Leeds Vets for Pets

10/01/2025

January charity collections! 🐱 📖 🐶 🦴

Regular visitors might have spotted our second hand book sale in reception - this has been really popular in the last few months. Feel free to pop in and have a look at our collection. All proceeds are going to, Bradford Cat Watch Rescue, a very worth cause.

In December we started an animal food collection for Leeds South and East Foodbank. Thankyou to those who have dropped off food for the collection, we will continue this collection until the end of January if anyone else would like to make any donations.

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas from Leeds Vets for Pets and a warm welcome to Teigan.

Teigan joined the team a few weeks ago as a veterinary care assistant. Some of you may have already met Teigan on reception! Please join us in giving her a very warm welcome. 🤗

Also pictured is Ernie (a mischievous border terrier) who belongs to vet Alice. He wants to remind you we are still collecting for Leeds South And East Foodbank and would love your donations. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated by this fantastic organisation.

We would like to wish all our clients a very merry Christmas. We close later this afternoon and then hand over to the lovely team at Vets for Pets Leeds Birstall 24/7 Small Animal Hospital. We open again at 8am on 27th December.

20/12/2024

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our clients a lovely Christmas time. We hope you and your four legged friends stay out of mischief! 🎅 Thankyou for your support and kindness throughout the year, as well as all the Christmas goodies and cards so many of you have delivered. It really means a lot ♥️.

⭐️⭐️This is a reminder for all medication orders to place by 12 noon Saturday 21st (tomorrow) in order to have them in time for Christmas.⭐️⭐️

🎄Christmas opening times🎄
Sat 21st 9am - 5pm
Mon 23rd 8am - 7pm
Christmas Eve 8am-4pm
Christmas Day - closed
Boxing Day - closed
Friday 27th - 8am - 7pm
Sat 28th - 9am - 5pm
Sunday 29th - closed
Monday 30th - 8am - 7pm
NYE - 8am - 4pm
NYD - closed
January 2nd back open as usual

Out of our opening hours the lovely team at will be there to help you.

Merry Christmas from the Easterly Road team 🎅

11/12/2024

⭐ Community spirit this Christmas (and beyond)⭐️

The team here at Easterly Road really wanted to try and help out our local community. We know times can be hard, especially leading up to Christmas so we have started a food bank collection at the practice. We will be providing animal feed in support of the Leeds east and south food bank and would love your help too. If you have any unopened animal food your animals may no longer like / eat or fancy picking up some extras when you’re next shopping we will collect this together and deliver to our local food bank.

Leeds South and East Foodbank

We hope you like our tree too - thanks to St Gemma's Hospice🎄♥️

09/12/2024

‼️UPDATE ‼️

We have managed to have our phone lines diverted to a staff members mobile.

HOWEVER we only have ONE working phone line at the moment so there may still be a wait.

Please bear with us while we get this sorted and don’t forget you can always email us at [email protected] if you can’t get through on the phones.

In the meantime, here’s Mustang the tortoise enjoying a bath!

09/12/2024

☎️URGENT ☎️

Unfortunately we are having difficulties with our phone lines this morning. We are hoping this should be rectified soon.

For urgent enquiries please message us on Facebook with your animal name and telephone number and we will contact you ASAP.

Any non urgent issues please bare with us and we will update you soon.

Many thanks, the Easterly road team x

05/12/2024

We have a few new faces joining the team so we thought we best introduce them!

Up first is Lisa, who has joined us as veterinary care assistant with the plan to become a veterinary nurse. This is a complete career change for Lisa, who previously worked in clinical research!
Here is Lisa and gorgeous Earl who was castrated this week, please join us in welcoming Lisa to the team! 👋🏻

25/11/2024

🌈🌧️🌈🌧️🌈

Our view from reception this morning - a lovely double rainbow ♥️

23/11/2024

Thankyou to everyone for your patience today as we assembled a team - staff walked miles in the snow and even came in on their days off to make sure we could open (even if a little late!)

Earlier in the week we mentioned a staff pet had eaten rat poison in the local park. This is Ernie who ate the poison, here he is fully recovered (after some medication and blood tests) ‘zooming’ in the snow this morning. Thankyou everyone for sharing the post and making people aware. We thankfully haven’t seen any more cases this week.

We hope everyone stayed safe today in the horrible weather.

Team Easterly Road ♥️

23/11/2024

⛄️ ‼️⛄️ ‼️

Given the unexpected arrival of a lot of snow this morning we are working with a reduced workforce.

Please bare with us while phone lines are busy this morning. We will be in touch when we can. Please feel free to message on here and we will get back to you.

Non emergency appointments e.g. boosters will be rearranged this morning.

Please do not travel to us if it is unsafe.

Thanks, the Easterly Road team xx

20/11/2024

The whole team at V4P Easterly Road are incredibly proud ofour veterinary nurse Aimee who has passed her final exams (with flying colours!) to become a RVN (Registered Veterinary Nurse).
Aimee has worked incredibly hard and her dedication has paid off.
We expected nothing less, as Aimee goes above and beyond for her patients, and we can’t wait to see her continue to develop in this new role.

This is Aimee with Crackle, a favourite patient of ours who was in for checks last week. ♥️

Well done Aimee!! 👏

18/11/2024

⚠️ ***PLEASE SHARE*** ⚠️

One of our own staff dogs found and ate what we believe to be rat poison in Roundhay park this morning. Thankfully with quick treatment he should be ok.

Ingestion of rat poison can be fatal. It is often bright blue / green in colour. Please take caution if your dog if off lead or a scavenger in our local parks. If you are worried your dog has ingested rat poison please seek veterinary attention immediately.

If you would like any advice please call us on 0113 240 6222. 📞

Police and the local council have been informed and are investigating.

Thankyou, Leeds Vets for Pets 🐶

11/11/2024

Tonight we had one of our favourite patients. Koda visits regularly for allergy injections called cytopoint. When Koda first visited us, he could be grumpy and difficult to examine. Now he loves his vet visits and is the perfect patient, he is so much happier now his skin and ears are less sore. The staff even fight over who gets to see him!

We loved his poppy tonight for Remembrance Day ♥️🥀

31/10/2024

🎃 Happy Halloween for the team at Easterly Road 🎃

The team enjoyed a lovely lunch with some delicious bakes from nurse Rosy this week.

We think Tinkerbelle the Sphynx cat looks great in her Halloween outfits, are any of our other patients dressing up this Halloween?

🎆⚠️🎇⚠️🎆⚠️🎇⚠️🎆

We know a lot of animals struggle at this time of year with fireworks. Please feel free to call us for advice if you are worried about your pet. There are different techniques we can advise to help calm your pet, or sometimes we may suggest medication to help them remain calm.

🎆⚠️🎇⚠️🎆⚠️🎇⚠️🎆

30/10/2024

⭐️ Double trouble! ⭐️

Meet Henri and Liliana, they came in last week to be neutered. We love their outfits - adorable but also preventing post operative infections!

🌼🍉

Benefits of neutering cats:
♥️prevent unwanted pregnancies
♥️prevent excessive breeding and overpopulation
♥️reduce illness including infections e.g. FIV and cancers
♥️reduce unwanted behaviours e.g. spraying, roaming

Please call if you would like any advice regarding neutering your pets. We offer £15 pre neuter checks with our nurses to discuss the best option for your pet if you haven’t been to see us before. We also offer discount on neutering via our care plans.

📞 Call us on 0113 240 6222 📞

22/10/2024

Meet Bear 🐻
Bear visited yesterday to see vet Alice for his second vaccination.
At 12 weeks old he weighs a tiny 2.2kg, can you guess his breed?

01/10/2024

Today is Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day so we thought we would give a particular shout out to the ladies who run our front of house, Lisa and Jackie.

As first point of call on the phone and in person we know what a difference these two wonderful ladies make to your experience at Easterly Road. From calming you and your pets in stressful situations to helping support you in the sad times.

The hard work and dedication it takes to be a veterinary receptionist goes far beyond the front desk.

♥️♥️♥️

16/09/2024

💚We’re hiring! 💚

We have an exciting new position opening at Easterly Road for a Veterinary Care Assistant.

This position will be varied in its role; from helping in reception, to working alongside our team of vets and veterinary nurses and to helping keep the practice running smoothly!
Please see our advert for further details!

Our practice is bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including digital X-ray and in-house laboratory facilities.

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.”

19/01/2024

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."

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.

16/12/2023

Five-year-old Buddy will be thinking twice about picking up sticks in future after one pierced his tongue and he had to be taken for treatment at Vets4Pets Lisburn.

Owner Danielle says Buddy doesn't normally play with sticks but one day he saw other dogs having fun with sticks and ran over to join in. "We heard a loud yelp and he came sheepishly over to us, with his tail between his legs, and we realised he was in pain. We took him to the practice where Becky the vet found the hole under his tongue and treated him with dissolving stitches, antibiotics and painkillers. Becky was so lovely."

Danielle says: "Buddy is doing absolutely great now and we are keeping an extra eye on him – we've even bought him a fake fabric bendy stick from Pets at Home!"