282016Jun
Pet of the Month: “Kiah”

Pet of the Month: “Kiah”

Today we had an unexpected visit from the gorgeous Kiah who is now back to full health. Recently Kiah unfortunately spent a few days in hospital with us due to contracting Parvovirus. When we first saw her, Kiah weighed only 13.6kgs. She was very weak and shy. After 4 days of hospitalisation and round the…

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312016May
Cooked bones are bad for dogs! Here’s Marnie’s story.

Cooked bones are bad for dogs! Here’s Marnie’s story.

Last Friday night, the bright and bubbly, six month old English Mastiff “Marnie” was doing what pups do best ….. getting into mischief. While some meat was being shared around amongst the human family members, Marnie thought she would help herself and accidentally swallowed a bone into the bargain. Thanks to her clear thinking parents…

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52016Jan
Dental Focus January to March

Dental Focus January to March

It’s our Dental Focus Time again! For the first 3 months every year, we run our annual Dental Focus. What we want to do here for our dear patients is to promote awareness of dental diseases in cats and dogs. Our fluffy friends, unlike us, tend not to show any outward symptoms of dental pain….

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112015Nov
Dogs of War

Dogs of War

Today is the 11/11/2015 we know this day as Remembrance Day. At 11 am on 11 November in 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after years of continuous warfare. On this day we remember and pay tribute to all the people who lost their lives, both in the Great War and in…

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12015Nov
Ear infections in dogs

Ear infections in dogs

A lovely little Shih Tzu named “Toby” came to us at Drovers two weeks ago with an ear infection that had been bothering him for a while, and previous treatment at another clinic had not helped. Both ears were infected, one ear much worse than the other and quite sore. The left ear had a…

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242015Oct
Osteoarthritis in cats

Osteoarthritis in cats

Due to increasing knowledge and tools of modern veterinary medicine, our pets are living longer and hence we are seeing more cases of osteoarthritis. Pain from osteoarthritis is well documented in human beings and dogs. Cats do not show pain as cats are masters at hiding illnesses and/or pain. Cats do not limp or cry…

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162015Oct
Can I catch that from my pet?

Can I catch that from my pet?

We sometimes get asked by owners whether they can catch a certain disease from their pet …or sometimes they ask if their pet could catch say a flu from them. These are very good questions and thankfully in domestic pets there are only a few disease conditions that can be transferred between our pet dogs/cats…

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252015Sep
Pet of the Month: Jack

Pet of the Month: Jack

Jack came in to see us at Drovers Vet hospital as he had chronic diarrhoea that just was not responding to numerous previous treatments at his regular vet. Clinical examination was normal and tests were run to try and determine the cause of his diarrhoea. An abdominal ultrasound was scheduled which showed severe thickening of…

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22015Sep
Snake Bite season has begun

Snake Bite season has begun

It’s that time of year when the weather is beginning to warm up, snakes are waking from hibernation and we have already seen our first snake bite cases of the warmer season here at Drovers. It is very important to obtain veterinary attention if your pet has been bitten by a snake. The following information…

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