Feel Good Stories

Featherhead – The Verreaux’s Eagle Early February 2021, our clinic was visited by Ronelle Visagie, from the Endangered Wildlife Trust, with an ill Verreaux’s Eagle. She had driven all the way to De Aar to fetch the injured bird. After having taken radiographs, we had found no broken bones, but the eagle could not open […]

The day we have all been waiting for and long worked towards has finally arrived. Our 4 beautiful flamingo children have finally been released! After months of interesting bandages, surgeries and lots of love, these beautiful Lesser Flamingos are finally where they belong. The Lesser flamingo is the smallest of all flamingos. They inhabit coastal

Kendi and her Animotion Foot Brace Kendi’s story is a very unique one. When she was still a puppy, probably about 4 weeks old, she broke two of her front toes. They were completely shattered! Subsequently, the growth plates of those toes closed. After the toes had healed, they completely stopped growing. Her third toe

IVDD in Dogs – Luna’s Story Luna is another one of our incredible success stories. She had been diagnosed with Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) quite some time ago. She couldn’t use her hind limbs when she first arrived. After expert veterinary care, daily physiotherapy and endless snuggles, Luna started not only moving her hind legs,

At Kimberley Veterinary Clinic, we have been fortunate enough to help some pretty special patients. This month’s special creature is BeetleJuice. Mr BeetleJuice is an Aardwolf. An aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), is an insectivorous carnivore that is actually a rare type of hyena that feeds almost entirely on termites. When the aardwolf smells termites or hears

Even amid this unusual time we find ourselves in, we never cease to be amazed by the kind people in our community. A sweet, rescue kitten was given a second chance at life! On day 7 of the national lockdown, April 2nd, a very special kitten was found wandering across the N12 at a routine