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EAST BUNDABERG VET BLOG
It is TIME to Spring Clean your animal
It is time to get your dog hydrobathed, to remove the built-up dead skin cells and “crud” that has accumulated over winter. There is lots of animals who have short coats and do not need clipping, but all animals develop a different hair coat over the colder months to...
University studies show desexing too early (under 6 months of age) can be detrimental to the health of the animal later in life
April was a busy month in our business with lots of desexing of dogs and cats – April was a “Desexing Special Month”. One of the 4 months we have every year when we offer our services to the public for approximately 50% discount in price. It is our way of helping...
May is the end of Autumn and time to think about arthritis
This month is the start of the cooler time in our environment and over the next 4 months the days are going to get shorter and the nights are going to get colder. It is time to think about where you put the jumper and coats you put away last winter, it is time to...
Preventing the Covid-19 virus from infecting anyone who enters our building
The month of April has come and gone, and we are getting more and more used to dealing with regulations of preventing the Covid-19 virus from infecting anyone who enters our building. We have taken on board every recommendation from the Government Health Department...
Vet Position
The position available East Bundaberg Veterinary Hospital is looking for a permanent veterinarian to join our team. We are a 3-vet animal hospital with a small branch practice at seaside Bargara that we service 5 days a week. Our team includes 6 nurses, 3...
Food for thought in the ageing animal
“We are what we eat” is a common saying often applied to humans in an effort to get the person to consider the long-term aspects or consequence of what they put in their mouth. As humans are becoming overweight, so the concern for the welfare of the population is...
Arthritis – “a right pain” for ageing animals
One of the most common complaints of all ageing animals is the development of arthritis especially in the major joints such as the hips, the knees, the shoulders and the elbows but it can strike anywhere in the animal where there is a joint such as the toes, the...
Heart and lungs – the life blood of our ageing animals
Approximately one quarter of our body size is composed of the lungs and the heart – this area supplies the oxygen for life, the blood for transport and the ability for the body to remove carbon dioxide – a waste product of each cell in the body. I know that every...
Osteoarthritis in dogs and cats
Osteoarthritis in dogs and cats— painful, debilitating and treatable We all have heard of “arthritis” and most owners are aware that arthritis means “inflammation of the joint”. Once the degeneration goes too far it involves the bones around the joint and is now...
Heartworm – a parasite that kills your dog from the inside.
There is no doubt that the prevalence of heartworm infesting and killing dogs has decreased greatly in the last 20 years especially with the advent of good monthly tablets and the use of an injection that protects dogs for 12 months. In the 1990’s and the decades...
Fitting – It occurs in ALL animals
Every animal with a brain has the ability of throwing a fit (that leaves me out as there are a lot of people who often comment that even though I have a brain that it is a pity that the rest of my body is not connected to it). We mainly see fitting in the canines...
Arthritis – Chondroprotective Agent
As I have discussed in other articles - animals are just as prone to arthritis as humans are, and this time of the year as the weather gets colder, your pets can also show more signs of this problem. One form of treatment for this debilitating condition is to use...