Family Vet Hazeldean

25/11/2025

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08/09/2025

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09/07/2025

Family Vet Hazeldean is Moving and Merging with Family Vet Clinic
We are excited to announce that Family Vet Hazeldean is relocating and merging with our sister practice, Family Vet Clinic. This move allows us to offer you and your pets even better care in a larger, fully equipped facility.
📍 New Location:
Family Vet Clinic
Shop B5b, Centurion Lifestyle Centre
1019 Castanet Street, Brakfontein 399-Jr, Centurion
(Across from Decathlon)
💊 What this means for you:
• Your pet’s medical history and prescription records will be securely transferred.
• You’ll continue receiving the same trusted care from our experienced veterinary team.
• All services will now be offered at the new Centurion location.
📞 Booking Appointments:
To schedule your next visit, please contact us on:
012 764 1401
We thank you for your continued trust and support and look forward to welcoming you to our new home!
Warm regards,
The Family Vet Hazeldean & Family Vet Clinic Team

03/07/2025

Stand a chance to win a month’s supply of GCS Joint Care Advanced chews for your dog. Post a pic of your dog in the comments below and share your GCS success story.


T&C’s Apply:
• One winner will be chosen by Family Vet Hazeldean
• Winner to collect one month’s supply of chews in the form of stock from Family Vet Hazeldean
• Competition will run from 4th to 24th of July 2025
• Open to customers of Family Vet Hazeldean only
• Winner announced on 25th July 2025

29/06/2025

Last week a few of our Family Vet Clinic team members had the privilege to bring a donation of Maxhealth dog food to the Tshwane SPCA Centurion. We want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone at the Tshwane SPCA for your dedication and hard work to make the lives of many animals better. Furthermore thank you to Maxhealth for the generous donation.

A warm and sincere thank you to Family Vet Clinic for your generous donation of pet food and blankets. Your kindness brings both nourishment and comfort to our animals, especially during these colder days. Your support truly makes a difference, and we’re so grateful to have compassionate partners like you by our side.

With appreciation,
The Tshwane SPCA Team

26/06/2025

Benign vs malignant lumps in 🐶 and 🐱
🐾Benign lumps are tumours that do not spread to other tissue around it. These lumps are usually slower growing. These are usually not life threatening.
❗️Malignant lumps are tumours that can spread to various different areas of the rest of the body. These lumps may be life threatening. Some clinical symptoms may include weight loss, decrease appetite, abdominal swelling due to an enlarged mass, lethargy, signs of pain and coughing.
The appearance of the lumps does not classify them as benign or malignant. Your vet 🩺 has to take a sample to look under the microscope 🔬 to identify the cells or the lump needs to be sent away to the lab 🌡🧫 for analysis.

Benign
🐾Lipoma (fat cell tumour)
🐾Sebaceous adenomas (skin tumours)
🐾Follicular cysts (develops from hair follicle)
🐾Histiocytomas (skin tumours)

Malignant
❗️Sarcoma (muscle, bone, cartilage affected)
❗️Carcinomas (affects skin or organs)
❗️Melanoma (skin tumours)

The best treatment option for a benign tumour is to surgically remove it.
For malignant masses it is best to remove it as well, but your pet may need chemotherapy or radiation therapy after the removal depending the spread of the tumour.

23/06/2025

Maximus is a four-year-old, castrated male, domestic short hair cat that was presented to our clinic for just not being himself. His owners did notice that he has been eating less than he usually does. Maximus has a history of waxing and waning diarrhoea.

On clinical examination Maximus was a bit underweight and his gums were pale. He also had a fever and was slightly painful when touching his abdomen.

A blood smear (small drop of blood taken from ear prick) was done and this showed increased white blood cells, decreased red blood cells and platelets.
A FIV/FeLV (detects the presence of feline leukaemia and aids viruses in the blood) test was done and he tested positive for the leukaemia virus.

The next step was doing an ultrasound of the abdomen. We saw an intestinal mass and severely enlarged lymph nodes around the intestines as well as an enlarged spleen. A fine needle aspirate of the lymph nodes was done. Under the microscope we saw malignant (tumorous) lymphocytic cells (white blood cells). This was diagnosed as a lymphoma most likely due to the FeLV.

Treatment would often be chemotherapy and supportive treatment but Maximus’ owners opted to rather put him to sleep.

Prevention includes regular vet visits and annual vaccination including the Feline leukaemia vaccine. Keeping your cats indoor and preventing exposure to stray/ infected cats will also help.

21/06/2025

FREE ‘Lumps & Bumps’ check at Family Vet Clinic, this June 🐈🐕🦎🐇🐁🐀🦔🐍
At Family Vet Clinic, we understand that discovering a lump or bump on your pet can be worrying. To help give you peace of mind, we are offering a FREE ‘Lumps and Bumps’ check with our Vets
During the check the vets will:
🐾Examine any lumps or bumps your pet may have
🐾Assess whether further investigation is needed
🐾Advise you on the best course of action, if necessary
Whether it’s a simple fatty lump or something more serious, early detection can make all the difference. Book your complimentary fine needle aspirate (FNA) diagnostic test for your pet to assess whether their lump may be serious.
If surgery or chemotherapy is needed, our knowledgeable veterinarians will discuss the various options available for each individual case, ensuring you know what to expect.
This special offer is only valid on weekdays by appointments in June until 30 June 2025. T's and C's Apply.

18/06/2025

Tumours are very common in hedgehogs and are mainly malignant tumours. This can be seen from two years of age. They are predisposed to getting tumours in their mouth, skin and reproductive organs.

Oral squamous cell carcinomas are the most common mouth tumour. Clinical signs are stinky breath, difficulty in eating and weight loss, loose teeth, lumps/swelling in the mouth that may bleed. Unfortunately, the tumours are only noticed when they are at an advanced stage and may be invading the jaw bone.
Once your hedgehog is showing these clinical signs a diagnosis can be made by placing your hedgehog under sedation to evaluate the mouth as well as other areas. A fine needle aspirate of the tumours can be done and examined under the microscope.
Treatment involves surgically removing the masses in the early stages. Other options include chemotherapy, but tumour reoccurrence is likely. It is a good idea to allow a veterinarian to do an oral examination under sedation every 6 to 12 months, as early detection may improve outcome.