November 1, 2022
Vets have renewed a plea to pet owners to protect their animals with tick treatments after warnings that tick anti-toxin serum supplies are running low.
The serum is used in vet surgeries to save the lives of cats and dogs which are suffering from tick poisoning.
A large national chain of vet surgeries has warned that the serum is out of stock nationally, with limited supplies left in vet hospitals and unlikely to be replenished for a fortnight.
Kingaroy Veterinary Surgery’s Stephen Upton confirmed the current problem with ticks, saying he had been treating up to two or three pets a day recently for ticks.
After a recent rush of incidents, his surgery had restocked and had serum on hand but noted their main supplier had zero stock at present.
Stephen again urged pet owners to use any of the many tick preventative treatments that are on the market.
“It’s only going to get worse,” he warned.
He also urged pet owners to be very aware of snake bites.
Last weekend he treated seven animals which have suffered bites from black or brown snakes.
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