Companion Care Vets Basingstoke

04/11/2024

💫😻 This handsome chap is Malakai who has been in to see us for his vaccinations. He was rescued by his lovely owner from Cats Protection last year and is now thriving & very well loved 🥰 we love a happy ending and to see pets settled in their furever home! ❤️😻💫

03/11/2024

🎃🦇 BEST HALOWEEN COSTUME 🎃🦇

This lovey girl is Bow who came to see us on haloween to have some bloods done, in her best Halloween costume - the cutest of bats!! 🦇💖🥹 she absolutely made our day! Doesn’t she look amazing?! 🥹💖🦇

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02/11/2024

🎇🎆 Classic FM is doing a special pet radio programme tonight & Tuesday 5th November 5pm-9pm to help keep your pets calm during the expected busy firework evenings! If your pet suffers with anxiety from fireworks it may be worth having a listen to the specifically calming classical music just for pets to help drown out the scary sounds from outside. 🎇🎆

01/11/2024

👻🦇🎃 We hope all of our clients and patients had a faBOOlous howlaween! 🎃👻 🦇

Please remember that sweets and chocolate are toxic to our pets! If your pet manages to get into the trick or treat bowl please call us straight away. ‼️

30/10/2024

💛😻 This beautiful boy is Leo who came to see us for his annual vaccine & health check. He was such a good boy vet Norma fell in love with him! 😻💛

29/10/2024

😻😸 Today is national cat day 😻😸

We would love to see photos of your feline friends in the comments - young, old or even those no longer with us. 💕

Cat: a lap warming, bed-hogging, affection-loving, hallucination-chasing, hairball-producing, purring machine. See also: best friend/ruler of the house. 🐾 Does this definition match your cat? 😻

28/10/2024

🥹💚 What a little cutie this little guy is! This is Polo who came to see us for his first puppy vaccine and health check. All of the nurses couldn’t help but ‘coo’ over him 🥹💚

27/10/2024

🥳🎃 WE HAVE A WINNER 🥳🎃
Our spooky halloween cover photo stars are Peggy, Lilly, Timmy & Holly Bob - dont they look spooktacular?! 💕 We loved seeing all of your pets ready for halloween and will post a reel of them soon 👻🥰

26/10/2024

🥹❤️ if anyone is looking for a big lurcher to love Bruno is desperate to find his forever home! He has been with the RSPCA for over a year now, we’d love to see him with his forever family for Christmas 🎅🏼 🥹❤️

25/10/2024

💖🌸 This pretty girl is Betsy who came to see nurse Katy for her puppy vaccines and microchip. She was such a lovely girl who didn’t even notice the injections being done as she was too busy enjoying lots of yummy treats! 💖🌸

24/10/2024

🎃🎆 FRIENDLY REMINDER 🎆🎃

As we get in the Halloween & Bonfire Night spirit we would like to remind clients to pre-order any anti-anxiety medication they may need for their pets. We cannot guarantee that we will have the medication in stock otherwise. Prescription orders take 48 hours to arrive so please order in advance.

Please give us a call or pop to reception if you need any more information on anti anxiety medications or would like to order something for your pet. Please note pets would have to have been seen by one of our Vets within the past 6 months for any prescription products to be given. 🎃🎆

23/10/2024

🐻🤎 This handsome lad is Ralph who came to see vet Norma for a medication review. He is on a medicine called apoquel to help with allergies so he comes to see us every 6 months to make sure all is ok! He’s such a lovely boy so it’s always a pleasure to see him 🐻🤎

22/10/2024

💚🐾 This handsome boy is Flash who came to see vet Norma after cutting his paw. Here he is after being such a brave boy for his bandage. Well done Flash! 🐾💚

21/10/2024

💛✨ This lovely girl is Sky who came to see nurse Angie for her puppy vaccines and a general health check from vet Manu. What a beautiful girl she is! We can’t wait to see her at her next appointment ✨💛

19/10/2024

We are looking for our next cover photo star. This month we would like to see all things SPOOKY - your pets getting into the halloween spirit! OR your pets enjoying the start of the autumn season. 🎃🍂 Please post your photos in the comments & remember landscape photos work best for the cover photo. As always we will post a reel of all entries soon. 👻🍁

18/10/2024

🌟 STAR PATIENT 🌟

This lovely gentleman is Max who comes to see vet Adrian every month for his librela injection to help with osteoarthritis pain and management. He is in his golden years at almost 14, still wagging his tail at every appointment and enjoying a handful of treats for always being such a good boy! We love you Max! 🌟💙🥹

17/10/2024

😻✨💛 CUTE KITTENS ALERT 💛✨😻

These two little lovelies are Maggot & Binx who came to see us for their first kitten vaccines and microchips. They were both super brave & a little bundle of sunshine to brighten up a rather rainy morning! ☀️✨😻💛

16/10/2024

🚨 ‼️ PLEASE READ ‼️🚨

We are currently having issues with our supplier who delivers all of our medication, food and parasite treatment etc. We have not received our full order for the past 2 days and have no guarantees of when we will receive them or guarantees of receiving future orders. We are constantly chasing them up on this and unfortunately there is nothing we can do at our end to resolve the issue.

If you have made an order with us for your pet please call us before heading down as it may not be ready to collect.

We apologise for the inconvenience.

16/10/2024

💙🐶 CUTE PUPPY OF THE DAY 🐶💙

This lovely boy is Jax who came to see us for his first puppy vaccines and health check. He was such a happy boy who loved saying hello to everyone giving lots of kisses. He was so brave for his injection, in fact he was too busy eating treats to notice! 🥹😂💙🐶

15/10/2024

🌟🏆 ITS COMPETITION TIME 🏆🌟

We are looking for our next cover photo star. This month we would like to see all things SPOOKY - your pets getting into the halloween spirit! OR your pets enjoying the start of the autumn season. 🎃🍂 Please post your photos in the comments & remember landscape photos work best for the cover photo. As always we will post a reel of all entries soon. 👻🍁

14/10/2024

🎆🎇 PLEASE READ 🎇🎆

As we are coming up to firework season we would like to make all owners aware that it is essential to pre-order any anti-anxiety medication if you know that your pet is afraid of fireworks.

We only keep a limited amount in stock so we cannot guarantee that it will be available if it has not been pre-ordered.

If your pet has not been seen within the last 6 months your pet may need to be seen by one of our vets to be given a prescription product such as trazadone, gabapentin or sileo-gel.

Please give us a call to make an order or if you have any questions. Ordered prescriptions will be ready 48 hours later except for orders made on a Friday which will be ready the following Monday. 🎆🎇

11/10/2024

Is anyone able to help the RSPCA Basingstoke and Andover Branch & lovely Norman? 🥺

URGENT FOSTER HOME FOR NORMAN.

Norman isn't coping very well in kennels so we want to get him in a Foster home as soon as possible.
If you can help please contact Mandy on 07479 540010

09/10/2024

🌸💖 PRETTIEST OF SAUSAGES 💖🌸

This gorgeous girl is Molly who was with us to be spayed last week. She was so brave & the sweetest of souls! 💖🌸

08/10/2024

🐈‍⬛ CAT OF THE DAY 🐈‍⬛

This pretty lady is Rosetta who comes to see vet Norma regularly for her monthly injection to help with her arthritis. Rosetta is 15 so as well as having monthly injections her owner also gives her daily joint supplements to help keep her joints mobile & comfortable! 🐈‍⬛😻💞

If you think your pet may be suffering from osteoarthritis please give us a call and one of our vets or nurses will be happy to have a chat with you on how we can help ☎️

25/02/2024

When Kelly from our Colton store's Pets Grooming salon discovered a lump on the tail of nine-year-old Rufus she suspected something wasn't right, so alerted his owners Les and Andrea so they could get it checked out. They brought him to Vets for Pets Leeds Colton where it was confirmed he had a cancerous tumour which needed surgery.

Les, who adopted Rufus from Dogs Trust in Leeds as a puppy, said: “Rufus is such a big part of our life; we’re absolutely besotted with him. We probably wouldn’t have noticed the lump if not at the groomers as the tail isn’t somewhere you would usually stroke and feel. Kelly loves Rufus and really looks after him, so we want to say a big thanks for spotting it. Who'd have known what would have happened if she hadn’t noticed.”

Rufus had to have his tail removed, but is now making a good recovery. He's been visiting Kelly for a groom every six weeks for the last three years. She said: “You get to know everything about a dog as you groom them. I’ve discovered similar things before on other dogs so I mentioned it to the owners so they could get it checked out. Dogs are my life and you do worry; I’m so pleased they caught it. Now he’s got a fully docked tail like a little bunny rabbit. It’s lovely and suits him – when he gets washed he wiggles his bum.”

21/02/2024

Arthur's owner Louise says he "looked like a brand-new tortoise" after having his beak filed at Sutton in Ashfield Vets4Pets.

Louise adopted the four-year-old Horsefield Tortoise from a family member in October. Although she has had other pets, Arthur is her first tortoise, so she has been doing some research on how to best care for him.

Louise said: "I noticed Arthur's beak was unusually long, so I brought him in to Vets for Pets; I bring all my pets there. When he came out, I thought 'you beautiful boy, look at you – you look so handsome!"

Vet Steph, who looked after Arthur, says that tortoise beaks continuously grow and normally grind down themselves while they're eating. She said: "Arthur needed a little help as his jaw isn't perfectly aligned; his lower jaw is further out than his top jaw, so I filed it around half a centimetre. He was really good; a real cutie."

18/02/2024

Owner Claire says she couldn't be more grateful to Vets4Pets Hamilton after their quick diagnosis saved the sight of six-year-old Alba.

Claire knew there was something terribly wrong with her miniature dachshund cross when she called her in from the back garden last summer and Alba ran headfirst into a closed patio door. She rushed her to the vets, where investigations led the team to diagnose her with uveitis – an eye condition which causes inflammation of the middle layer of the eye.

Claire said: "It all happened so suddenly; Alba must have heard my voice and guessed where to go. It was quite scary seeing how bad she was. We couldn't be more grateful for the team in Hamilton spotting the uveitis as quickly as they did, otherwise Alba would have gone blind within a matter of days. Their knowledge saved Alba's sight. I still can't believe it happened. It's taken months of treatments, but it's such a relief to have our girl back to being her funny, bossy self."

Vet Neil, one of the team who treated Alba, said: "Alba's pupil was really narrow and wouldn't respond to light properly, which can be a sign of uveitis. Once we had ruled out other conditions, we were able to get her to an eye specialist for ongoing treatment. She's now doing really well."

16/02/2024

Ducky's owner Antonia was in a state of panic when she saw a fox had dug its way into the field where she keeps him – killing two of her other ducks and chickens.

Antonia was about to move her brood into their pen for the evening when she saw what had happened and noticed that Ducky had severe bite wounds under his wing. She rushed him to Vets4Pets Vets Milton Keynes for emergency surgery – and after having his wound stitched up the one-year-old duck is now making a good recovery.

Antonia said: "I was so worried. You don’t often hear of ducks recovering from fox attacks, but there is something about Ducky and the way he was so brave. I'm sure he was protecting a lady duck, as he's a bit of a romantic. It's the first time we've gone to Vets for Pets, and the team were amazing; they've done an incredible job."

Vet Becca, who treated Ducky, said: "He's a really lucky duck, as it was quite a big wound. When he first came in, he was understandably subdued and quiet but when he came back for his stitches to be taken out, he wanted to explore and tuck his head into everyone’s shoulders."

07/02/2024

Well done to the team at Vets4Pets Guildford who've been awarded a silver level certificate for being a rabbit-friendly clinic.

After head veterinary nurse Ella noticed that more customers were bringing in rabbits the practice took a series of steps to give them as stress-free an experience as possible. Ella, who also fosters rescue dogs in her spare time, said: "There was a long list of things that we needed to prove that we did from making sure the rabbits are kept separate from other animals and not booked in at the same time as barking dogs, to providing heated kennels for those who need to stay in, and using special equipment made especially for rabbits."

Practice manager Kevin said: "All of our vets have plenty of experience with rabbits we have some real rabbit geeks here, so it was a big thing to us. There are so many good people in this world and I'm so proud to be around them."

28/01/2024

Beautiful Bear was born deaf, so he's learned to follow his owner Lisa's visual commands.

Lisa, who shops at our Tamworth store – "it's my second home!" – got two-year-old Bear as a kitten and suspected he was deaf when he didn't respond to her voice. She had it confirmed by her vet soon after. She said: "He was very scatty, and scared of people he didn’t recognise. He wasn’t bothered by loud noises like my other cat Emily and when I came home from work he wouldn’t hear the door open.

"He's doing really well though. I try to do some sign language with him – I point at him and do a solid hand sign at him to stop. He picks up on vibrations and scents too. He meows, making a really loud chirping sound which I’ve never heard a cat do before, and he’s always rubbing his head against my legs and following me everywhere. I was advised not to let him out because he wouldn’t hear cars or other dangers, so he comes outside with me every morning to have a sniff around the garden and always comes straight back in." Bear and Lisa's other cat Emily are on Instagram as

27/01/2024

Ten-year-old Dutch rabbit Alfie has been visiting vet Kate at Vets4pets Wolverhampton for dental treatment for the last eight years – and she says he's such a loveable character that he's become "part of the family".

He's one of the oldest rabbits treated by Kate and the team, and she says his longevity is down to the care and love he gets from his owner Tracy and her family. Kate said: "Alfie is famous in this practice – everyone knows him. We and his family are dedicated to making sure her little old man is happy. The beautiful thing about being a vet or vet nurse is you build these relationships with the owners and their pets – they become your surrogate pets."

Tracy's been keeping rabbits all her life, and says that having space and routine is key. She said: "Alfie is an old man now and has a routine. He goes into a hutch at night and is let out in the morning. He's out all day and has his favourite spots in the house. We clean him out every day and give him a lot of attention. When he was younger he would follow us around; if I was clearing a cupboard out he would be in the cupboard to help. Now he's old and wants to be warm and watch instead. I can't thank Kate and the practice enough. Kate's been fantastic with him."

26/01/2024

Eight-year-old Winnie the Schnauzer cross is running around like a puppy again thanks to laser treatment and physiotherapy after two successful knee operations at Vets for Pets Basildon.

Worried owner Tracy brought Winnie in to the practice after she collapsed on a walk last year – and the team discovered the cruciate ligament in a knee had ruptured. She’s since had ops on two knees and is on a recovery plan led by vet physiotherapist Izzy.

Tracy said: "Winnie has had a tough year with 15 teeth removed, two cruciate ligament operations and two bouts of pancreatitis but thankfully she's hardy. She’s treated fabulously at the Basildon practice. Izzy is great with her – she totally relaxes in her hands and does little snores with her eyes open. Winnie has a new lease of life again and is running around like a puppy."

Izzy said: "When pets have surgery or injure themselves they move differently which causes them to be sore in other places. Winnie has laser therapy then a massage to help the healing process. Laser treatment is a specialist service that not enough people know about – it can help in so many ways after an operation.”

18/01/2024

Veterinary nurse Mel from Vets4Pets Bristol Longwell Green loves cats so much she's helped the practice make a number of improvements to give cats as stress-free an experience as possible when they're brought in.

Mel, who has an Advanced Certificate in Feline Behaviour for Veterinary Professionals, helped introduce facilities like a separate feline waiting area and cattery and the use of quiet clippers – and the practice now has a silver level certificate for being a cat-friendly clinic. She said: "I love dogs but I'm really a cat person. Cats can be misunderstood which can lead to them having quite a stressful life, so if we can make things easier for them and help people understand what cats need then everyone will be happier.

"As animal lovers there's always more to learn and understand about what makes them happy. Enrichment at the home is important for a happy cat – and as cats are naturally solitary animals if you live in a multi-cat household it's important to understand what they need. The rule is to have a resource per cat, plus one spare. So if you have two cats you should have three feeding stations, three litter trays and three scratch posts spread around the house so they have the opportunity to move around to wherever they want to go. Scratching is as natural a thing for cats to do as going out hunting is, so if they're unable to go out it's about providing the chance for them to behave as naturally as possible."

07/01/2024

Four-year-old Sebastian the Jack Russell is back to his usual boisterous self after being treated at Vets4Pets Abingdon for a condition that was causing the knee caps on his back legs to dislocate when he walked.

The condition, known as medial patellar luxation, would cause him to hop or skip when exercising. It's quite common in terriers and small dog breeds, but Sebastian's case was quite severe and he was given surgery by orthopaedic surgeon Joe to deepen the groove his patella runs in on his right hind leg, and also to move and reattach his patellar tendon.

Sebastian is owned by practice vet Hannah who said: "After the operation he just wanted to get back to normal straight away but he couldn't ... and that's where we struggled. He wanted to be out and about, charging around and playing with his toys but he needed to rest." Hannah had to give him medication for six weeks to give his knees time to heal. She said: "He's absolutely fine now – he's fully recovered and running around like a lunatic again!"

05/01/2024

When 11-year-old lurcher Jess was brought into Vets for Pets Leeds Birstall 24/7 Small Animal Hospital on Christmas Eve feeling very poorly with pyometra – a life-threatening uterus infection – the team knew they had to act fast; so vet Emily and nurses JD and Hannah headed straight in to perform emergency surgery on her in the early hours of Christmas morning.

The operation went so well that by lunchtime nurse Krishna was able to call her owner Beth to say she was well enough to come home to recuperate – and Beth made the hour-long drive from her home in Keighley so she could bring Jess home before the family sat down for their Christmas dinner. Beth said: "It was a stressful start to Christmas, as we were worried about Jess because of her age and because she's never had anything wrong with her before. We're so grateful for everything – it was so nice of them to come in on Christmas Day to operate on her, to look after her so well and to get her home on top form. The vets were fantastic from start to finish. Jess is recovering nicely – you can see the happiness is back in her!"

Krishna said: "Our night team always do an amazing job, and performing serious surgery like that at that time of night and on Christmas Day of all days is just brilliant. Jess did amazingly well to bounce back so quickly, and it was amazing being able to call her owners to say that she could come home to spend Christmas with them. It's the sort of call we all love to make, but doing it on Christmas Day was extra nice."

03/01/2024

Six-foot-long boa constrictor Astrix was the centre of attention when he called in for a routine "top to tail" health check at Vets4Pets Penzance.

Astrix, who's four, is part of a menagerie of six snakes, bearded dragons and six dogs belonging to veterinary nurse Lowenna, who works at the practice, and her partner Mark. The team looked at Astrix's eyes and mouth and checked his breathing to rule out any respiratory infections and also checked his scales.

Lowenna said: "He got a clean bill of health, he was absolutely fine and everyone had a turn holding him. Asterix is quite reserved, a little bit shy usually. He did really well when he came in as everyone wanted to touch him and he was like 'okay I quite like the attention.' Astrix has got a lovely big set-up at home. He's quite a big boy, weighing in at nearly 10 kilos, so the vivarium is more than seven foot long. We have a reptile room and he has the run of it. He has a large bucket of water too if he ever wants to submerge himself."

02/01/2024

This brave girl is collie-cross Sherpa, who the team at Vets for Pets Livingston say was "impeccably calm" when she was rushed in for emergency injury after hurting her eye in a freak accident.

Sherpa's owner Caroline was taking Sherpa for a walk when Sherpa caught her eye on a stick as she went exploring a bush. She was quickly admitted into surgery where she received X-rays and, after a two-hour procedure by practice owner Dr Adam, aided by nurse Erin, the stick was removed. Adam said: "Sherpa was amazingly tolerant following an extremely random occurrence. It was astonishing." Sherpa didn't lose her sight and is now making a great recovery.

Caroline said: “We were suddenly thrown into the worst living nightmare, it was absolutely horrifying. It’s truly a miracle what Adam and the team achieved from the moment they answered our call for help. They gave us hope."

24/12/2023

This little Christmas cracker is Molly, who survived against the odds and gave birth to three premature puppies after being brought in to Vets for Pets Cirencester as a pregnant stray with severe injuries from a fight with other dogs.

Martina, who owns the practice, said: ”It was really touch and go and we thought Molly might not make it. The team treated mum first, got her on a drip and stabilised her before successfully managing to deliver the puppies – two boys and a girl – by caesarean section."

Molly, who's a Cairn Terrier, and her three pups are recovering well at home with Martina. “As they needed 24/7 care I took them home and emptied the whole spare bedroom so there was a nice, warm and comfortable quiet place for Molly and her puppies. I was attached to her for the first five days – my husband Matt even brought food up to the bedroom for me as I stayed there all the time. It was really hard work but it was all worth it. They’re absolute darlings and doing really well now – mum is already brave enough to go on dog walks.”

Martina says Molly will continue living with her in the future, and the puppies will be adopted when they are stronger.

19/12/2023

This beautiful buzzard is on the mend after undergoing surgery on a broken wing at Vets4Pets Newmarket after he was hit by a car.

A member of the public rescued the buzzard and brought him in to see if the team could help. After a successful operation and five days of recuperation he's ben taken to The Raptor Foundation rehabilitation centre to continue his recovery.

Practice manager Natalie said: "We put him under general anaesthetic and performed orthopaedic surgery. We'll see him again next month to see how he's progressing and then hopefully he'll be released back into the wild. We wish him a speedy recovery as he's such a handsome chap.”

17/12/2023

Here's a salutary tale in the run-up to Christmas Day ... the story of poor little Tego, who had to be rushed to Vets for Pets Morpeth for emergency treatment after snaffling 48 Quality Street chocolates, their wrappers and part of the box.

Owner Sarah realised chocolate was toxic for dogs so phoned the vets who told her to get the five-year Tibetan Terrier there immediately. Sarah said: "They were brilliant with him. The chocolates were a birthday present for my daughter Olivia, and they were all wrapped up and put in the lounge with the door shut. I went to work and when I came back Tego had somehow managed to get in the room and rip into them."

Vet Eleni and the team helped Tego cough everything up and took blood tests and put him on medication before he was allowed home. Eleni said it's a useful reminder to keep chocolates well hidden – and to act fast if your dog eats any and induce vomiting within one to two hours to prevent the body from absorbing the toxins.