suited to your lifestyle.

I will discuss cats in another post.

23/09/2024

This weekend I was on call at the clinic that I work for. I spent most of the weekend looking after a couple of critical patients. One of them a "Tick paralysis" case that had been on oxygen for 2 days already.
But why I actually want to write today is that I saw 2 snake bite cases just this weekend.
The weather is warming up and the snakes are moving.
The first case thankfully survived, mainly because our nurses worked so hard and so quickly to set everything up. The second one unfortunately didn't even make it to the clinic.
Snake bites are awful and scary, but with prompt treatment, most will get better.
So, if you think your animal has been bitten, get in the car and get to your nearest vet.
Have a discussion in the car about how much you are willing to spend, because once you are at the vet, you don't want to waste time, trying to decide whether you are going to treat or not.

11/09/2024

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Today is world su***de prevention day.

What does this have to do with an animal hospital you might ask?

Did you know that in Australia a veterinary professional takes their life every 12 weeks?

Their are a number of factors contributing to this heart breaking statistic, including compassion fatigue, dealing with frequent euthanasia's and emotional blackmail.

Every member of our team comes to work every day because they are an empathetic animal lover, who has dedicated their lives to saving those of your pets. Not for the money, but because they truly care.

Unfortunately it is not all puppy cuddles and smiles. The truth is that we face life and death decisions daily, we experience the heart-breaking goodbyes alongside each of our clients, we fight by our patients sides to keep them alive, and sometimes that is simply not enough.

In the past 24 hours alone our team has performed 12 euthanasia's of people’s beloved pets. Pets we have built relationships and bonds with. Clients who we see as family. We have to be there through one of the worst days of their lives, and then we walk into the next appointment with a smile on our face and carry on.

That doesn’t mean we don’t have a cry on the drive home, that we don’t lay awake at night thinking of the patient we lost that day, wishing we could have done more.

What you don’t see behind the scenes are the tears we shed when we lose a patient we’ve been caring for in the ICU, the nights we come in at midnight after a 10 hour shift to check on a patient because we can't sleep worrying about them, when we sit with our elderly client and listen through them telling us their pet is all they have left before we then have to send them to heaven, or when we have to help someone explain to their child that their fur baby isn’t going to get better and come home.

Veterinary professionals are some of the kindest, most empathetic, hard-working people you will find, our team is full of them and we’re so proud of how much they care for our patients and clients, but we know this can take a toll.

Please don’t let one of our beautiful staff, or any veterinary professional, become a statistic.

We’re only human.
Please be kind.
Please be patient.
We’re doing our best 💗

02/09/2024

Did you know paralysis ticks are already out and about. This year seems to be particularly bad. Signs that you pet may have a tick are - difficulty breathing, weakness in the back legs, or even you pet being not quite right.
If you are worried, contact your vet as soon as possible.
If you haven't already - apply some sort of tick and flea treatment onto your loved one today.
PS - there is a brand-new tick treatment available - a single injection that lasts for a year.

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