Facilities

Our purpose built premises consist of a large reception waiting area where our receptionists will greet you and deal with any queries you may have. We stock a range of treats, toys and collars for all your pets and we also stock a range of Hills® foods which our nurses are happy to advise you on.

On the way to the consult room the vet may ask to weigh your pet on the walk-on digital scales or we may use small scales to weigh puppies, kittens and small animals.

We have 4 spacious consult rooms, one of which is designated to nurse clinics. All the vets consulting rooms are equipped with opthalmoscopes and otoscopes to allow us to make detailed examinations of eyes and ears. A radiographic viewing box in each room allows us to show you any x-rays we have taken of your pet.

Our well-equipped laboratory consisting of a haematology, biochemistry and electrolyte analyser ensures that if your pet requires blood tests we can process the majority of them ‘in-house’. This means we can usually obtain the results within the hour to enable us to provide the most appropriate treatment for your pet. Occasionally we will send samples to external laboratories for analysis, this is the case for certain blood samples, hormone assays and for testing for bugs (bacteriology) and grubs (parasitology).

If your pet requires further diagnostic tests we may use our xray machine which is in our designated diagnostics room. This room also houses our ultrasound machine which is particularly useful for looking at the heart and organs in the abdomen for signs of disease as well as checking if your dog is pregnant. We also have an ECG machine that transmits its signal to a cardiovascular specialist, allowing us to diagnose and therefore treat most cardiac disorders

When your pet comes to stay with us he or she will be in our comfortable kennel room. We have a variety of kennels suitable for the smallest hamster to the largest Great Dane. Our kennel room is centrally heated and fitted with air-conditioning to allow us to maintain a comfortable environment for your pet. We have an isolation kennel to allow us to keep any pets that have an infectious disease separate from the other animals. Our exercise yard adjoining the kennel room allows us to give your pet a bit of fresh air and toileting opportunities if appropriate. For any pets requiring a drip (intravenous fluid therapy) we have an infusion pump which allows us deliver exactly the right amount of fluid to your pet. We also have heat pads and plenty of comfy blankets along with lots of TLC for all our patients!

Any pets staying with us are looked after by our dedicated inpatient nurse and during the week we provide 24 hour nursing care with a vet on stand-by to allow most cases to be cared for through to recovery. At weekends inpatients are transferred to Leeds Emergency Vets to allow them to continue to receive dedicated care necessary to make a full recovery.

For any pets which require surgery we have a fully equipped operating suite with an adjoining prep room which enables us to operate to the highest standards of sterility. The prep room also houses our dental suite consisting of an air driven dental machine to allow us to scale and polish teeth and perform any extractions necessary. Our veterinary surgeons scrub for surgery in the prep room whilst your pet is being anaesthetised and prepared for surgery before being transferred into our operating room for the operation itself.

Any pet that has an anaesthetic is monitored by a dedicated nurse throughout the procedure. We have a variety of anaesthetic equipment including a laryngoscope, pulse oximeter and oesophageal stethoscope which, along with an experienced nurse, ensures that your pet is in the safest hands. We use safe anaesthetics similar to one used in human medicine to allow you pet to make a quicker recovery from his or her surgery.

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