Why you need to Vaccinate your pet

by EBVH Team | Aug 14, 2017 | Dogs, Pet Care | 0 comments

I have no idea why owners of companion animals feel that if their pets do not mix with other animals that it is not necessary to vaccinate. I am sure that there is a belief (even though it is wrong) that animals can only become infected with contagious diseases if...

How To Keep Your Cat Safe At Night

by EBVH Team | Jul 26, 2017 | Cats, Pet Care | 0 comments

One dreaded disease that we are seeing more and more of in cats in Bundaberg is AIDS. This disease s similar to AIDS in humans but can not go from humans to cats or cats to humans AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is caused by a virus that lives...

To All Those Well Meaning Neighbours

by EBVH Team | Jul 19, 2017 | Pet Care | 0 comments

Every so often we are presented with an animal that is choking from eating a bone or the animal has a perforated bowel from eating cooked bones. In some of these cases, the owner admits that they are to blame, but in other cases it’s not the owner that’s...

Sore Eye Problems in Pets

by EBVH Team | Jul 10, 2017 | Pet Care | 0 comments

Every year we are presented with animals with sore eye problems – in some cases, the animal can not even open their eyelids, and in others, the animal is squinting when in bright light, others are rubbing their eyes and some have a heavy discharge. There are a...

Male cats are prone to urinary problems

by EBVH Team | Jul 5, 2017 | Dogs, Pet Care | 0 comments

The male cat has a very unusual urinary system in that it naturally produces minute crystals made from salts secreted by the kidney. The crystals also form around the cells that are sloughed from the bladder wall and can be seen with the naked eye and appear like sand...