It’s summer, and the warm weather has hit Melbourne with its usual enthusiasm. Both the extreme heat and the hot-cold-hot-cold weather patterns are hard on our little furry friends, and unfortunately at Melbourne Rabbit Clinic we have been seeing a lot of dehydrated bunnies with gut stasis. Rabbits originated in cooler areas of Europe, and…
DetailsMelbourne Rabbit Clinic celebrates an evening of getting to know your pet’s blood better Recently Melbourne Rabbit Clinic has been updating our medical protocols in regards to haematology – the study of our patients’ blood. With the help of Dr Brad Galgut from ASAP veterinary pathology labs, and the donation of blood from some of our…
DetailsThis month marks the beginning of the Australian Government’s release of the K5 strain of RHDV, the virus most commonly known as calicivirus. As previously mentioned in our coverage of the changing landscape of calicivirus strains present in Australia, K5 is an RHDVa strain, a form of virus similar to our original RHDV1 strain of…
DetailsIt’s time for end of year holidays for all of us at Melbourne Rabbit Clinic Just like that, 2016 is drawing to a close! As always we will be closed over the Christmas/New Year period; our last open day of the year will be Saturday 24 December, and we’ll be back open for 2017 on…
DetailsOver the last few years there have been some developments in the strains of calicivirus and calicivirus-like viruses in Australia. Due to the confusing nature of these new viruses and the general lack of information on their prevalence in Australia there has been a large amount of confusion, particularly regarding vaccinations and protective measures for…
DetailsWe’re really excited the move is happening! In the process of moving our equipment we are down to 1 phone line for the short time so please “bear” with us. Our contact phone number is still the same. We’ll be practising from a temporary location at Point Cook Animal Accident and Emergency with slightly varied…
DetailsCalicivirus (Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus, or RHDV) is one of two viruses present in Australia in order to control the wild population of rabbits. The first strain of RHDV was introduced in the mid-90s from the Czech Republic (this was RHDV1 V351), and since its original introduction has been diversifying and evolving in the wild. …
DetailsAn update on our E. cuniculi policy and all the end of year news As new veterinary studies are published and more information is discovered, the Melbourne Rabbit Clinic is updating our medical protocol regarding treating and preventing E. cuniculi. This parasite can cause diseases to the central nervous system, eyes and kidneys in affected rabbits. We…
DetailsFlies, mozzies and other nasties The start of summer has been warm and wet, which is unfortunately is perfect weather for nasty bugs. This means that we are seeing a lot of flystrike at the moment. Flystrike occurs when flies are attracted to abnormal smells (urine, faeces or damp skin) and lay their eggs in…
DetailsThe importance of heat avoidance October heat has hit Melbourne over the last week, and we have already heard lots of stories of toasty buns (and piggies). As the weather warms up we just want to remind everyone that our little furry friends are not as good at dealing with the heat as we are.…
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