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A friendly five vet, eight nurse, eight receptionist team, here six days a week, that we like to call team Kettering.

02/11/2024

Just a reminder, if any of your pets struggle to cope this weekend, the wonderful people at Classic FM will be playing pet friendly PetClassics this weekend - see link below.

Please feel free to share

Stay safe and take care

Kettering Vets4Pets ❤️ 🐾 ❤️

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01/11/2024

*** Relocation Update***

Just to share with you all another quick peak at the work that is going on behind the scenes with our relocation.

The build teams are working so hard to get everything completed and in perfect shape for our first day at the new site, 18th November, we are happy to say that everything is on schedule (🤞) so not long to wait now ☺️☺️☺️

We are over the moon with the progress and so excited for the next chapter and so looking forward to sharing our fabulous practice with you all ☺️🐾❤️

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Take care and stay safe

Chris, Sarah and team ☺️

25/10/2024

*** RELOCATION UPDATE***

We thought you would all like a little update on where we are at with our relocation project.

As you can see from the photos below things are moving on at pace. Our project/build teams are working so hard to keep everything on schedule to open our new site on Monday 18th November. We are so pleased with the progress, our design has really come to life and is really shaping up to be the most fantastic practice for all our patients and clients. Our team honestly cannot wait to move across and welcome you all to our new facility ☺️ 🩺 ❤️

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Stay safe and take care

Chris, Sarah and team ❤️ 🐾 ❤️

10/10/2024

*** Relocation Update ***

We have been spending some time on site in preparation for our relocation in November, we are really thrilled to see things progressing nicely. We wanted to share these photos with you to give a sneak peek as to how our consult rooms and prep area are starting to take shape.

As you can also see we had a special VIP visit from Eddy (Pawject Manager) just to check that every gets his seal of approval!! Eddy will be checking back soon to make sure that everything is in tip top order before the big move.

We cannot wait to welcome you all at our new practice location of Unit 2, Kettering Retail Park, Carina Road, Kettering on 18th November, such exciting times …. the countdown has begun!

Thank you so much for all the support, encouragement and kind words we have received over the past few weeks, it has meant the world to each and every one of us ☺️🐾❤️

Take care everyone

Chris, Sarah and team xx

03/10/2024

*** New premises update ***

We are having regular site visits to our new premises and thought it would be nice to share a sneak peek with you all (see photos below)

Things are progressing nicely, we are super thrilled with how our design is coming to life, and our team are so excited to be able to welcome you all very soon. We are on schedule to have our last day here at Vista Park on Friday 15th November and open our new premises at Carina Rd on Monday 18th November.

We have all so appreciated your support and kind words over the past few weeks, we are over the moon that you are all so excited to see the new premises and stay with us on this journey with us.

We hope you like the photos below showing our waiting area (separate dog area; cat area with our lovely nurse Nikki having a twirl around in; and rabbit and small furries zone), we will be sharing more over the coming weeks

Take care everyone

Chris, Sarah and team ❤️ 🐾 ☺️

01/10/2024

*** National Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day ***

We would like to take a moment to give HUGE thanks and a big round of applause to our wonderful reception team. Today is National Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day and our team deserves that appreciation in spades! They are the heartbeat of our practice, they support our wonderful clients, patients and team often working in challenging circumstances and adapting to difficult situations. Our reception team work absolutely tirelessly to continue to assist everyone. Our team all love their job and put their desire to help people and pets at the fore of every working day.
Our reception team are VIP members of our practice family, so today we give huge thanks and respect as always to Jane, Beth, Sam, Donna K, Donna T, Sue, Rachael and our now seasonal support team Maddie and Anya we salute you all 😊

We also want to wish all Veterinary Receptionists across the U.K. a wonderful week ahead, know that you are shining lights of your practices.

With much love and thanks from all of us

Work Family ❤️🐾

Chris, Sarah and team x

26/08/2024

Happy National Dog Day from our family to yours 🐾

We would love to see what adventures you go on with your furry friends this Bank Holiday Monday! 🐕

15/08/2024

We are so proud to announce that our wonderful Practice Support Assistant Anya has achieved wonderful A level results and is going to be studying Veterinary Medicine at RVC from September.
Anya we could not be more proud of you and are delighted that you get your follow your dreams of becoming a Vet 🩺 ❤️ we will support you every step of the way

Congratulations Anya 🥳👏🩺❤️

Team Kettering Vets4Pets xx

13/08/2024

Hello everyone

We are excited to be able to bring you a little update with our practice relocation. Work is going to be starting shortly to build out the unit in preparation for us to be relocated and up and running by 18th November (fingers firmly crossed) at our new site on Kettering Retail Park, Carina Road, Kettering. As you are aware from our previous post our relocation brings about a larger purpose built premises, with patient and client wellbeing at the fore of all our improved facilities.
❤️🐰❤️ Being a passionate rabbit advocate for so many years (shhhh, we won't say how many) it has been a long held desire of Sarah's to be able to support rabbits (and their owners) with veterinary facilities that meet their unique needs. With this in mind, she designed the new premises to include separate specific rabbit/small furries waiting areas and separate wards. We thought you might like to see a snippet of the visuals for the new rabbit/small furries waiting area, see below, which massively reduces stress impacts for our much loved bunsters.
❤️🐰❤️ Best of all though for our move is of course that we will be bringing our same caring team with us, including our fabulous Nurse Manager and rabbit expert Claire (editor of Rabbiting On! The RWAF magazine) who happens to be over the moon and cannot wait for our wonderful new facilities.

We will be giving further updates over the coming weeks so please do keep your eyes peeled.

Take care
Team Kettering Vets4Pets
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09/08/2024

We would like to introduce you to the latest member of our family! Lots of our wonderful pet parents may recognise Jodie as she first joined us as a student nurse on placement in December 2021, April 2022 and she joined us again in August 2022 for her placement year.

We are pleased for Jodie to officially join our team as a Qualified Veterinary Nurse 💕🐾

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08/08/2024

Happy International Cat Day to all of our feline friends and their pet parents! 🐱🐾

07/08/2024

REUNITED

‼️Found Pet‼️

Good afternoon all,

We have had a Female Blue and Fawn French Bulldog brought into the practice as a stray. She is approximately 2 years old. She is microchipped but unfortunately the details are not up to date. She was found in Kipton Close, Rothwell.

Please share to help locate her owners. Proof of ownership will be required and the dog warden has been contacted 🐾

Thanks!

31/07/2024

A stray cat has been brought into our practice by a kind member of public, found in the Great Oakley area.
The cat was dehydrated, emaciated, had a very heavy flea burden making her poorly. Despite being poorly she is clearly an affectionate sweet girl.
She is white and tabby, young adult, female.
We need to find her owners as soon as possible.
She is being treated and looked after by our vet and nurse team.

Thank you
❤️ 🐈 ❤️

30/07/2024

In honour of world friendship day today we would love for you to share your photos with your Furry, Feathered or Scaled friends to our comments! 🐾🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰🐦🐥🦆🐀🦔🐾

29/07/2024

📣 Meet the Team Monday! 📣

Meet one of our lovely vets Nikkita.

Nikkita graduated from The University of Nottingham in 2019 and joined our team soon after. Growing up with two rescue cats Charlie and Lola, Nikkita has always had a bias towards all things feline. She currently owns a rescue cat Simba and rescue kitten Olive. Nikkita’s favourite part of the day is meeting clients and bonding over their mutual favourite subject, their beloved pet. Nikkita also likes the variety her day to day duties involve and using her love for animals along with veterinary knowledge and skills to make them feel better. Nikkita is developing her professional veterinary interests in feline medicine and ophthalmology. Nikkita’s goal is to bring passionate, friendly and approachable service to every client that she meets and offer support so that their pet can have the best care.

22/07/2024

📣 Meet The Team Monday 📣

Andy is one of our Qualified Veterinary Surgeons.

Andy works with us regularly throughout the year, combining his two favourite passions animal welfare and travel. The worldwide pandemic may have clipped his travel wings somewhat but he is loving his time back in practice getting to know our clients and patients/ Andy enjoys building relationships with clients based on kindness, respect, doing the very best by his patients and mutual trust. Andy has an interest in preventative veterinary healthcare, he also has aspirations to one day have his own animal sanctuary making a start with some rescue hens! In his free time Andy enjoys vegan cooking, reading and learning about global welfare issues. Andy is a much loved member of our team!

18/07/2024

***IMPORTANT PRACTICE UPDATE***

Hello everyone. We hope that you are all keeping well and finally enjoying a bit of sunshine. We just wanted to bring you some important news for our practice. However, before that, we firstly wanted you to say a huge thank you to you all, our wonderful clients, for the support that you have shown us over the last 15 years since we opened our practice in Kettering. We feel incredibly blessed to have the very best clients, it is your support, encouragement, loyalty and friendship that has made it such an honour and joy to be part of the Veterinary Community in Kettering, Sarah’s home town. Thank you everyone.

Now for our news…. It is painfully obvious that we have outgrown our current practice, we are literally bursting at the seams. Our car park has never been adequate and we recognise this causes stress and worry for you all. With this in mind, along with our lease here expiring, we have spent the last two years looking at potential sites to relocation to. It has been a huge struggle to find a premises that is large enough to provide the facilities that we wish to offer our patients, along with the necessary parking and services for our clients. Finally we have got there. In order that we can provide our patients, clients and team with the fabulous veterinary practice that you all deserve, we are going to be relocating to a wonderful unit on the south side of Kettering, on the Kettering Retail Park, Carina Road. We will be sharing this larger premises with Pets at Home pet store who will also be moving in November, giving their customers a fantastic new pet store facility, which of course our clients will be able to enjoy the benefits of whilst visiting our practice.

Our new premises is going to provide a really special and spacious facility, we honestly cannot wait to share it with you. The practice has been designed by Sarah with patient wellbeing at the fore of all requirements. Just to give you a brief insight of what we will have to offer:

🐾 7 spacious consultation rooms including the Gracie Suite (named after our much loved and dearly missed first practice mascot)
🐾 Fully air conditioned and climate control for patient comfort throughout
🐾 Three separate waiting areas for 🐶 dogs; 🐈 cats; 🐰🐭 rabbits and exotics
🐾 Three separate wards for 🐶 dogs; 🐈 cats; 🐰🐭 rabbits and exotics
🐾 A designated isolation facility
🐾 A bespoke dental suite including dental radiography 🦷
🐾 Upgraded imaging suite including state of the art ultrasound for cardiology scans
🐾 Upgraded in-house laboratory facility 🧪 🧫
🐾 Two separate theatre suites for complex and routine procedures

all to provide our patients with the practice and veterinary service they deserve! Most importantly though (and this is the best news) our whole team will be moving with us for this relocation ❤️ We remain the same family run practice, with the same team that you all know and love ❤️

We appreciate that any change can be unsettling and there may be questions that you have, you are welcome to post these below or email the practice on [email protected] and we will endeavour to get back to you over the coming week.

This is the most exciting time for our practice and we will continue to share news with you as things progress. We truly look forward to sharing the next stage of our journey with you all

Best wishes Chris, Sarah and team ☺️❤️🐶🐰🐈🐭🐢🐀🐾❤️

17/07/2024

1 more sleep before we can share our news ☺️

15/07/2024

We are looking forward to being able to share some exciting news with you all later this week. Please keep your eyes peeled on our page for announcement on Thursday and Friday.

Have a lovely week ☺️🐶🐈🐰🐢🐭🐀🐓❤️

03/07/2024

Good evening all,

We have had a Neutered Male Ginger Tabby Domestic Shorthaired cat brought into the practice this evening, sadly deceased following an RTA. He was found on Main Street, Mawsley at approximately 4pm.

This little man is microchipped but unfortunately it is not registered on any uk database. He appears to be approximately 2-5 years of age.

Please share to try and locate his owners 🐾

26/06/2024

🐰 Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) is taking place this week...and as a practice of rabbit owners and enthusiasts we are always happy to raise rabbit awareness!

🐰 This year’s theme is “Healthy Diet, Happy Bunnies!” 🌱

🐰 Choosing the best rabbit food for your bunnies can seem confusing. They are complex animals that need a balanced diet with the right mix of fibre, vitamins and minerals to stay happy and healthy. 🌱

🐰 Rabbits are herbivores, this means rabbits need a plant-based diet with lots of fibre. Fibre is a key part of their diet and it keeps your rabbits’ digestive system healthy and moving, helping to prevent illnesses such as gut stasis🌱

🐰 An easy way to get lots of great fibre in their diet is to make sure your rabbits have unlimited access to good quality, dust extracted feeding hay or fresh grass and this should make up at least 85% of their diet! 🌱

🐰 If you have any questions or need advice about what you should be feeding your rabbits to keep them healthy and in good body condition, please contact the practice by email - [email protected] and our 'rabbit nurse' Claire, will get back to you as soon as possible.

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26/06/2024

With the glorious sunny weather here this week we wanted to share our top tips for keeping your pets cool and safe, plus how to spot the signs of heatstroke! ☀️🥵

☀️ walk dogs first thing in the morning or last thing at night when the weather is cooler

☀️ keep water bottles and bowls topped up with fresh clean water

☀️ when spending time with pets in the garden try to ensure that they spend as much time as possible in the shade

☀️ if possible move hutches and runs of small furries into the shade

☀️ put down cold wet towels for pets to lie on to keep cool

31/05/2024

Lastly we have Sarah!

Sarah opened Kettering Vets4Pets with Chris in December 2009 having been a Head Veterinary Nurse for 9 years in a mixed practice. Sarah strongly believes that having a vet and nurse at the helm of the practice works extremely well for both our patients and our team and is determined that all of our patients receive the highest standards of care. Sarah has special interests in senior patients, rabbits and tortoises. At home Sarah has a large menagerie to keep her busy, along with her gorgeous daughter Lucy. Sarah enjoys vegan baking, wildlife and bird watching, music and all things animal welfare. Lucy is already planning setting up an animal sanctuary in years to come.

29/05/2024

Next we have Megan!

Megan joined us officially in 2022 after she had completed her Veterinary Nursing Student Placement with us throughout 2020 and 2021 and graduated from Nottingham Trent University. Megan enjoys caring for all of our inpatients and surgical patients and is often found taking them for walks outside. Megan also enjoys long walks with her own rescue dog Woody!

24/05/2024

Next we have Anna!

Anna joined us for her Student Nursing Placement in 2018 and returned during 2019 and 2020 to finish her placement before returning to Harper Adams University to finish her studies. Anna officially joined us in 2021 after her completion of this. Anna enjoys taking care of our inpatients, Surgical Nursing, Consulting and particularly enjoys working with Nicole supporting our weight clinics. At home Anna has four cats and two rabbits to keep her on her toes. Anna also enjoys travelling and exploring new cities.

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."

Address

8 Vista Park, Telford Way
Kettering
NN168AS

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Monday	8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 7pm
Thursday	8:30am - 7pm
Friday	8:30am - 7pm
Saturday	8:30am - 4pm

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We do love a happy ending! 💕 Thank you to everyone who shared our post about our little black cat. With the power of social media we were able to reach his owners who have recently moved to the area. Spooky is busy reuniting with his brother after Six weeks! Spooky has also now been microchipped ahead of the new Cat Microchipping law coming into place in June 2024. He promises us not to go on anymore adventures anytime soon! #microchipping #ketteringvets4pets #kettering #cats #microchippingawareness #veterinarymedicine #lostcat #pets

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