Sweet Oslo presented with pain when opening his mouth. Dr Kirsten and the team at Advanced Vetcare performed a CT and located an abscess in the temporal muscle. Based on the CT a small incision was made and a grass seed was removed!! Oslo has since recovered and is back to happily eating and drinking pain-free!
Happy Easter! While some vet clinics take a well deserved break, our emergency Services in Kensington, Kew and Geelong are open to take care of your pets. Please remember to keep your pets away from chocolate this Easter.
Our 24hr numbers are:
Kensington (03) 9092 0400
Kew (03) 9020 3555
Geelong (03) 52222139
Matilda was an abandoned stray cat who was taken on by her wonderful new family. She has several medical issues including blindness and loss of her left eye (from glaucoma), a heart murmur and an overactive thyroid. She came to our oncology department due to multiple skin cancers (squamous cell carcinomas) across the top of her nose (nasal planum). These carcinomas can be seen in the first image. Surgery is a commonly used treatment for this cancer and involves removal of the front of the nose. Given the cancers were quite superficial, we treated with plesiotherapy, a topical/ local form of radiation therapy available to patients at AVC via a hand held strontium probe. Matilda tolerated it really well with the typical radiation side effects (crusting, redness) and the area has healed beautifully! Swipe to see her beautiful nose now! Well done Matilda!
#squamouscellcarcinoma #petcancer
#plesiotherapyradiationforpets
It was our pleasure to have the beautiful Mya from @no.paw.gets.left.behind in the clinic today. Our job as vets is made so much easier when our patients are as well-behaved as she has been.
We attended the Guide Dogs community fair today. It was a great day of community, fun, music, face painting and food! We are fortunate to share facilities with such a wonderful group to provide veterinary care to the guide dogs and the public.
Let`s hear a round of appaws for some more of our oncology graduates! We are so lucky to be part of your journey!
- Irresistible Izzy
- Lovable Lola
- Gorgeous George
- Effervescent Evie
- Boopable Buddy
- Fantastic Frankie
👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏 #petsofinstagram #petoncology #braveboi #bravegirl
Congratulations to this bunch of beautiful good girls and best boys for finishing their treatment through oncology! We are so proud of you all.
- Beautiful Benson
- Amazing Archie
- Marvellous Max
- Lovely Leo
- Kissable Kira
- Kind Kyrie
💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕
#petsofinstagram #petoncology #braveboi #bravegirl
The oncology department would like to congratulate the following patients who finished their cancer protocol recently:
🌅 Miss Morning
⚡Zingy Zoe
🪄Magical Milo
🩶Dashing Diesel
🏅Magnificent Millie
🫅Noble Noodles
AMAZING 😍😍😍😍
#petoncology #advancedvetcare
Sweet Teya is now 5 months post mitral valve clip placement at Advanced Vetcare. V-Clamp is a new option for treating dogs with mitral valve disease that are at risk of developing congestive heart failure. Advanced Vetcare is the first clinic in Victoria to offer this minimally invasive procedure. Before V-Clamp, open heart surgery was required to repair the mitral valve in dogs. With V-Clamp, the mitral valve is repaired via a small device applied using a catheter placed into the heart without the need for open heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass. Advanced Vetcare`s combined team of specialist medicine and surgery, and dedicated intensive care vets have made this exciting advance possible.
Congratulations to another beautiful batch of brave bois and girls who have finished treatment with the oncology department recently!
🪄Magical Maycee
💗Adorable Axel
🍩Hungry Hope
💕Precious Penny Lane
😚Adorable Ari
🏅Golden girl Goldie
#veterinaryoncology
#advancedvetcare
#petsofinstagram
#bravesoul
Let`s give a round "appaws" for some of our recent oncology superstars! Beautiful brave boys Ollie, Brody, Slippers, Beau, Rocky and Rusty 👏👏👏👏👏👏🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
"There`s a lady outside who needs help - her dog is giving birth on the footpath!" is not something that the AVC reception team expected to hear on a Sunday morning.
Lovely Delilah, a French Bulldog had given birth to her second pup, aptly named "Robertson" after the street he was born on.
Delilah had an emergency cesarean and ended up with 5 gorgeous babies - one of course named "Tommy" after our very own emergency vet Dr Tommy who performed her surgery!
Look at these beautiful healthy pups!
#frenchbulldogs
#canineemergency
#cutepups
#advancedvetcare
With hot weather ahead we see an increase in pets presenting to our emergency centres with heat stress. Heat stress is a sustained increase in body temperature that overwhelms the normal cooling mechanism. It is more common in dogs and guinea pigs.
The earliest sign of heat stress is increased panting that will not stop during or after exercise.
Top tips to avoid heat stress:
- avoid exercise in the heat of the day
- make sure your pet has access to plenty of water
- always provide shelter from the direct sun
- actively cool your pet after exercise by thoroughly wetting the coat with cool water on hot days.
Heat stress can be fatal, particularly in older, large breed dogs, or brachycephalic breeds such as French Bulldogs and Pugs.
If you suspect your dog has heat stress, immediately hose them so they are wet to the skin and place a fan on them in a cool spot. If this does not rapidly calm them down, seek emergency veterinary treatment as soon as possible. Our number at Kensington is 9092 0400 - our vets and nurses are available to help.
Please be snake-aware when exercising your pets over the next two days. Tiger snakes are very common in the Melbourne and Geelong area are frequently bite dogs and cats. If you pet is seen with a snake, or collapses / vomits whilst exercising (even if they immediately recover) please seek urgent veterinary attention. Our emergency centres in Kew, Kensington and Geelong are stocked with snake anti-venom for all common snake bites.
Avoid off leash exercise in areas with long grass or close to creeks and rivers in periods of hot weather.
Congrats to some more of our recent graduates from chemotherapy. 💕💕😍😍 Look at those beautiful brave faces!!!! Sending all the love to Dynamic Daisy, Amazing Axel and Heroic Hattie! #cancersucks #animalsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #advancedvetcare #advancedvetcarekensington #advancedvetcarekew
Celebrating these two superstars who are not just surviving but thriving 3 YEARS post diagnosis!!!! We love you Django and Edge! #cancersurvivors #cancersucks #animalsofinstagram
Here are some of our oncology departments most bravest good bois and grrrls who have recently finished chemotherapy! #cancersucks #petchemotherapy #vetoncology #bravepets
This week the Australia Small Animal Veterinary Association Conference (ASAVA) was held on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. Dr. Luke Johnston, one of AVC`s Internal Medicine Specialists, was invited to speak on feline and canine esophageal & respiratory disease. Luke is passionate about educating veterinarians on these topics to enhance knowledge around these sometimes challenging cases to diagnose and treat. Luke is often jet-setting to speak at conferences so keep an eye out for his next talks!
Beautiful pugs Pandora and Primrose visited our Kew clinic recently and we just had to get a snap of them together. Aren`t they gorgeous 🥰!!!!
Let`s have a round of "appaws" for our recent oncology graduates:
😍 Superstar Sadie
❤️Lovely Laika
🥳Sensational Stilton
💞Nifty Nora
🥰Devine Doxie