Kofi-Annan, our beloved clinic mascot, has retired to a life of luxury. Kofi has been with Dr Craig Miller at Carlton Veterinary Surgery for about 10 years and in that time has become the well loved face of our clinic. He will be dearly missed around here. We will miss his little quirks and all. His favorite of all his funny little habits was spying on staff and jumping from the cages onto their shoulder as they walked past.

Amy is a gorgeous eight and a half year old Persian who lives with her parents Carolyn and David. Normally living a life of luxury Amy rarely gets into any kind of trouble. However, one night David noticed she didn't look very comfortable. On close inspection it appeared that Amy had severely hurt her tail. Her owners had not seen what had happened to cause the injury but it was suspected that her tail may had been caught in a door.

Tamara, the gorgeous domestic short hair cat, was rescued through Victorian Dog Rescue. A couple of months ago her foster carer had noticed she had lost some weight and was off her food. When brought into the clinic it was clear something was wrong. Her coat condition was poor and she was dehydrated. Tamara was admitted to the hospital and a full check up including blood tests was performed.

It has been just over a year now since the awful tragedy that was 'Black Saturday'. We have been following the story of a special little ginger boy 'Marmalade' who was a surviving burn victim of the fires. Now a year on we are happy to report that he couldn't be doing better.

One of the common problems we find with cats that are allowed outside is cat bite abscesses. They occur quite often, generally caused by fighting. When one cat bites another it transfers the bacteria from the mouth into the wound. The bacteria can enter through a punctured wound or graze. One of our lovely little patients, Pearl, visited our clinic recently for just this problem.

Our much loved clinic monarch "Kofi" is recovering from having an exploratory surgery, last month. Kofi had been vomiting on and off for the past few months progressing to multiple times a day with no obvious underlying cause. After trialling sensitive diets and further tests including a Full Blood Profile, it was decided that he required an exploratory surgery to determine the cause of the vomiting. We suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Marmalade, the Ginger cat featured in our February Newsletter, was rescued from his local neighbourhood and taken to the Whittlesea Vet Clinic for burns treatment. 

Oscar is 14 year old cat and was born in the USA in Toledo, Ohio. He and his brother Gerald came to Australia in January 2002 (and spent 30 days in quarantine in Spotswood), and ever since he meows with an Aussie accent. He's always been an indoor cat, and is even afraid of a mouse that visited us last week!

February's Black Saturday will be remembered as a day of loss, for everyone involved in the Victorian Bush Fires. Along with houses, there were a terrible number of lives lost including so many beloved pets. As a helping hand to the Whittlesea Vet Clinic and Wildlife Victoria, some of our nurses, including our Head Nurse Stacey, Nurse Natalie and veterinarians Suzanne and Belinda volunteered their time to help treat and look after the injured animals.

Hazel is an elegant 7 year old tabby who, until recently, loved for nothing more than to chase her furry grey and white mouse toys around the house! One night, after she had vomited once, Hazel put herself to bed early. The next morning she was no better and after vomiting several times and refusing breakfast it was time to see the Vet.