Motto Farm Veterinary Hospital in Heatherbrae | Veterinary surgeon

Motto Farm Veterinary Hospital

Locality: Heatherbrae

Phone: +61 2 4987 5087

Address: Crn Motto Lane & Pacific Highway, Heatherbrae 2324 Heatherbrae, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.mottovet.com.au/

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28.01.2022 NEWSLETTER: MFV News - Summer Edition.

25.01.2022 Its always lovely to hear feedback from our physio clients. "Loki is 13 years old. He is deaf, got cataracts, a heart condition and anxiety but just because your getting old and slowing doesn't mean you need to live in pain. After his physio session with kylie he had a new lease on life."

19.01.2022 Have you met Nurse Nic? Nicole started her veterinary nursing journy at Motto Farm as a work-experience student in 2016, and graduated Cert IV Veterinary Nursing in early 2017. She worked with us casually between graduating and 2018 before returning to us full time in early 2021. Nic has loved all animals from a young age, loves all aspects of nursing and advancing her nursing skills. She has a particular interest in surgical and hospital cases.... She has 2 furbabies, Levi the cat, and Elvis a poodle. When not at work, Nic can be found going for relaxing drives and adventures, or cuddling up with the furbabies for a relaxing evening.

17.01.2022 Motto Farm Veterinary Hospital will be closed 26th January for Australia Day. If you need Veterinary assistance please call AREC on 4957 7106Motto Farm Veterinary Hospital will be closed 26th January for Australia Day. If you need Veterinary assistance please call AREC on 4957 7106

15.01.2022 We hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas.

15.01.2022 CHRITSMAS HOURS 2020 We will be closed from 3pm Thursday 24th December and we will re open 8 am Monday 4th January. We wish you all a safe and happy Christmas. For any emergencies during this period please contact Newcastle Animal Referral and Emergency Centre on 4957 7106.

08.01.2022 HAVE YOU MET ANNA? Anna completed her veterinary nursing studies in 2016, and has worked at Motto Farm since late that year when she joined the team full time. She is a very passionate nurse and has a particular interest in surgical and hospital cases, and loves nothing more than seeing her patients have a positive experience and outcome.... In her spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her 2 cats, Gary and McCat, and riding and competing with her horse Duke.

06.01.2022 Our wonderful team celebrating our staff Christmas party they are a hard working bunch! Thanks to Martin and Karen for throwing such a wonderful evening back in the 20's! We would also like to thank all of our fabulous clients for a wonderful and memorable year!!

05.01.2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR AMAZING NURSE KAREN!!!!! Karen has recently taken up Bee keeping we were very pleased to gift her with some new equipment and her official Bee-keeper Registration. Thanks for all that you do Kaz!

05.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS KAYLA Kayla has recently joined our Motto Farm team and since joining us, has successfully completed her certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Well done Kayla on your achievements. We are all proud of you.

04.01.2022 With Christmas fast approaching please remember to order any food or medication you may need to get you through the break. We will be closed from 3pm Christmas eve until 8am 4th Januaru 2021

03.01.2022 Sometimes we need to take a little life advice from a dog...if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

30.12.2021 CASE STUDY - CLEFT PALATE REPAIR Cora is a French Bulldog who was born with a Cleft Palate. A Cleft Palate is a congential deficit developed while the puppy is growing in the womb. The tissue between the nose and mouth fails to connect properly leaving an opening. There are different severities of this defect. Cora's hard and soft Palate was affected by this defect. When the hard palate is affected ( the Boney but at the top front of the mouth) it can expose the nasal cavity ...as it did in Cora's case. This means anything the eat or drink is likely to come out their nose. When the soft Palate (the squishy bit at the top back of mouth) is affected it makes it difficult for them to swallow, and it is easy for them to aspirate (get fluid in their lungs) Cora was unable to suckle, so it was decided for her best chance of survival she would be hand raised and tube fed ( a tube is placed in her mouth down her oesophagus into her stomach). This was done for many weeks until she was able to swallow kibble. She was unable to effectively drink from a bowl so she was syringe water frequently through the day At 5 months she was big enough to undergo surgery to fix her Palate. DR Martin carefully undermined the soft tissue from both sides of the soft Palate. On the right side he created a mucoperiosteal flap still attached at the centre and on the left side he made a pocket. The flap was rotated one hundred and eighty degrees on its hinge to cover the defect in the plate and was tucked under the muscoa on the left where it was sutured in place. The area from where the mucosa was removed from the hard palate left exposed the palatine bone. Luckily granulation tissue will quickly start to grow and it won't take long for the mucosa to be replaced. The soft Palate was repaired by freshening the edges on both sides of the soft Palate and suturing them together. After surgery Cora ate soft foods for 3 weeks until her check up. There was no complications during recovery. At her check up Dr Martin was happy with how it healed. The flap had stayed in place and not broken down. There is still a tiny hole in her hard palate where it did not heal well, but for now that will be monitored as it is not causing any problems. See more

27.12.2021 ATENTION CLIENTS: We have made the difficult decision to return to our covid protocol of no clients within the clinic. Due to the high number of covid cases and a number of clinics within the area having to close, we reluctantly will be bringing in patients only from this afternoon until further notice. Our focus is on insuring that we are able to remain open in order to care for your beautiful family members. Thank you all for your understanding!

19.12.2021 Just a reminder we are closed from 12pm 24th December until 8am 4th January 2022 Please make sure you have enough food and medications to get you through this period.

13.12.2021 Celebrating the festive season! Show us a photo of your furbaby Celebrating Christmas.

11.12.2021 Ordering medication over Christmas. We will be closed from 12 pm Friday 24th December and we will not re open until 8am Tuesday 4th January. Please make sure you have enough food and medication for your pet to get through this period. Any special order medication will need to be ordered by the 10th December to ensure it arrives before we close.

22.11.2021 WELCOME BACK!!!! We are so excited to welcome you all back into the clinic with us!!! Thank you for your patience and understanding during the covid restrictions

10.11.2021 We are now allowing one person per patient to come into the clinic.

03.11.2021 Keep an eye out for these guys on the road

31.10.2021 Tripp having some fun at his laser session

12.10.2021 HAVE YOU MET NURSE ANITA? Anita joined the motto farm family earlier this year as a full time nurse after completing her veterinary nursing in Armidale. She enjoys working with all animals and has a particular interest in large animals. Anita also has a background in Animal Science. Her passion lies in nurturing all fur babies during surgical procedures and is excited to develop her skills in more extensive orthopaedic and specialised surgical procedures. Someone once told ...her that if she loves what she does she will never work a day in her life I have definitely achieved the ultimate goal to have a career which doesn’t feel like work, not to mention having the most amazing work family to support me. When Anita isn’t working you will most likely find her spending some relaxed down time by the water with her fur baby Lilly a rescued kelpie.