Love Your Pet, Love Your Vet
On Friday 8th October, we will be celebrating Vet Nurse Day with our wonderful team of capable, competent and quite frankly, sensational Vet Nurses. This annual event marks the day that Veterinarians, and the wider community, recognise the crucial role these wonderful...
Rescue rehabilitation – Welcoming a rescue cat into your home
Cats live quite the life in Australia, with nearly 3 million households laying claim to a feline fur-ever friend. We’ve got cat boarding hotels with all the trimming, cats of Instagram blowing up newsfeeds, and a multi-billion-dollar cat-specific gourmet food industry...
Pet Role Models ~ How Owners Influence Their Pet’s Manners
It’s often been said that owners look like their animals, but do our pets follow our lead when it comes to manners as well? Pets can exhibit a range of bad behaviours, like dogs yapping constantly through the night, chewing up their owners’ best shoes or cats...
Loopy for Lizards ~ A Practical Guide to Bringing Home Your First Lizard
So many of our valued community members swear by keeping lizards as pets. Not only can they provide very rewarding companionship, once they are correctly set up and cared for, they can actually be much more low maintenance than most people realise. There are many...
Ehrlichiosis ~ what is it and how does it affect you?
A new disease has emerged in Australia, with Ehrlichiosis detected in Western Australia and the Northern Territory in 2020, and in January 2021, ticks infected with the bacteria were found in South Australia’s far north. So far in WA it has been detected at Halls...
How much exercise does my dog need?
If you own a dog, you’ve most probably asked yourself the question – how much daily exercise does my dog really need? It’s a question most responsible pet owners will carefully consider when they select which breed of dog to introduce into their family, as we all know...
Veterinary Care - Anytime, Anywhere
Medechat is a video consult booking system that means you can have veterinary advice from a highly qualified VetCheck 24/7 Vet, when you need it, without leaving your home.
Veterinary Care - Anytime, Anywhere
Medechat is a video consult booking system that means you can have veterinary advice from a highly qualified VetCheck 24/7 Vet, when you need it, without leaving your home.
Mon - Fri: 8am to 7pm
Sat: 9am to 5pm
Closed Sunday and public holidays
After Hours Emergencies:
Direct Vet Services is proud to support local emergency vet care services in the Point Cook area.
If you are in need of emergency pet care you can contact any of the following emergency veterinary care services:
- Advanced Vet Care - Kensington
- Animal Accident & Emergency - Essendon Fields
- Greencross Veterinary Hospital - Werribee
Booking Terms:
Please provide 24 hours notice, should you no longer be available for or require your appointment. No cancellation fees will apply with 24 hours notice. We appreciate emergencies happen and will take that into consideration. However, you will be charged 100% of the consultation fee for missed appointments or those cancelled without 24 hours notice.
Prescriptions/medications:
Please allow 24-48 hours for medication requests to be filled. These must be completed by a vet and require a review of your pets records. If we have not seen you pet within a maximum 6 months for chronic cases or 3-4 months for complex cases, we will require an appointment for “Medication review”. Urgent supply may be able to be available, incurring an additional fee. Please be aware we may sometimes need to supply alternative brands, if you usual one is not available.