Artemis Veterinary Services

25/02/2026

When the anesthetics start kicking in, and you realise that your attempt to escape didn't work out.

25/12/2025

03/11/2025

After two weeks in Nele’s house, Isabella moved into her own stable. Waiting for her inside: a teddy bear. 🧸
She now sleeps with it every night. For a fragile calf, it’s not just a toy—it’s comfort, warmth, and safety.

Photo courtesy of Food for Rhinos

22/10/2025

Rescued rhino calves are often blindfolded to reduce stress. But Isabella’s eyes were too sensitive—risking cornea damage and infection. So the blindfold was removed the very same day.
The result? She trusted her carers more quickly… and drank from the bottle almost immediately. 🍼

Photo courtesy of Food for Rhinos

11/08/2025

He really deserves to heal after his long fight to health! The bones look good, but now it is waiting to see if his tendons can support the tension🤞🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏

29/06/2025

So true

Recently, there was a news article published in ND accusing a veterinary clinic of not caring and being negligent. I wasn’t present, so I don’t know what happened. I will say this, there are two sides to every story.

I’ve been in their shoes. I’ve been accused of killing someone’s animal, not doing my job, not caring, etc.

It’s easy for people to get upset when someone in the community says, “I took my animal in to the vet for a cough, and he died. They did something wrong and killed him.”

What if I told you the animal was a 26 year old gelding with a BCS 1/5? The cough? This horse was a lifetime asthmatic who was poorly managed at best. Because of that, he was now in congestive heart failure with a bad case of pneumonia. The thin body condition? He had no teeth, but the owner would not put the horse on processed feed daily. The horse died. So is it the veterinarian’s fault?

I truly believe the end of privately owned veterinary clinics is coming to an end. (Maybe even small businesses in general.) Most rural practices are down to one or two veterinarians who are expected to be on call 24/7/365.

The amount of online courses a person can take that allows an average person to do what I sacrificed 7 years of life and $200,000 in student loans for is ridiculous. Why go to vet school anymore?

“You should take a vacation.”
“I called when you were gone (at my nephew’s birthday), and my horse died because you couldn’t come.”

“Hire some more staff.”
“You would not believe my vet bill.”

“You need to say no to more people.”
“What do you mean you can’t come this week?”

“Make some time for your kids.”
“I can only do Tuesday or Thursday after 6:00pm. My kids have things going on.”

Somehow, the world has lost touch with reality. Animals live and animals die. We do our best to intervene, but we somehow have forgotten that we don’t have the final say.

I love this job. Whether I’m looking at animals or not, it’s on my mind 24/7. But none of us are perfect, we all make mistakes. I’ve made plenty, and somehow, those clients have known this and still stuck with me. I have some good ones.

If something goes wrong, you do have a right to be angry. It’s normal. You do not have a right to destroy someone’s life and business. So before you jump in with the social media lynch mob, take a breath and remember that you aren’t hearing the whole story.

06/02/2025

A beautiful white flanked impala ram, reacting on his dart with anesthetics. He is ready to go to some nice girlfriends.
The white flanked impala is a colour variation of a normal impala.

31/01/2025

Julz gets a moonboot!!!! Thank you everyone who donated to help this happen. We had many concerns as it seemed his injury was worsening prior to getting him fitted but he seems to be adjusting well. We will continue to report on his progress and financially support efforts to keep this little guy cruising around on all four feet!!!