Ali Each June is Senior Month (a senior patient is regarded as 7 years of age and above) here at Mt Helena Family Vet, which means our very important older patients get a full examination, along with blood and urine tests. It is a great opportunity to pick up early changes such as lumps, arthritis, dental […]

  Bennie the adorable Border Collie presented to see Dr Tammy with lameness in his left hind limb. On examination one of his toes was very swollen and sore. He was admitted for radiographs which confirmed his toe was badly broken.     Bennie went to surgery with Dr Tanya to amputate his toe. Just […]

The stunning little Siamese “Snow” came to see Dr Tammy a couple of weeks after she was adopted into her furrever home. She was unfortunately suffering from a nasty upper respiratory infection and was quite unwell. She had the typical discharge from her nose, watery eyes and sneezing that we would associate with having a […]

This month’s story is of Bambi, a beautiful Boxer with complications from a broken nail. It is a reminder that although torn nails are very common in dogs, it is a good idea to get them checked out to make sure it is nothing more serious. Not to mention they are very painful (imagine getting […]

    The loveable pair Norbert and Ella couldn’t help but join in the Christmas festivities recently and ate a very large Christmas cake! Luckily their owners weren’t out of the house for long and on return quickly realised and brought them straight to the clinic. On arrival Dr Tanya gave them medication to induce […]

The lovely Miss Molly and Mr Loui presented to the clinic with grass seed troubles! Loui presented with a sore squinty eye. Dr Tanya instilled some local anaesthetic into his right eye and found a grass seed embedded in his conjunctiva. A special stain also revealed a superficial corneal ulcer. He is now comfortable, being […]

This month we have a special story to share involving none other than the beautiful Peanutt. Peanutt is a one year old Border Collie who was rescued by her now parents. Peanutt was not in a good way when she was adopted. She was severely underweight and had a painful left eye due to a […]

A very exciting announcement for all our senior kitties! 4cyte Forte Feline formula is finally here! You may be familiar with 4cyte, as it has been around for many years for the treatment of arthritis in both dogs and horses. It is a safe, natural and effective over-the-counter treatment for arthritis pain, containing the ingredient Epiitalis. Epiitalis has been […]

The much beloved 2-year-old Labrador cross Samantha found herself in a life threatening situation when she had an altercation with a snake. Her fast-thinking owner Liam rushed her directly to the clinic after finding her collapsed with the snake. Samantha wasn’t respondent and was rapidly losing the ability to breath by herself– the paralysing effect […]

Benson is an adorable 9 year old Maltese cross. He is a happy little chappy who puts a smile on everyone’s faces when he enters the room. Benson was booked in for a dental procedure that was part of our dental month special. By removing Benson’s tartar, we helped prevent any dental diseases such as […]