Birnam Vet
Cat in Johannesburg

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Birnam Veterinary Clinic will always strive to ensure that the veterinary services and products we provide as well as the support that underwrites it will always be of a first world standard, and will measure up to the best veterinary practices internationally. At Birnam Veterinary Clinic we strive to be a practice with a warm and friendly atmosphere. We want to get to know and welcome our clients and their pets by name, where they become friends for life. While our staff grows in a happy environment, they will care better for our patients and work harder to please their owners. We communicate with our staff to ensure they know their importance to the team, and ensure they understand their role in caring for our patients. At Birnam Veterinary Clinic we strive to adhere to the highest quality standard of veterinary care. If we are unable to make a diagnosis or provide care within our scope of practice as a general veterinary practice, we will refer you and your pet to the best veterinary specialists available. We are attached to our patients as if they were our own pets and only the best veterinary care will do. Our veterinary staff take as much time as possible in the consulting room to fully explain your pet’s condition and treatment with costs involved to you, the owner, and where possible use visual aids to make sure you understand your pet’s condition and treatment. Our new digital x-ray facility on site at Birnam Veterinary Clinic means we can do emergency and routine x-rays immediately. At Birnam Vet, we offer a bath and grooming service. We stock a wide range of premium pet food in an attempt to ensure continued good health in your family pet. Take a look at some of the other services we offer at Birnam Veterinary Clinic. Many people think that declawing a cat means that you cut the nails really, really short, so that they do not have the capacity to grow again. Cats’ nails are attached to the last digit on their feet and one cannot effectively remove the nail, without also removing the greater part of the digit itself. To start off with let’s define what we are talking about when we are talking about tail docking in dogs. Tail docking from a veterinary perspective refers to a surgical procedure done to puppies between the ages of 3 to 5 days old, where a portion, or partial length of the tail is amputated or cut off with a scalpel or surgical scissors, bleeding is stopped by cauterisation or tying off of bleeding blood vessels with absorbable suture material, and placing a suture or sutures in the skin to close off the wound. My dog makes a strange snorting sound with funny gagging movements almost like something is stuck in his/her throat. Reverse sneezing is repetitive, forceful inspiratory (breathing in) efforts generally caused by irritation of the lining of the naso-pharynx or area at the back of the mouth and nose where these two openings join into one. Unlike a normal sneeze where air is forcefully pushed out the nose to clear the irritation, a reverse sneeze involves air being pulled forcefully and rapidly into the nose. The most common symptoms are straining when defecating, mucous (the jelly you noticed) and/or blood in the stool, and increased frequency of defecation. Systemic signs of illness are generally absent and most animals are still alert, active and have normal appetites in spite of having colitis. Evelyn started working at Birnam Veterinary Clinic in 1992 as a groomer and is well known and loved by the clients and their pets! Goodness started working at Birnam Veterinary Clinic in 2010 as a veterinary assistant and now works with Evelyn in the Grooming parlour.