Dr Charissa Smith of Acacia Animal Care allows pets and chicken to live better healthy lives. This service includes a high standard of veterinary medicine with additional nutrition. Dr Charissa aims to empower owners to gain information and to put in place practices which will improve future health in all animals. Nutrition is based on using on organic and fresh food. with dry food used as needed. No matter the resources. the best possible path to health is explored..
Herbal medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy and structural balancing may be used,
as well as mainstream antibiotics and useful therapeutic substances, though not all in the one consultation.
Dr Charissa is a reiki master so clients may be instructed in hands on healing techniques suitable for the animal.
Full use can be made of services provide by specialist referral veterinarians, particularly for diagnosis if needed. Every effort is made to liase and share treatment with the ongoing veterinarian in the local area.
Greencross Inala offers supportive surgical expertise, the Gatton consulting rooms are not a surgical facility. Intravenous therapy, tick treatment, micro-chipping and wound dressing vaccination, titre testing for antibodies, blood sampling and pathology are available as well as the list of services on the website, www.acaciaanimalcare.com/services.html.
Consultations are by appointment only which can be made at Inala, Brisbane Southside, by ringing 07 33725700, or at Adare near Gatton by ringing 0418759237. Same day appointment can sometimes be made. To avoid disappointment, it is better to book a few days beforehand. As the appointments often turn out to be longer than expected, especially with critically ill animals, it is wise to ring before leaving home to makes sure the vet is on time.
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