ARMAC Vets Ltd

ARMAC Vets Ltd An independent mixed veterinary practice, serving South Lanarkshire and the Scottish Borders He was succeeded by Wallace W.

Legend has it that the practice was originally established by a Mr McQuatt in around 1905 and run from ’Nithsdale’, a premises at 25 Station Road in Biggar. Peggie in the 1920’s, who was then joined by Duncan Robertson in the 1930’s and Robin McCrone in the 1950’s. Nithsdale continued to be the home of the vets, with the business being run from a room at the back door until 1971, at which point th

e practice was moved to a cramped garage adjacent to the building. John Armstrong and Donald MacDougal joined ARMAC in the early 1970’s and the practice moved to 4 Station Road in Bigger in 1974. A second branch was established at 1 Montgomery Place in Peebles in 1978. Graeme Rodger joined in the mid 1980’s and is now the senior director of the business.

19/05/2025

Sadly we have a tabby and white female cat that was found passed away in a garden in Symington. It has no microchip. Please contact the practice if you can help us find its owner. 01899220046

***Reunited with owner!***We have had a female tricolour border collie handed into the surgery after being found on Rose...
19/05/2025

***Reunited with owner!***

We have had a female tricolour border collie handed into the surgery after being found on Rosetta Road 30 minutes ago. If you think this could be your dog, please call the surgery on 01721 721293.

🦙 Not our usual inpatient 🦙Thomas the Alpaca was in for vet Kirstyn. He was so well behaved too.
10/04/2025

🦙 Not our usual inpatient 🦙Thomas the Alpaca was in for vet Kirstyn. He was so well behaved too.

☀️ 🐷 Hope everyone enjoyed the sun as much as these guys did today🐷 ☀️ Meet the lovely Francis who had a snooze whilst o...
02/04/2025

☀️ 🐷 Hope everyone enjoyed the sun as much as these guys did today🐷 ☀️

Meet the lovely Francis who had a snooze whilst our Peebles vet Rachel trimmed her trotters. She really enjoyed her manicure 💅 and belly scratches.

26/03/2025

Notice to those that attended our recent Farm Client Meeting on Responsible use of Medicine Training.
We have now emailed certificates to those that attended but are missing some email addresses. If you attended and haven’t received one please pop by either surgery to collect one 📜🐮🐏

25/03/2025

This is still the case this morning, apologies for any inconvenience caused. Please be patient with us, whilst our system operators attempt to resolve the issue.

24/03/2025

**Peebles System Issue**

Our Peebles branch is experiencing an issue with our phones and computer system. Please be patient with us as your calls might be cut off/we might struggle to get your details up on our system.

If calling for boosters and routine work, it might be better to try later this afternoon/later in the week.

Thank you all for your patience.

Meet the Team - RachelAfter graduating 2015 she spent 4 years in mixed practice in Orkney with emphasis on Beef 🐮and She...
20/03/2025

Meet the Team - Rachel

After graduating 2015 she spent 4 years in mixed practice in Orkney with emphasis on Beef 🐮and Sheep 🐏 before moving to Surrey to hone her skills in Equine 🐴 orthopaedics and anaesthesia and emergency and critical care before moving closer to home.
After missing the variety of mixed practice she joined Armac in 2023 and completed her certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice recognising years of further study in Equine lameness diagnostics, therapeutics and Equine critical care.
Rachel is based at our Biggar practice.

Another Great Talk 🗣️Another Great Team 👨🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️Another Great Turnout 👩‍🌾🐄🧑‍🌾🐑Thank you to all that attended, and to t...
06/03/2025

Another Great Talk 🗣️

Another Great Team 👨🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️

Another Great Turnout 👩‍🌾🐄🧑‍🌾🐑

Thank you to all that attended, and to the Peebles Rugby Club staff. The pies 🥧 pints 🍻 and professionalism of our speakers were fabulous!

We all enjoyed Kenny & Karen’s talk about Responsible use of medicines 💊💉 and Colostrum Management 🥛🐄.

Again everyone was extremely generous and £400 for both Farm Strong and RSABI has been raised over the two nights, which Armac vets will round up to £500 each! 💷

We will send out your certificates in the coming weeks by email.📧

Great Talk 😃 Great Team👫 Great Turnout 🐮🐏And a Great big thank you to the 70 guests that came to our evening in Biggar t...
28/02/2025

Great Talk 😃 Great Team👫 Great Turnout 🐮🐏
And a Great big thank you to the 70 guests that came to our evening in Biggar to discuss Responsible use of medicines and Colostrum Management. 🍼💉 We also raised a whopping £532 for Farm Strong and RSABI 💰
If you missed it we still have availability for you to join us in Peebles on Tuesday 4th March, 7.30pm RFC.
Email [email protected] to confirm attendance.

And it’s not just large animal caesarean season here at Armac 🐑 🐄 🐖 Meet Cookie, and her 9 (!) puppies. This lovely girl...
20/02/2025

And it’s not just large animal caesarean season here at Armac 🐑 🐄 🐖

Meet Cookie, and her 9 (!) puppies. This lovely girl was struggling to give birth herself, so our vet Esther stepped in and delivered them via caesarean section. Both mum and pups doing really well.

Well done Esther & Cookie 🐶

Address

Biggar

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 6pm
Thursday 8:30am - 6pm
Friday 8:30am - 6pm
Saturday 8:30am - 12:30pm

Telephone

+441899220046

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