Our VetLove VIP Club membership includes all the preventative Veterinary Care Services that we believe are essential for maintaining your pet’s health and well-being. Why not treat your pet to a whole year of preventative health! With huge savings for you and peace of mind you can visit all year for FREE! The VetLove VIP … Continue reading VetLove VIP Membership →

During summertime there is nothing better than getting out & enjoying the great outdoors with your loyal four-legged friend. Unfortunately, the hot, humid months also bring out pesky mosquitoes. These irritating little critters can be just as annoying to your family pet as they are to you. These tiny insects not only feed on humans, … Continue reading MOSQUITOS: It’s Time To Buzz Off And Prevent Heartworm →

We all know that Christmas is a time for indulging and we are all guilty of spoiling our pets with our leftover’s and an excess of treats throughout the festive season. If you think your pet may have a weight problem, (this includes being underweight) then why not start off the New Year with some … Continue reading Is Your Pets Weight A Growing Concern? →

Wow! What a mad year 2020 has been. We are so very humbled and grateful for enduring 2020 with huge thanks to YOU, our beloved clients. Your love of all creatures great and small has got us through dark and difficult times.  VetLove is more in love with our patients, clients and staff than ever, … Continue reading Thank you from your VetLove team →

Vet Nurse Day (Friday 9th October). This day provides an opportunity to show the value and professionalism of our nurses.  One day a year we get to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of the role that our nurses perform every day to our community. Veterinary nurses are highly skilled, have ever increasing responsibilities and play a such … Continue reading Vet Nurse Of The Year 2020 →

Australia is home to many venomous snakes, and with the weather warming up these cold-blooded reptiles are now becoming more active and a lot more visible as they start to emerge from their winter hibernation to bask in the sun and to search for food and a mate. To discourage snakes from hanging out in … Continue reading Snakes Are Starting To Emerge →

Princess, a retired seven-and-a-half-year-old racing greyhound, came into VetLove Southside recently with a severe fractured leg. This was Princess’s second fractured leg; her first was when she was racing and only two years old, after which she retired from racing. Princess was happily playing on her seven-acre block of land when her owner, who coincidentally … Continue reading Triple whammy for Princess the greyhound →

Jessie is a gorgeous 13-year-old mini Groodle. Her lovely owner found her one afternoon vomiting in the back yard and noticed she had a very bloated stomach. Jessie was immediately brought to our Nobby Beach clinic to visit Dr Ali. After a full examination and some important blood tests and X-rays, it was confirmed that Jessie had … Continue reading Meet Jessie →

There must be something in the air! This month VetLove Jimboomba has surgically assisted four caesarean births. Most caesarean sections in dogs are unplanned. The female dog has often been in labour for several hours, and is likely to be distressed, dehydrated and in some cases in shock. Once admitted for a C-section, the abdomen … Continue reading It’s raining dogs →

Midnight is a gorgeous little 12-week-old kitten, who used up one of his nine lives when he jumped/fell from a high kitchen cupboard. Midnight was presented at the clinic for an examination with Dr Julie and was admitted to hospital for pain relief and X-rays. The X-rays confirmed a fracture (pictured) high on the femoral … Continue reading Meet Midnight: Not all kittens are superheroes →

PC is a free-roaming peacock (male) – peafowl (female) – scientific name Afropavo/Pavo – who turned up at one of his daily residences for a visit, with a very sore foot. After a slight challenge restraining him in the gentlest way, we finally managed to X-ray his foot, which showed a distinctive fracture to the … Continue reading Meet PC – The Peacock →

A gorgeous two-year-old Jack Russell X Terrier. Naughty Pho escaped out of his yard one day and went missing for just over 24 hours. Upon returning home, his owner found he had a deep wound laceration on the left of his abdomen and another on his hind leg.  We were not sure how the wound … Continue reading Meet Pho (pronounced Poh) →

Tayzie got in a sticky situation this week! He came in the other day for excessive salivating and really smelly breath for the past couple of days. Once we had a look in his mouth, we were able to see a stick lodged between his teeth! Lucky Dr Olly was able to remove the stick … Continue reading Meet Tayzie →

We first met Lilo at nine weeks for her initial vaccine and health check. Even though she was bouncy and full of gusto, she had a bit of a pot belly but was otherwise healthy. Unfortunately, Lilo had no real history of worming before her new mummy and daddy got her. Lilo was given worm … Continue reading Patient of the Month: Lovely Little Lilo! →

Beau presented to the Bardon clinic in early May as his mum had noticed that he was no longer jumping up onto the couch or her lap like he used to. Being a 10-year-old cat, she wondered if he had developed arthritis. In consult, Beau’s physical exam was quite normal, however, he had trouble walking. … Continue reading A new home for Beau →

Meet Darcy. Darcy is an 11-year-old Dachshund who was diagnosed with diabetes in 2018. Diabetes is a disorder where either the body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or the body does not respond to insulin produced. This results in high blood glucose levels (or high blood sugar), which impacts other systems in the body. Once diagnosed, … Continue reading Great outcome for Darcy →

If your pet needs veterinary care (including vaccinations and routine checks) AND: You have not been overseas within the past 14 days You have not been in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case You are NOT experiencing symptoms of fever and respiratory disease AND you don’t need or wish to self-isolate Then it is business as … Continue reading A practical guide to visiting VetLove →

Meet Bella, an adorable 12-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, who got a sudden fright and decided to jump off her owner’s two-storey balcony. Unfortunately, it was not a soft landing and she fell straight onto concrete, where the impact caused a broken canine tooth, bruised liver and torn ligaments in her wrists (carpal hyperextension). Bella had … Continue reading Not all superheroes can fly →

Working in a veterinary clinic brings the brightest of smiles to our faces, even on the toughest days. And it is always a joy to  treat  Australia’s amazing wildlife! This beautiful little echidna was recently brought in for an examination. The kind person who found him had noted he was very slow moving around, not … Continue reading Echidna you not! →

Cute couple Greta and Gustav, a pair of Pekin ducks, visited Dr Chris at our Ashgrove clinic recently. Their human parents had noticed some terrible lesions on the bottom of their feet, so they came into the clinic to see Dr Chris straight away. Dr Chris examined them both, although Greta got very worried about … Continue reading Meet Greta and Gustav →

Need pet supplies? We’ve got you covered. Our VetLove team is working hard to ensure we keep providing you with the service you know and love, so you can continue shopping without having to worry about your pet missing out on essential  foods, prescription diets, parasite prevention, worming, shampoos and treats. Know anyone who needs … Continue reading Need pet supplies? →