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We are committed to bringing affordable, high quality care via a modern, well equipped practice, including a lab, pharmacy, digital x-ray, and ultrasound. Vets4Pets is committed to bringing you affordable, high quality care via a modern, well equipped practice, including a lab, pharmacy, digital x-ray and ultrasound.
‼️Card Machine issues‼️
We are experiencing some issues with our card machines. We have contacted our supplier and it is a national issue.
We do have the facility to do online payments via whatsapp but please bring Cash or your physical card as an online payment requires your card details
We apologise for any inconvenience and will keep you updated 🤞🏻
✨Frankie Update✨
Frankie is doing amazingly well!
His cheeky personality is out in full force as he has decided the office chair is now his and has started a feud with the boss over ownership 😂
If you know anyone who might be able to offer Frankie a loving home please share this post with them as we will be looking to rehome him in the coming weeks 🏡
✨ MEET FRANKIE✨
Affectionately names after Frankenstein, we have a new addition to the team 👻
Frankie was signed over to us last week as he had a pr*****ed a**s and his lower lip/chin had detached. After a successful double surgery his face is now healing nicely (with a few sutures still in place) and his bum is healing well also 🥰
Keep an eye out for Frankie updates as once he is fully healed we will be looking his forever home 🏡
🧾Bank Holiday Orders 🧾
Please be aware any orders placed today WONT arrive until Tuesday 27th
Please ensure all orders needed for Tuesday are placed before 5.30 pm this evening.
We hope everyone has a great Bank Holiday!
Cannock Vets4Pets 🐾🐾
‼️Telephone Issues‼️
We are having some issues with our telephone lines.
For any repeat prescription orders please email us at ‘[email protected]’ 📧
Alternatively you can also whatsapp us on +44 7862 119894 💬
We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to have the issues resolved shortly 🤞🏻
✨Day in the life✨
Join Stanley throughout his stay with us. Stanley came in for his castration at the same time his sister-Socks came for her spay. Socks was a little camera shy but Stanley was more than happy for us to film his day with us.
✨Meet Beau✨
Beau came in as she had swelling on her face.
We think she may have been stung by a bee 🐝
After an antihistamine injection and monitoring Beau’s face became less swollen. She was very pleased to be able to see out of both eyes again! 🐾
Beau’s owner did the right thing by bringing her straight down.
Bee stings can be fatal- depending on location, the swelling can continue to the throat and compromise airways.
❗️If you think your pet may have been stung, or if your pet suddenly becomes swollen please call us immediately on 01543424100 📞
‼️Roadworks‼️
Please check your journey route if you’re thinking of paying us a visit or, you have appointments booked as multiple roadworks are in place around the practice.
These may affect your journey so please allow more time than usual to get to us.
If you think you may be late to your appointment please let us know so we can alter our diary accordingly to ensure your pets get seen 🐾
✨JOIN OUR TEAM✨
We’re looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join us!
This is an exciting opportunity in our practice in Cannock for an experienced or newly qualified candidate to come and join us part-time and expand your skills. The practice is a 4.5 vet surgery with a wide mix of surgical and internal medicine skills. Nurse consults are 20 minutes minimum or longer if working with a weight clinic. Nurses have administration support from the Practice Manager and general manager.
This position would be full-time to 40 hours and there is no OOH and 1 in 4 weekends.
What we offer:
We offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities and an excellent package and benefits that includes:
Salary between £24,000 and £30,000 (dependant on experience)
Enhanced holiday allowance of 264hrs a calendar year the first January after completing 2yrs service
Contributory pension scheme
Team Building weekends and nights out
Memberships paid
CPD allowance is encouraged and supported
Cycle to work scheme
Exclusive group discounts including 20% across the Pets at Home Group, High Street Retailers and Gym Memberships
How to Apply
If you think this is the perfect role for you then please contact [email protected]
UPDATE: HAS A HOME
UP FOR REHOMING 🐈⬛🐱
Meet Garry, he’s approximately 18 months old and is looking for a new home.
He’s a neutered male, very friendly and playful.
Needs to be the only pet in the household.
Looking for cuddles and lots of love.
Please email us with some information if you think you can offer a suitable home 🏠 on [email protected]
Thank you for all the shares, we have seen some of the comments in regards to the dog warden.
All veterinary practice in the UK have a legal responsibility to inform the dog warden of a stray when no owner comes forward. As a practice that doesn’t provide out of hours on site, we are unable to keep patients after 7pm.
The dog warden hold all dogs for 7 days to allow them to be reunited with there owners. It is the responsibility of the owner to keep microchip details such as phone numbers and emails up to date so we can contact an owner as this is the easiest way to contact you if your pets handed into us, especially if they have been rehomed into a different area or have gone on their travels.
Update: no owner has come forward if you suspect it’s your dog they are now with the dog warden
‼️URGENT STRAY DOG HANDED IN‼️
Is Microchipped but can’t get ahold of the owner with the phone number
Gender withheld for ID purposes
Proof of identification will be required upon collection.
With spring and Easter only round the corner it’s feels right that we start the toxicity countdown!
Starting at number 1 - Lillies 💐
Not the only toxic flower to cats but definitely one of ones which has the most severe consequence.
We recommend nit having them in your house at all as every part of the Lilly can be fatal, especially to cats, it has the ability to cause kidney failure in as little as 3 days.
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.”
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."
Pippin came for his 2nd vaccination with our nurses and decided that he also wanted to learn about quality assurance of the sterilising we carry out! 👨🏻⚕️
He also made sure we got his side profile because that’s ‘his better side’ 🤣
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."
‼️ IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING CAT MICROCHIPS ‼️
From June 10th 2024 it will be a legal requirement for all cats, 20 weeks and over, to have a microchip and for it to be kept up to date.
We offer for microchips to be done at the time of all our neutering which can be carried out from 16 weeks of age.
Microchips are essential to helping us reunite you with your cats.
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."
‼️BLACK AND WHITE CAT HANDED IN‼️
We have the microchip number but the phone number that’s linked isn’t working!
We have withheld the gender for identification purposes
If you think it’s your cat please call 📞 on 01543424100 or email with photos to [email protected]
Happy pancake day !!
Who’s having pancakes for dinner, comment below👇🏼
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."
DENTAL CARE IS ESSENTIAL 🦷🪥
We understand the importance of our own dental hygiene and clean our teeth daily, well it’s no different for our pets.
The best way to reduce dental plaque build up is too brush daily, however, some pets just won’t cooperate no matter how hard you may try…
There are other options which can help with at home dental care, call 📞 01543424100 to book a nurse consultation to discuss tips, tricks, and options for you to try!
Make sure you get my good side 📸😍
Wow what a pretty girl we had in, most the time animals coming to vets involves cuddles out the back and squeaks from the excited team 🤩
We couldn’t resist cuddles with Christine!!!
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
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."
OZZY OZZY OZZY ! 🎉
What a cutie pie you are 😍
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.”
🥺 if I look long enough maybe I’ll get a treat
This little cutie came to see one of nurses for his 2nd vaccination 💉
We recommended vaccinating all your pets to ensure they have the most coverage on board to prevent them getting potentially fatal diseases.
Always snuggle o’clock!
Eddie came in for his castration and used his cutest face to steal some extra cuddles off Katie, one of the nurses. 🥺❤️
He definitely had the right idea to remain snuggled up and stay warm, we can’t blame him either with all this frosty weather we’ve had 🥶❄️
Who could say no to puppies 🥹
These little puppers were born via emergency C-section. Mom was trying her best but been a first time parent she was a bit nervous so needed some help.
We don’t see c-sections very often so when we do it’s all hands on deck to help but also steal some snuggles 🥰
The team at Vets4Pets Cramlington say greyhound Frank was "an absolute gentleman" when he came in for some dental work.
Seven-year-old Frank was brought in by owner Harriet to get rid of some plaque which had built up and to treat a gum inflammation. Veterinary nurse Vicki said: "Frank was a very good boy and left with clean, fresh and sparkly teeth. It's so very important to get your dog's teeth checked and we advise pets to have an annual dental check. Eighty per cent of dogs over the age of three have dental disease. Prevention is much better than cure and regular checks and routine cleaning keep your pet's mouth healthier for longer and can help to prevent extensive extractions later in life. We are always happy to offer advice on maintenance and dental care at home such as teeth brushing or dental supplements."
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."
Meet the gorgeous Luther!
He brought his ball in for support when he visited us for the day!
We find that our patients settle better when they have something familiar to play/see so feel free to bring along their favourite toys when they come !!
Pain may not be obvious but it’s not normal 🤕
Our pets are very good at hiding the fact they may be in pain, this makes it hard to recognise quickly!
Just like humans, they are more likely to experience painful conditions such as arthritis as they age. But, there are ways that we can help to reduce the pain felt.
Below are some good resources from international cat care and the international canine behaviourist which show some of the signs to look.
If you notice anything abnormal for your pet call on 015434324100 to book an appointment with one of our veterinary surgeons.
Look how big Echo is now 🤯
Echo was first posted on our page back in April and we think it’s fair to say he’s had a little growth spurt! 🌱
Do you feed your pets human food?
Have a look at the charts below to see how many extra calories they having!
All the little bits they have throughout the day all adds up leading to their weight creeping up - we can help, any concerns book in to see a member of our team for guidance and support.
Spot Maggie May 🫣🤗
Maggie joined us for the day whilst she had her her spay carried out!
🐱 Spaying reduces the risk of unwanted litters.
🐱 It will help to control nuisance. When female cats come into heat they will call out for a male cat. If there are any male cats around they will all be looking for her which can then lead to spraying and fighting!
🐱 Female cats that aren’t neutered are more likely to suffer from a pyometra (infection of the uterus) as well as mammary tumours developing.
For more information visit:
https://www.vets4pets.com/pet-health-advice/cat-advice/neutering-your-cat/
https://icatcare.org/advice/neutering-your-cat/ #:~:text=Health%20issues.%20Female%20cats%20which,Wildlife%20issues.
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!"
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."
East Cannock Road
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✨Frankie Update✨ Frankie is doing amazingly well! His cheeky personality is out in full force as he has decided the office chair is now his and has started a feud with the boss over ownership 😂 If you know anyone who might be able to offer Frankie a loving home please share this post with them as we will be looking to rehome him in the coming weeks 🏡
✨Day in the life✨ Join Stanley throughout his stay with us. Stanley came in for his castration at the same time his sister-Socks came for her spay. Socks was a little camera shy but Stanley was more than happy for us to film his day with us.
Want to see what we get up to when your pet comes in for an operation? Here is Luna, who was in for her spay procedure. A spay is another term for an ovariohysterectomy procure - meaning we remove the uterus and the ovaries - patients who have had this procedure tend to recover in 10 days. They do need a cone or pet medical suit to prevent interference with the wound but other than that it is straightforward.
🩸Warning! Graphic video below🩸 🐾 Meet Maisy🐾 Maisy she came to us as she kept getting corns appearing on her paw pads which was causing her some discomfort. Thanks to her amazing owner who let our vets carry out a digital tendonectomy which our nurses where keen to see and get involved with too. This procedure involves cutting the tendon which connects to the pad with the corn on. It leaves her with a tiny hidden scar and her recovery was amazing! We are very proud of Maisy and her recovery after ❤️
🐕Confidence Clinics 🐕🦺 We understand that your fur-babies may not enjoy coming to see us, after all who actually enjoys the doctors, dentist or hospitals (never mind all 3 in one). That’s why our dedicated team have come up with confidence clinics to support both you and your fur babies. 🧸What we do? 🎾 We will book you in for an appointment to come in for a chat. There will be no hands on examinations and nothing scary at the appointment. We aim to make this as relaxing as we can and make it as fun and enjoyable as possible with our new toy which is slowly been added too! 👩🏻⚕️During this time we will have a chat about them and how they are at home, in the vets and out on walkies. We will go at the pace which suits you and your furbaby to avoid been overwhelmed, with the aim been to help them enjoy the vets. 💞 Confidence building appointments can also help you teach them valuable skills such as muzzle training, which can make vet visits stress free and quicker if they are happy preforming this skill. 💭 We love seeing all of them and want to help them see that we aren’t as big and scary as they think 💭 🐈⬛They are suitable for all ages, all species and all owners, new or experienced. 🐩 Appointments can be booked by calling 📞 01543424100 or emailing 📧 [email protected] (please note emails are only answered during working hours, for emergencies or urgent concerns please call) 📷: took by Cannock Vets4Pets with owner permission
Melbourne Veterinary Centre - Cannock
Hednesford Street
