Our Services
Everything from puppies to production animals
3 Stone Vets is a genuine mixed practice. Explore our pet and farm-animal services below.
Pet & companion animal services
Dog & Cat Vaccinations
Vaccinations are the simplest, most effective way to protect your pet from serious, often fatal diseases. We tailor a vaccination plan to your pet's age, lifestyle and risk.
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Desexing - Speying & Neutering
Desexing (speying for females, neutering for males) is a routine surgery with real lifelong benefits - for your pet's health, their behaviour, and the wider pet population.
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Microchipping
A microchip is a tiny, permanent ID about the size of a grain of rice. If your pet ever goes missing, it's the surest way for a vet or shelter to get them home to you.
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Pet Dental Care
By age three, most dogs and cats have some dental disease - and it's more than bad breath. Sore teeth and gums cause real pain and can affect the heart, liver and kidneys.
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Puppy & Kitten Care
A new puppy or kitten is a big, exciting job. We're here to make the first year easy - with a clear plan for vaccinations, desexing, microchipping, worming and nutrition.
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Senior Pet Care & Arthritis
Older pets often slow down so gradually that we put it down to 'getting on'. A lot of that stiffness and grumpiness is arthritis - and it's very treatable.
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After-Hours & Emergency Vet
When something goes wrong with your animal, you need to talk to someone who knows what to do. Our experienced vets are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Flea & Worm Treatment
Fleas and worms are a year-round problem in the Waikato's mild climate. The good news is they're easy to prevent with the right product used at the right interval.
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Vet Nurse Clinics
Our qualified veterinary nurses run relaxed, affordable clinics that keep your pet well between vet visits - from weight and nutrition to senior monitoring, puppy checks and post-op care.
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Pet Surgery
From routine procedures to lump removals and soft-tissue surgery, our team operates with modern anaesthesia, careful pain relief and full nurse monitoring - so your pet is safe and comfortable throughout.
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Diagnostics & Imaging
When your pet is unwell, quick, accurate answers matter. Our in-house laboratory and imaging let us diagnose many problems the same day - so treatment starts sooner.
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End-of-Life Care & Euthanasia
Saying goodbye to a pet is one of the hardest things we go through. When the time comes, we're here to make it as gentle and dignified as possible - for your pet, and for you.
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Puppy Pre-School
The first few months are the most important weeks of your puppy's life for learning. Puppy pre-school gives them safe, positive socialisation and a confident start - and gives you a head start on training.
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Taking a pet overseas involves strict, country-specific paperwork and timings. We can help you work through the veterinary side of pet export so your cat or dog is ready to travel.
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Farm & production animal services
Calf Disbudding
Disbudding calves early, with proper sedation and pain relief, is better for the calf and easier for you. Our farm team disbuds efficiently, safely and with welfare front of mind.
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Pregnancy Scanning & InCalf
Getting cows in calf on time is one of the biggest drivers of a profitable season. We combine accurate pregnancy scanning with the InCalf approach to lift your herd's reproductive performance.
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Mastitis & Milk Quality
A grade or a creeping cell count costs money fast. We help you find the cause and fix it - with in-house milk culturing, herd advice and a practical milking review.
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Lameness & Healthy Hoof
Lameness is one of the most costly and visible welfare issues on a dairy farm. As a Healthy Hoof provider, we treat the cows in front of you and help prevent the next ones.
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Calf Health & Rearing
Calf rearing sets up your whole herd's future. We help you keep calves healthy through the busy season, with fast diagnostics when scours or sickness strike.
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Herd Health & Fonterra Farm Wellness
The best results come from a plan, not a series of call-outs. We work alongside you across the season on a herd-health plan tailored to your farm and your goals.
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Working Dog Health
Your dogs are your right-hand team. We keep working dogs fit, sound and doing what they do best, with practical care built around the realities of farm life.
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Dairy Reproduction & Fertility
Reproductive performance is the single biggest driver of a dairy farm's profit. We build a fertility programme around your herd and your calving pattern to lift your in-calf rate season on season.
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Transition & Metabolic Health
The three weeks either side of calving decide how your whole season starts. We help you get transition-cow management right so you see fewer down cows, less milk fever and a healthier, more productive herd.
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Advanced Cattle Surgery
When a cow needs surgery, experience matters. Led by an RCVS-recognised Advanced Cattle Vet, our team handles the advanced procedures many practices refer on, often right there on your farm.
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BVD, Johne's & Biosecurity
Disease that creeps into a herd quietly can cost you for years. We help you test for, control and keep out the diseases that matter most to dairy farms, from BVD and Johne's on down.
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Not sure what your animal needs?
Give us a call on 07 870 2696 - we'll happily point you in the right direction.