Author: Keysborough Veterinary Practice

With the Season changing and Easter coming up we’ve created a new and exciting newsletter for you all to read.
We’ve included some interesting facts and information regarding toxins, food to avoid feeding your pets and disease symptoms to look out for.

We’ve also included our opening hours over the Easter period.

Click on the link below to have a look for yourself!

Autumn Newsletter

Have a safe and happy Easter.

On behalf of the team at Keysborough Veterinary Practice.

Dig out your Scarf! Winter has rolled around again.

We’ve got some great tips on how to keep your dogs warm and cosy this Winter in our new newsletter.

We also cover some warning signs to look out for with Thunder phobias.

Don’t forget August is Dental month!!
This means FREE dental checks for clients we’ve seen recently and 20% off of dental procedures.

Take a look for yourself and feel free to send us any feedback.

Winter Newsletter 2018

On behalf of the team at Keysborough Veterinary Practice.

Dear friends, KVP would like to formally invite you to our Open day! We are celebrating 30 years together at Keysborough Vet Practice and would love for you to join us. There will be show bags, a sausage sizzle, bake sale and hampers full of goodies to be won!!

All proceeds of the sausage sizzle and bake sale will go to South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter and Greyhound Adoption Program VIC

Please note that it is a human-only event, and that we will have the Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP) dogs on site to pat, so we kindly ask that you do not bring your pets with you.

Spring has sprung!
Our latest newsletter includes information on kitten season, why de-sexing is important, especially at this time of year.

There’s also some news on our Open day from last weekend!

We are sad to say one of our nurses is leaving us! Amy has been a valued member of the KVP team for 8 years! She has now completed her teaching course and is moving on to a bright career working with kids. We want to thank her for all her hard work and care she has given to the patients over the years. She will be greatly missed!

It’s grass seed season!
Some of you may already know the dangers of grass seeds with your pets, but for those who don’t please stay tuned.

Grass seeds commonly get caught in dog’s feet or on the sides of their abdomen if they’ve been lying in the grass. More often that not, we don’t notice the grass seeds in the animal’s fur until they’ve migrated into the skin and create an abscess or the animal starts limping.

If the seed is in the paw, they may be visibly red and swollen; the pet may also be licking the foot as it’s quite painful.
In most cases, the grass seeds have to be surgically removed, and they’re quite hard to find; sometimes they will even take multiple attempts to find.
You can see the migration in the video below, posted by Walkerville Vet.

We also have some photos below of grass seeds that have been removed from inside the paws of dogs in the past at our practice.