Don’t Forget to… Desex Your Pet!

Don’t Forget to… Desex Your Pet!

Don’t forget to… Desex your Pet! PYOMETRA can be a life-threatening consequence for undesexed female dogs. The word is derived from the latin meaning ‘pyo’ meaning ‘pus’ and ‘metra’ meaning ‘uterus,’ which...
Could your Dog be a CVES Blood Donor Hero?

Could your Dog be a CVES Blood Donor Hero?

Canberra Veterinary Emergency Service is proud to announce that we are building our own Pet Blood Bank to provide life saving blood to pets in need, so if you think that your pet could be an CVES Blood Donor Hero and save a life, please let us know! The program has...
Snake Envenomation

Snake Envenomation

As the weather really starts to heat up, so too does the activity of our reptilian neighbours. Canberra’s plentiful nature reserves and close proximity to bushland means that even in suburbia we are living in close quarters with many species of snakes, including some...
Paralysis Tick

Paralysis Tick

So just because you live in Canberra, you think that you don’t need to use tick prevention on your pet, right? Wrong! Think again! The movement of pets between coastal areas and Canberra has meant that they bring with them unwanted passengers and that paralysis tick...
Wildlife

Wildlife

Canberra’s beautifully integrated nature reserves means that we are very fortunate to share our home with many of our native wildlife species. Possums, kangaroos, wombats, snakes, fruit bats and many species of birds live in close proximity to our suburbs and need our...