Our clinics service both small and large animal patients including dogs, cats, cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, alpacas, ferrets, rabbits, birds – even snakes, spiders and rats!  Our facilities enable us to perform both routine and complicated surgeries, including desexings, lump removals, orthopaedics (including pinning and plating of bone fractures), caesarian sections, intestinal blockages, bloat and other surgical emergencies.  Isoflurane (the newest and safest anaesthetic gas) is utilized at all our clinics.  A short endoscope is based at Kadina and has been useful for exams in the mouth and down the back of the throat.  Radiology (xray) facilities mean your pet can be xrayed and have films developed on site - no need to send plates away for processing.

Medically our vets are able to perform diagnostic workups on your unwell pets easily from our clinics – we have an IDEXX blood test machine based in Kadina (for same day results on general blood tests), plus clinics have laboratory facilities including centrifuge, glucometer to check blood glucose levels, refractometer to check urine, dipstick strip tests, and a microscope for exam of urine, pus, ear swabs and blood slides.

We pride ourselves on our safety and anaesthetic monitoring – we have blood pressure monitors, heart rate monitors, heart rhythm recordings, temperature probes and associated equipment to ensure your pet remains stable during surgery.  All surgeries are undertaken by a registered veterinarian with a veterinary nurse present to monitor your pet during surgery and recovery.  Where possible, we encourage clients to utilize IV fluids (IV drip) and Aquafol anaesthetic (equivalent to Propofol human anaesthetic) for surgeries as much as possible – particularly critical for those unwell, emergency, or the elderly or very young patients.

Our hospital is airconditioned in summer and heated in winter to ensure the comfort of patients.  We maintain the highest standards of nursing and vet care to ensure your ill pet is pain free and comfortable whilst in hospital – for example, cats that are paralysed with snake bite are turned regularly (to avoid “bed sores”), their eyes are lubricated every few hours (they cannot blink), their bladder is emptied by us manually (they cannot control urination) and their heated bedding is updated regularly to ensure their body temperature stays in normal limits.

It is not uncommon to see our vets and nurses brushing pets in hospital, grooming their faces and chatting to a patient as they pass by doing their daily work.  (We want our pets to be treated that way – so yours get that special attention too!)