So you’ve got some young chickens, they’re growing well, but one of them has just started making a bizarre noise. Sounding like a cross between playing a saxophone in a bathtub and slowly strangling a cat, this is a noise that can be quite baffling as your young rooster slowly…
What do I do if my pet is sick and I don’t have the money to pay the vet bills? Can Animal Happiness Vet still help me? This is a heartbreaking situation on BOTH sides of the consulting table and a question we hear far too often. It does cost…
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Whatever their age, we all know that pets can suffer from pain just like people do. Pain can be acute (short-term) and obvious, or it can be chronic (long-term) and less obvious – sometimes masked as getting old or slowing down. Pain can be caused by many different things, and…
Teams & hours (Updated 10/6/20) To further manage our risk of exposure to Covid-19 disease Animal Happiness has made the decision to split our team into two entirely separate and fully functional units. This means that should one of our team contract Covid-19 or otherwise need to go into quarantine…
What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that infect birds and mammals, including humans. They are often associated with the common cold, bronchitis and pneumonia, and can also affect the gut. The virus that causes COVID-19 is also a coronavirus and likely originated from wildlife being trafficked…
Animal Happiness Vets are determined to continue to provide essential services to all the animals in your care throughout this tragic pandemic. There is a lot we all need to learn and some compromises have to be made. But we are determined to remain open and provide excellence in care…
This Friday 20/09/2019 Animal Happiness Vet in Manning will be closed. Please read on to understand why. It’s not business as usual for the world’s children to skip school to get adults to pay attention to the climate crisis. It’s not business as usual for those children to have to ask the adults to…
The annual Australian Veterinary Association conference has just concluded and I was honoured to be there as a speaker. I presented to my veterinary colleagues on dealing with wildlife admissions while in General Practice. This post focuses on some of these urban wildlife issues, with some tips on how you…
Getting a new dog is a wonderful and exciting new stage in anyone’s life. Handled well, this process is enjoyable, exciting and the beginning of a wonderful relationship that will last many years. I was reminded of the importance of this yesterday while visiting one of my lovely clients. While…
Exciting changes are here at Animal Happiness! Since March we have been open for consults on a walk-in basis and we are providing consulting hours on Sundays! What does this mean? You no longer need to phone us or book online to see one of our vets. You are able…
Animal Happiness Manning Vet has been a part of the local community for just on 2 years now and we think it is time to have another party – Most importantly, we want you to come! Last year we had the wonderful Kanyana Wildlife Education Team here and everybody loved…
Are you keen to try your hand at grooming your own dog? Read on for an in-depth look at home grooming written by guest contributor and Shi-tzu expert Adam Conrad. One of the considerations when choosing a canine companion should be the ongoing health and hygiene of the dog. While…
Pet foods – in particular dog foods – have been a real bone of contention lately. Yes, I did mean to do that. Hopefully the quality of this post will improve. We have had a range of animal food toxicity problems over the years from Chinese meat jerky treats causing…
Introduction Heart disease exists in many forms and affects both dogs and cats. It’s actually one of the more common things to affect our pets. In this post I’m going to explain some of the forms of heart disease and how you can recognise them and what you can do…
Our thanks to you The last year has been an absolute blast as every day we are amazed by warmth and welcoming nature of the local community. People in Manning, Waterford, Salter Point, Como, South Perth and surrounds have all expressed their appreciation for the establishment of our hospital and…
Should I sterilise my pet? If so, when? We’ve known for a while now that there are a bunch of benign and some down-right nasty things that can affect our pets if we don’t sterilise them3. There is also a whole bunch of more old-school style wisdom regarding a range…
Healthy rabbits and healthy diets I see some widely varying assumptions regarding appropriate diets for bunnies. The importance of adhering to a sensible diet was brought home dramatically when a young, otherwise healthy, rabbit was presented to our hospital recently and passed away despite prompt and appropriate treatment. Rabbits have…
Here at Animal Happiness we love puppies! I mean, really, there is likely something wrong with you if you don’t, but we are obsessive. Getting pups off to a good start in life is just so very important. There are many different parts of ensuring you have a happy balanced…
This week (1 March, 2017) sees the release of an exotic strain of the rabbit calicivirus in Australia – RHDV1 K5 as part of a national rabbit pest control programme. Animal Happiness Vet advises the concerned owners of pet rabbits in Perth, Western Australia that vaccination is a crucial part…