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A Week in Tonga with SPAW

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Alex was in Tonga the 2nd week of November with the South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) and took some great pictures and wrote a diary of his experiences.  Here is his story!  Read more

Case Study - Hank

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Wildlife casualties: We often get injured wildlife brought into VetCare, usually birds and rats and mice that have been caught by cats and injured. Often they are too shocked and badly injured to survive so we can at least alleviate their suffering. That’s why it was especially nice to be able to help this little hedgehog we called Hank. Read more

Cat Allergies

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Does your cat develop bald or scabby areas every year? Your cat may have an allergy – read more to find out what you can do and what to look out for!

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World Cup Carnage

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, October 12, 2011

On the opening night of the Rugby World Cup Vanessa's (our vet nurse) 10 month old cat Russel got scared of the fireworks and disappeared for 2 days.  When she found him on Sunday night he seemed very quiet and had gravel embedded in his face but otherwise seemed ok.  She thought he might have been clipped by a car. Little did she know how lucky Russel was to make it home that night! Read more

Golden Oldies Membership extended

Dr. Alex Melrose - Thursday, September 15, 2011

We have been running our senior promotion for the last 2 and a half months and it has been so successful that we have decided to extend the offer for the rest of the year at a massively discounted price of $349.00 Read more

Parvo Virus - Vaccinate or Test?

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Blood testing is now available to check your dogs Parvo immune status as an alternative to annual vaccinations

We can now check your best friend’s actual protection status and tailor their vaccine requirements to precisely what they need and no more. Read more

Case Study - Dino - a very lucky cat!

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Dino’s owner had gone overseas for a month and had left Dino and his brother Bam Bam in our cattery. They are both around 2 years old and seemed healthy at their vaccinations in April.

About 2 weeks after being in the cattery one of our nurses went down to give the cats a bit of extra attention before we closed on Saturday morning. She was horrified to find Dino flat out on his side struggling to breathe. Read more

Benefits of Flax Seed Oil Supplements

Dr. Alex Melrose - Monday, August 01, 2011
flax seed oil Read more

Case Study - Bolly

Dr. Alex Melrose - Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Bolly is a 9 month old female speyed lilac Burmese kitten who came into Vetcare in May as the owner noticed she had been getting quieter over the last few weeks, she wasn’t playing as much and in the last few days her breathing seemed quite laboured.   Read more

The importance of Worming

Dr. Alex Melrose - Friday, July 01, 2011
intestinal worms Read more


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