Hoglet Visits Ellerslie Vets This little hoglet fellow was brought into the Ellerslie Vet Clinic last week – only a few days old, he was found crawling along the road! After nursing him for the day we luckily found a foster mom through the Hedgehog Rescue. Hoglets usually leave their nests between about 3 and …
Ruby The Rabbit It happens almost overnight – your cute, well-mannered little rabbit reaches puberty. Suddenly, your baby has become a sort of unmanageable. And has seemingly forgotten why you’ve provided a litterbox. Below is a picture of little Ruby (the chocolate bunny) – madly hormonal and frantically nest building (a 24 hour exhausting marathon) …
Marlee – Dog Spay Surgery Spey surgery in a dog. Do you remember the dog Marlee – the Rhodesian Ridgeback who visited Ellerslie vet clinic a few months ago for her first vaccination, now she is visiting us for dog-desexing. She is nearly a grown up now – full of energy and a lovely & …
Dog And Tonsil Crypts – Tonsillitis We had a visit from Lola – an adorable young German Shepherd Lady who we initially saw for tummy problems and ended up with Tonsillitis. But this time it was something different: A day after she had been excessively playing with her BFF in the dog park, Lola seemed …
Cushing can be a tricky disease – but we do love the challenge At Ellerslie Vet Clinic we enjoy complicated medical cases like Cushing and we are skilled at helping you navigate the best approach for your furry friend. We recently had handsome 11 year old West Highland Terrier Mac visiting us. Mac was here …
Breathing problems – Stenotic Nares Stenotic nares are a congenital disorder most likely to affect cats & dogs with normally short or flattened muzzles. Stenotic nares are one aspect of brachycephalic syndrome and brachycephalic means literally “short head”. That means nose and face of brachycephalic breeds have a so called pushed-in appearance. Certain breeds of …
Cat Friendly Gold Clinic Cat Friendly Clinic Gold Accreditation for Ellerslie Vet Clinic. We opened our doors only a few months ago and have been working hard to design a “companion friendly clinic” where you can experience the difference from the first moment. We did our best to put our ideas of a modern Veterinary …
So, your pet has a heart murmur? At your pet’s last physical examination, your vet told you they’ve heard a heart murmur on your pooch or kitty. So what does this mean and what should you do about it? First let’s check what a heart murmur is. A heart murmur is the sound of abnormal …
Another kitten was found – Could her skin lesions be ringworm? What a kitten season in our clinic. Meanwhile 9 kittens have been brought to our clinic (found somewhere on the road, parks, motorway…) and we are very happy that they all are doing well. Last week this adorable young kitten (Bunty) has been brought …
Physiotherapy for Cats & Dogs This is little Rags during his first physiotherapy session at Ellerslie Vet Clinic. We don’t know how old Rags exactly is, but he surely is a lovely senior kitty with quite a sore back! Nowadays physio is highly valued for dogs. Despite a popular misconception that cats will not cooperate …