Mackay

Mackay Animal

Mackay’s animal community offers plenty of practical ways to enjoy life with pets, horses, poultry and rural animals. You can build everyday skills through dog training or grooming, find feed and bedding for a smallholding, develop riding and horse-handling confidence, or arrange safe care while travelling. Bird, reptile and smaller-pet owners are also represented, while local rescue organisations provide considered pathways for adoption, fostering and animal welfare support.

The services below cover Mackay and nearby localities, including rural suppliers and equine providers serving a wider regional area. Each listing explains the useful point of difference, so pet owners, carers, riders and livestock keepers can find a practical place to begin.

🐾 Veterinary care and grooming

Mackay Veterinary Clinic

Mackay Veterinary Clinic provides appointments for cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, birds and some reptiles. Its published services include healthcare, surgery, wellbeing and pet-care services, with cat and dog grooming also available. The broad species range makes this a useful local contact for households caring for more than one kind of companion animal.

Mackay, QLD 4740 — 58 Nebo Road. ☎ (07) 4957 6992

Mackay Equine Vets

Mackay Equine Vets provides mobile equine care from Proserpine to Carmila and west to Eungella. Services include equine dentistry, hoof care, lameness investigations, diagnostic imaging, vaccinations, health checks, reproductive services and small-animal vaccinations. Emergency callouts, including after-hours availability, prioritise existing clients, so the practice’s client arrangement matters when planning care.

Balnagowan, QLD 4740 — 238 Doyles Road. ☎ 0458 806 183 — clinic and equine emergency enquiries.

Splish Splash Dog Grooming

Splish Splash Dog Grooming brings a custom-built mobile van to dogs in Mackay. The service caters for dogs of all breeds and sizes, with bath and blow-dry, full grooming, de-shedding, nail care and tidy-up grooming. A mobile format suits owners looking for dedicated grooming at their location rather than a fixed salon visit.

Mackay, QLD — mobile dog-grooming service. ☎ 0419 916 532

🛍️ Pet, poultry and rural supplies

Petstock North Mackay

Petstock North Mackay combines everyday pet supplies with practical services and activities. The branch offers puppy school, grooming, a DIY dog wash, pet ID tags and aquarium water testing. It also supports pet adoption through Petstock Foundation programs, giving shoppers a way to connect with adoption pathways alongside routine pet-care purchases.

Richmond, QLD 4740 — C-T06, 86 Holts Road. ☎ (07) 4960 1680

Miners Stockfeed

Miners Stockfeed in Pleystowe serves a wide mix of household and rural animal needs. Its range includes stockfeed, pet food, treats, bedding, hay and chaff, feed and water troughs, parasite-control products, grooming and veterinary supplies, fencing and equestrian items. Horse keepers can also ask about herbs for horses and special orders.

Pleystowe, QLD 4741 — 952 Eungella Road. ☎ (07) 4959 2639

SF Produce

SF Produce is a drive-through rural and pet-supply business in Paget, with a published service area covering Mackay and surrounding centres. Stock includes cattle and horse feeds, dog and cat food, chicken feed, birdseed, dairy feeds, pellets, lucerne hay, wood shavings, bedding, grooming items and animal supplements. It is a practical stop for mixed-animal households.

Paget, QLD 4740 — 33 Boundary Road East. ☎ 1300 430 934

Just Got Laid Poultry Supplies

Just Got Laid Poultry Supplies supports backyard poultry keepers, farms and commercial egg producers with Hyline Brown point-of-lay hens and day-old chicks. Through QStockfeeds, it also supplies chick starter, pullet grower and layer feed. Local farm pickup is arranged by phone, with regional delivery runs available through the business’s published arrangements.

Mackay region, QLD — local farm pickup and regional delivery arrangements. ☎ 0429 182 833 Greg; ☎ 0429 472 157 Caroline — orders and local pickup arrangements.

🏠 Boarding and dog services

Animal Care Centre

Animal Care Centre provides boarding kennels and cattery accommodation on a 15-acre property north of Mackay. The service is for dogs and cats, giving owners a dedicated boarding contact when work, travel or other commitments require temporary care. Its offering centres on accommodation rather than general retail or training services.

Mackay, QLD 4740 — 252 Nebia-Coningsby Road. ☎ (07) 4959 8290

Homebush Boarding Kennels & Cattery

Homebush Boarding Kennels & Cattery offers short- and long-term boarding and hydro-bathing for dogs and cats, and states that birds and lizards are also accepted. Proof of vaccination and flea-free status is required on arrival. Those intake conditions are important to arrange before boarding, particularly for households with different companion species.

Mackay, QLD 4740 — 864 Homebush Road. ☎ (07) 4959 7225

The DBT

The DBT provides private dog behavioural training, doggy daycare and education for dog owners, groomers and grooming businesses. Its specialist education also includes one-to-one grooming training and behavioural-grooming seminars. The combination gives dog carers a pathway to work on behaviour directly, while grooming professionals can develop handling and communication skills.

Mackay, QLD — private training, daycare and education services. ☎ 0447 697 932 Jade — training and pet-service enquiries.

🐎 Riding and horse skills

Farleigh Saddle Club

Farleigh Saddle Club offers horse-riding and horse-handling lessons for riders with different ages and experience levels. Lessons cover riding techniques as well as practical skills such as grooming, leading and horse care. That mix is useful for people who want to develop confidence around horses, not simply spend time in the saddle.

Farleigh, QLD 4741 — 223 Trevaskis Road. ☎ 0403 082 537

Riding for Disabled Mackay

Riding for Disabled Mackay runs horse-riding lessons during school terms, with riders grouped by ability. Accredited coaches and volunteers support the sessions, which are held every second Tuesday and one weekend day each month. It offers a structured way to take part in riding through a programme designed around supported participation.

North Mackay, QLD 4740 — 11 Loughnane Court. ☎ (07) 4944 0066

🤝 Rescue, adoption and animal welfare

RSPCA Mackay

RSPCA Mackay is an Animal Care Centre with animals available for adoption. Adoption applications are made through the RSPCA website. For animal rescue matters and cruelty complaints, RSPCA Queensland’s 1300 ANIMAL line provides the relevant contact pathway, keeping welfare reports separate from adoption enquiries.

Mackay Harbour, QLD 4740 — corner Strickland Road & Mount Bassett Cemetery Road. ☎ 0407 787 571 — Mackay Animal Care Centre; ☎ 1300 264 625 — animal rescue and cruelty complaints.

Mackay Animal Rescue Society Inc.

Mackay Animal Rescue Society is a volunteer-run, foster-based charity for dogs and cats in Mackay and the surrounding region. It provides adoption and foster-carer pathways, donation options and a Last Litter Program. The programme supports eligible owners with surrender of an unplanned litter and desexing of the mother through an affiliated vet.

Mackay and surrounding region, QLD — foster-based rescue service. ☎ 0447 186 277

Mackay Pet Rescue Inc.

Mackay Pet Rescue is a foster-based not-for-profit rescue for cats and dogs from Mackay and surrounding areas. It offers adoption and fostering pathways, along with a subsidised female-cat desexing voucher programme for eligible Mackay-region households facing financial hardship. This combines rehoming support with a targeted assistance option for cat owners.

Mackay, QLD — foster-based rescue service. ☎ 0403 814 318

Mackay Regional Council Animal Management Centre

Mackay Regional Council’s Animal Management Centre houses and cares for impounded or surrendered animals, supporting reunification and adoption. Pets may be viewed through the impounded animals register, with adoption arrangements made through council. Visits outside published opening hours are by appointment only, so the centre’s access arrangement should be followed.

North Mackay, QLD — council service and Animal Management Centre. ☎ 1300 622 529

Whether you are refining a dog’s behaviour, stocking a chicken run, arranging boarding, learning horse care or considering adoption, Mackay has practical ways to connect animal interests with everyday skills and responsible care. The mix of local businesses, clubs, council services and foster-based groups also gives animal people several ways to participate beyond buying supplies.

Local animal businesses, clubs, educators and welfare groups are warmly invited to add or update their listing, helping more Mackay residents discover the services, activities and animal-care connections available in the region.

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