Totally Vets Awapuni

16/07/2025

Its July... and that means for some of our clients calving has started and for others it's not far away!! 🐮

For us at the clinic this means calf disbudding is just around the corner. Please remember these few things when booking in your calf disbudding.

Calves should be between 2 and 8 weeks old. Our calves are disbudded under sedation ensuring a stress-free process for the animals. For our farmers it means you don't need to supply any labour our friendly tech team can provide this service unassisted.

While we are disbudding your calves we can also:
• BVD/parentage ear notch testing
• DNA testing
• Castration
• Checking navels
• Removal of extra teats
• Ear tagging
• Vaccinations

Give us a call on 06 323 6161 (Feilding) or 06 356 5011 (Awapuni) to book this in.

09/07/2025

After 8️⃣6️⃣ days the 2025 teatseal season has come to an end for the Feilding and Awapuni clinics. 🐄

It's been a long haul with approximately 5500 heifers teatsealed and 5000 cows dried off. Bertha and the team have been out and about since mid April and have travelled the length of our region including a couple of trips to the Hawkes Bay. Luckily not too many rain delays but a few trailer breakdowns meant a little diary shuffling.

The team wanted to extend their thanks to all our clients new and old for a great season. Thanks to all of those that fed, supplied much needed coffee, gave them a good laugh and put up with their rubbish chat. 😁💙

10/06/2025

Spring will be here before we know it, so we'd love to invite you to our Spring First Aid Seminar. 🐮✨

This is a great opportunity for inexperienced staff to learn new skills or for more experienced staff to refresh their knowledge prior to spring calving.

Training will be held on farm with chances for hands-on practice. Sessions will cover down cows, sick cows, sick calves, and calving cows.

Where: Byreburn DN 44631, 170 Aorangi Road, Feilding
When: Wednesday 2 July 2025
What time: 9:30am - 1pm
Cost: $100 per staff member
Lunch and spring first aid guide provided for all attendees

Please register here: https://ow.ly/rVI050W6Ic2

25/04/2025

Today we celebrate World Vet Day! 🐶🐱🐴🐮

A day to celebrate the incredible individuals who dedicate their lives to the care, health and wellbeing of animals. This year’s theme, “Animal health takes a team,” is about acknowledging the teamwork of a range of professionals who all work together to deliver effective veterinary services.

Join us in celebrating our vets and all those that contribute. 💙

16/04/2025

Wishing you all a Happy Easter! 😍🐰🍫

Enjoy all your Chocolate and Hot Cross Buns but remember not to let your furry friends get their paws on your Easter treats! Chocolate and raisins are toxic to cats and dogs even in small doses.

We will be closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. If you require emergency afterhours care, you can ring us on 06 356 5011.

07/04/2025

Looking ahead - read our potential animal health issues, tasks to consider and reminders for the coming month 🐄🐑🐎🦌

🔗https://totallyvets.co.nz/looking-ahead/

13/03/2025

Power Outage ⚠️

Just a heads up that on Tuesday the 18th and 25th of March our Awapuni clinic will be having a scheduled power outage between 8am - 4:30pm.

While we will have systems in place to remain open, please bear with us on these days. Eftpos will be unavailable, and orders will be processed the following day.

09/02/2025

It's not just your animals we care for! We are very proud to be able to support the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter for the past 15 years! 💙🚁

We would like to say a big thank you to our loyal corporate supporters of the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter, Totally Vets (Totally Vets Feilding and Totally Vets Awapuni), for their unwavering support over the past 15 years! 🙌

This is an incredible milestone, one for which your rescue helicopter crew are deeply grateful.

Thank you for keeping the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter crew in the air and enabling them to continue saving lives in your community 🩶

https://totallyvets.co.nz/

20/01/2025

Welcome to our Facial Eczema Spore Count Bulletin for 2025 - this pinned post will be updated each week, so please revisit to see what the spore count is in your area.

For the week ended 16/05/25 the facial eczema risk rating is LOW for Feilding areas and HIGH for Awapuni areas. This will be our last bulletin of the season.

Please read our full bulletin here:
https://totallyvets.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Facial-Eczema-Spore-Count-Bulletin-16-May-2025.pdf

For information on facial eczema and prevention see here: https://totallyvets.co.nz/facial-eczema-all-you-need-to.../

Spore counts can vary greatly between properties and even between paddocks. We encourage farmers to bring in grass samples to get a more accurate idea of the facial eczema risk on their own property. Contact us if you would like more information on bringing in your own samples for testing.

14/01/2025

Summer is a fun time for all however, with it comes some HOT issues for our pets. See below our timely reminders about keeping your pets safe this summer. 👇

🥵 Heatstroke is life-threatening so don’t take the risk. Do not leave your pet in enclosed areas for any length of time, ESPECIALLY the car! Ensure pets always have access to shade and fresh water.

🐕 Don't forget to check the temperature of the pavements or sand before walking your dog. If it's too hot to rest your hand on the pavement or sand for more than seven seconds, then it's too hot for their paws.

💧 Unfortunately, many waterways have lingering toxic algae (cyanobacteria), which can make you and your pets very sick. Look out for signs of blue-green algae in the water before swimming. You can also refer to https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/swimming

🌳 Keep your dog on a leash if you're walking them near karaka trees, and make sure they don't eat any fallen berries. Karaka berries are highly toxic to dogs!

23/12/2024

Looking ahead - read our potential farm and equine animal health issues, tasks to consider and reminders for the coming month 🐄🐑🐎🦌

🔗https://totallyvets.co.nz/looking-ahead/

12/07/2024

Spring is fast approaching! Have you got all your spring supplies ready? 🐄🐑

Come in and talk to your local team for all your spring requirements and for advice on how best to use them.

Check out our spring supplies here 🔗 https://ow.ly/KIAZ50SA5Nf