Meet our Veterinarian: Dr Jessica Pickett BVSc (Hons) MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine).
Dr Jessica is a fully qualified veterinarian with additional knowledge and experience in both animal behaviour and small animal internal medicine. She is known for her caring personality, thorough investigation of guardian’s concerns, advanced knowledge in veterinary medicine, and an unwavering passion for helping animals and their families.
Extensive knowledge to help your pet
She graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Queensland with Honours in 2009 and was awarded Membership into the ANZCVS (Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists) by examination in the field of Small Animal Medicine in 2016. Dr Jessica has over 19 years of experience in the veterinary industry.
Dr Jess knows how to make her patients feel at ease
She is also a certified Fear Free Professional. She has undergone additional training and passed examinations to affirm her commitment to preventing and alleviating fear, anxiety, and stress in pets by inspiring and helping the people who care for them.
Feel genuinely heard and cared for
She approaches all her clients and patients with compassion, respect, and understanding. Her clients often comment on how they feel truly “heard”, and how at ease they and their pets are in Dr Jessica’s company.
She uses force-free, scientifically backed techniques to unearth the medical or behavioural illness underlying her patient’s behaviours and provide customised treatment plans.
“Dr Jess came to help our family with behavioural issues that we were having with our Ridgeback. Her non judgmental and compassionate approach was much appreciated. Jess is thorough, provides wonderful advice and treatment, responds to questions promptly and genuinely cares for her animal and human clients. I can’t thank Dr Jess enough for her help.”
Donna with “Blaze”
How does Dr Jessica’s extensive knowledge and experience help you and your pet?
1. Real-world Experience: Flexibility and Adaptability for Your Pet’s Unique Needs
Dr Jessica brings a wealth of knowledge from her extensive career treating all kinds of veterinary patients. She started out in mixed practice, caring for everything from cows and alpacas to pet snakes, dogs, and cats. She’s also made a big impact by providing care to local wildlife rescues and was even recognised by WIRES for her efforts in preserving endangered coastal emu populations. This diverse range of patients has given Dr Jessica a deep understanding and the ability to create truly flexible treatment plans.
For the past 11 years, Dr Jessica has been dedicated to providing expert care to companion animals—dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs, and even pet goats—in Southeast Queensland. She’s worked in both general practice and specialist emergency veterinary hospitals, building a unique and reliable foundation of clinical skills and medical knowledge. This expertise is crucial for identifying and treating the hidden diseases that often underlie behavioural conditions.
2. Exceptional knowledge: your pet is in the best hands
Dr Jessica’s exceptional veterinary expertise earned her Membership into the ANZCVS (Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists) in Small Animal Medicine back in 2016. She remains actively involved in the clinical and scientific community, mentoring fellow vets and staying on the cutting edge of internal medicine.
Her deep knowledge of internal medicine has fuelled her passion for animal behaviour. Dr Jessica is dedicated to truly understanding her patients and has a talent for gently uncovering the medical conditions that often cause abnormal behaviours.
“Dr Jessica has greatly improved the quality of life of our two year old Miniature Dachshund, Marmalade, since finding she has hip dysplasia and arthritis during a thorough examination. Dr Jess found that this was contributing to her anxiety and aggression!
Dr Jess helped us manage her pain with the appropriate medications and lifestyle changes for her arthritis and hip dysplasia, along with a behaviour plan and anxiety medication, and now she is a completely different dog! We never would have been able to have people over our house, let alone parties, and now we can – all thanks to Dr Jess and her expert care.
We can truly say she cares deeply about each and every patient that she encounters and will strive her hardest to give them the best care possible.”
Cameron with “Marmalade”
As a huge advocate for pain-free veterinary care, she is completing further education in Pain Management and a prestigious Animal Behaviour Distance Education course under guidance of board-certified veterinary behaviour specialists. Dr Jessica is currently studying towards her dream of becoming a board certified veterinary behaviour specialist.
3. An Animal Lover from the Very Beginning
Despite Dr Jessica’s knowledge of veterinary science, she mostly prides herself on genuinely caring about her patient’s needs and is so grateful that she is living her 3-year-old self’s dream of being a veterinarian helping animals and their families. She admires the unique relationships between pets and their families and feels honoured that she can help ease stress, pain and anxiety in her patients (and often their families too!).
Dr Jess decided very early that she wanted to help animals. From as soon as she could crawl, Jess could be found surrounded by all manner of creatures- be them baby lizards, frogs, chickens, guinea pigs, goats, dogs, horses, alpacas: you name it- she loved them.