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Mixed veterinary practice based in George.

Veterinary services to dogs, cats, birds, exotic pets, farm animals including cattle, sheep, goats, horses and pigs as well as wildlife animals. We strive to offer top class veterinary services to all our patients, whether it be an emergency or routine animal preventative health.

03/11/2026

📢 NOTICE: VOTING DAY CLOSURE

Please note that we will be closed on Wednesday, 4 November 2026.

For emergencies, please call 082 37 66 555.

Thank you for your understanding.

02/11/2026

Did you know? An empty non-stick pan left heating on the stove can kill a pet bird in the next room.

Birds breathe nothing like we do. Alongside their lungs they have a set of air sacs, and air flows through in one direction only, staying in the body for two full breaths before it leaves. It is one of the most efficient breathing systems in nature. It is how some geese fly over the Himalayas, and it is why miners once carried canaries underground: the canary reacted to gas long before the miners felt a thing.

That same superpower makes your kitchen risky. When a non-stick (PTFE) pan overheats, the coating gives off fumes most people barely notice. For a budgie, cockatiel or parrot, those fumes can be fatal within minutes.

Three easy habits keep them safe:

Never leave a non-stick pan heating empty or unattended.
Keep the cage well away from the kitchen.
Move your bird to another room and open a window before using the oven's self-clean setting, aerosol sprays or strong cleaners.
Great lungs. Bad kitchen neighbours.

Birds and exotics are part of our everyday work at George Animal Hospital.

30/10/2026

Two leopards. Same species, different outfit.

A black leopard is not a separate kind of cat. It is a leopard with melanism, a recessive gene change that makes the coat produce far more dark pigment. Two spotted parents can both carry the gene without showing it, which is how a black cub and a spotted cub can end up in the same litter.

The spots never really disappear, either. Catch a black leopard in the right light and the rosettes are still there, just dark on dark.

Black cat owners, this one is for you: your cat's coat comes down to a change in the very same gene.

From small cats to big cats, we do them all. Groot kat of klein kat, ons help graag.

28/10/2026

Yes, those eyes are open. No, this tiger is not keeping an eye on Dr Muller Strydom.

Cats under anaesthesia often keep their eyes open, and they stop blinking. Without blinking, the surface of the eye dries out quickly. So one of the first jobs once a big cat is asleep is lubricating the eyes, and often covering them to block out light.

The rest of the checklist is just as long. The dose is worked out from an estimated weight. Breathing, heart rate and temperature are watched for every minute the tiger is under. The work is planned so the nap is as short as possible. And before it wakes up, everyone is out and the gate is closed.

26/10/2026

That green sleeve goes all the way up to the shoulder, and there is a good reason for it.

To get a clear look at a mare's uterus and ovaries, the scanner probe goes in by hand, through the re**um. Her reproductive tract sits just underneath, so this is the best view we can get, and the screen next to the stocks shows it live.

It is a team job. The mare stands in the stocks, her groom stays at her head to keep her settled, and the vet works quietly at the back end.

Before the season starts, this one scan answers a lot. Is she cycling yet? Is there fluid or infection in the uterus? Are there cysts we need to map, so they are not mistaken for a pregnancy later? Sort those out first and you can save yourself a whole season.

23/10/2026

This time of year, a lot of our mornings are spent hoping to count to one.

Spring is breeding season for mares, which means plenty of ultrasound. On the screen, fluid shows up black. A round black shape on a mare's o***y is usually a follicle, the little pocket of fluid that holds the egg. We measure it scan by scan, so covering or insemination can be timed close to the day she ovulates.

About two weeks after ovulation, a new black circle should appear in the uterus. That is an early pregnancy.

Then we look again, very carefully, for a second one. Mares do not carry twins well, and left alone a twin pregnancy often ends with both foals lost. Between day 14 and 16 the embryos are still moving around the uterus, so one can be pinched off quickly and the other left to grow. After that, it gets much harder.

Breeding your mare this season? Book her scans before she goes to the stallion, and make sure her 14-day check is on the calendar.

21/10/2026

Some of the best clues in a lameness exam come from standing back and watching.

How the horse stands. How it walks away and back. How it trots in a straight line on a firm, level surface, and how it moves on a circle.

Here's a trick for the horse people of George. When a horse is sore on a front leg, its head lifts as the sore leg lands and drops as the sound one takes the weight. Vets remember it as "down on sound". Hind legs are trickier, so for those we watch the hips.

Noticed a nod that wasn't there last week? WhatsApp us on 078 375 4501 and we'll take a proper look.

Watch the head. Find the leg.

19/10/2026

It's written right there on the desk. A practice for all species.

So the phone at reception rings about all sorts. A puppy that ate a sock. A horse that's lame on the left fore. A tortoise that still hasn't woken up from winter.

The team behind this desk is the first voice you'll hear, and their job is getting you to the right vet, fast. Three things help them do it: what animal it is, what you've noticed, and how long it's been going on.

WhatsApp 078 375 4501 or call 044 874 4259. Weekdays 08:00 to 18:00, Saturdays 09:00 to 12:00.

Ons is net 'n oproep weg.

16/10/2026

Ever picked up your dog after an op and noticed a neat little shaved square on a front leg? Here's why.

Dr Vincent Moore is setting up a drip line, a few steps from our theatre door. Before most anaesthetics, a small catheter goes into a vein in the leg. The fur is clipped first so that spot stays clean.

While your dierekind is asleep, that line does three jobs. It runs fluids that help keep blood pressure steady, because anaesthetic drugs can make it dip. It tops up hydration after the pre-op fast. And if anything changes on the table, the team can already get into a vein straight away, so nobody has to find one in a hurry.

The fur grows back in a few weeks.

Line first. Then theatre.

Is your pet booked in for a procedure and you want to know what the day looks like? WhatsApp us on 078 375 4501, Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00.

14/10/2026

What you can't see in this photo is the homework.

A horse that stands this quietly for a needle has usually had plenty of practice long before vet day.

You can do that practice at home, a few minutes at a time. Run your hands along the neck and down each leg. Touch the ears and the muzzle. Pick up each foot. Stop while your horse is still relaxed, give it a good scratch, and try again tomorrow.

When being handled is just normal, vet day is quicker, safer for everyone and far less stressful for your horse.

Got one that won't let anyone near its ears? Chat to us on 044 874 4259. We've met a few.

Calm is taught.

Address

Albertstraat 65 Albert Street
George
6529

Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 18:00
Thursday	08:00 - 18:00
Friday	08:00 - 18:00
Saturday	09:00 - 12:00

Telephone

+27448744259

Website

https://georgevet.co.za/

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