Middlesbrough Vets4Pets

29/10/2024

Same Day Appointments Available Monday-Friday 8.30-6.30pm

Ways you can make an appointment:

🤳Request a day & time via WhatsApp 07360 497355

🤳Make your own booking via the Vets4Pets App

🤳Request a day & time via email
[email protected]

🤳Call the practice direct 01642 828900 especially in an emergency

27/10/2024

Don't forget to get your pets ready for the firework season!

Contact us via WhatsApp 07360 497355 for advice or to book a £30 special discounted rate appointment :-)

Bonfire night is often a stressful time of year for both dogs and cats .... but it doesn't have to be that way.

There are many things as owners we can do to help prepare our pets such as making them a safe place a few weeks before hand, on the night playing music or having the TV on to drown out loud noises, close the windows and the curtains so they don't see the flashes and much more.

Feel free to ask us about Calmex tablets for dogs & Calmex oral solution for cats in addition to the gorgious smelling Calmex plug in. These are products that can be used in the home to help them feel calm and relaxed on the day if they are used a few days-weeks in advance.

Please don't hesitate to contact us at the surgery for any advice :-)

12/10/2024

How fantastic 👏 we have been listed as 1 of the top 3 vets in Middlesbrough!
It is our teams honour to be your community vet & look after all your fur babies!
Feeling lots of gratitude 🙏
⭐🐾Thank you one & all🐾⭐

Expert recommended Top Vets in Middlesbrough. How do we actually find? ThreeBestRated.co.uk 50-Point Inspection includes everything from checking reputation, history, complaints, reviews, ratings, satisfaction, trust and price to the general excellence.

12/10/2024

Instagram is the place to be for wholesome posts & lots of 🐾❤🐾❤
Press Follow on Insta so you don't miss
out on what the team are up to day to day!

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12/10/2024

We want to congratulate our newly qualified nurse Liberty RVN with Diploma in Canine Behaviour 🐾
It has been a long hard journey of study & determination to become a qualified RVN (Registered Veterinary Nurse) & we are super proud to have Liberty as part of our team.
Our nurses do an amazing job- chronic illness clinics, minor surgery, aiding with dentals, post-operative checks, blood samples, monitoring anaesthetics, xrays & much more than we could explain here.
Liberty also runs our Canine Confidence Clinics open for bookings WhatsApp 07360 497355 🤳
Whilst doing all the medical duties & assistance to help the Vets, they ensure that your pet is truely looked after & cared for like one of their own ❤
Well done Liberty 🎉

02/10/2024

Keep up with more pup-tastic & kitty-licious content from the surgery by following our new instagram page 🐾

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02/10/2024

Meet Dixie 🐾❤
Welcome to the Middlesbrough Vet4Pets family you were super brave at your visit!

01/10/2024

Welcome to the Vets4Pets family Henry!! Super lovely meeting you today!

01/10/2024

💚 Today is Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day 💚

Our amazing Receptionists are the first point of contact for all clients whether it is on the telephone or face to face when they come into the Practice. Their aim is make both you, the owner, and your pet feel at ease. All of our team are dedicated and committed to providing the very best care for your beloved pet and this starts at soon as they walk in to the Practice.

No two days are the same on Reception and it can often become extremely busy extremely quickly. Sometimes the telephone is not answered as quickly as we (or you) would want. This is normally because we are dealing with an emergency so please be patient.

Our Reception Team work closely with our Vets and Nurses to make sure everyone is kept informed with all the important information about your pet.

We really couldn’t do without them – THANK YOU 🐾🐾

30/09/2024

Attention all poultry keepers!🐤🐔

From 1st October 2024, all poultry keepers in Great Britain, regardless of flock size and including those kept as pets, must register with the APHA online via the link below.

Register if you keep up to 49 birds, including any kept as pets.

20/09/2024

Meet Kuroro getting super hugs & fuss after being so brave for his castration. We try make your cats day stay with us as stressfree as we can

07/08/2024

Attention
We are closing early due to riot risk
For absolute emergencies between 5.30pm-7pm this evening contact Cleveland Park Vets4Pets 01642431940 until our our of hours provider VetsNow opens 7pm on 01642269398

12/07/2024

Sharing.... please look out for Patch 🤞🐾❤🐾

09/07/2024

🐾 Cuteness Alert!

How cute are these pups that were in today for their first vaccinations and microchip!?

It’s important for puppies to have the best start in life ensuring that they are vaccine protected against infection and disease and have planned preventative parasite care against fleas, ticks and worms according to lifestyle

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have a new puppy that needs to get booked in for any of these things 🐶

Complete Care Plan
Wednesday puppy party 6pm
Vaccination
Microchip
Call 01642 828900 or WhatsApp 07360 497355 for bookings or more information

08/07/2024

🐾 We are proud to introduce to our wonderful clients a new service lead by our nursing team here at Middlesbrough Vets4Pets.

Canine Mobility clinics, lead by our vet nurse Bee, introduce exercise rehabilitation, physiotherapy and massage as a hands-on manual therapy treatment for your pets to help treat conditions such as osteoarthritis and soft tissue injury and help improve the recovery of patients after orthopaedic surgery.

Meet Lola! Lola was the first pooch to take up our offer for a Mobility clinic. Lola attended her first consult and received a full nose to tail exam and massage and started learning the first exercises prescribed by Bee. Her check in followed two weeks later after her owner continued these exercises at home.

Lola showed marked improvement in her endurance and awareness of her hind leg. This small but mighty improvement helped support her as she started to use a doggy wheelchair to help her get out and about to enjoy her golden year's trotting after her proud owners!

If your pet has been diagnosed with a degenerative disease or they are currently on medication but you feel they would benefit from more help then please don't hesitate to contact us.
Bee is available for telephone chats to talk about what the service could do for your pet and a helpful handout explaining the service is also available via email or to collect from the practice.

22/06/2024

Exciting News...Veterinary Nurse Liberty is bringing Middlesbrough Vets4Pets Puppy Parties back 🎉

Numbers allowing we will have a puppy party every Wednesday 6pm-6.45pm

🐾 The puppy parties are held here at the practice, aimed at pups who are not allowed to go outside & socialize with other dogs yet

🐾 They can meet pups similar age to them where they can play & have fun in a safe environment

🐾 There will be lots of useful information for Mum & Dad too!

If your puppy is between 8-12 weeks old & had their 1st vaccination call the practice on 01642 828900 or send us a WhatsApp on 07360 497355 to secure your place

(£20 payable on booking for a 4week course)

06/06/2024

Parking at the practice today- there may be some disruption to parking this morning as tesco wagons are partially blocking the entrance. The site manager will let you in to park if spaces are available otherwise please use farndale Road or Marton Road for parking. Apologies for any inconvenience.

29/05/2024

Meet Toby. Toby came in today for a health check with Efe the vet today. He also had plenty of cuddles with the veterinary nurses included Eleana our head nurse. How adorable is he!

24/05/2024

Please note our surgery will be closed on Monday 27th May for Bank Holiday

If your pet has an emergency please contact our out of hours emergency provider Vets Now on 01642 217605.

(We are open Saturday 25th May as usual 9-12pm)

09/05/2024

Update phones back on!
Thankyou for your patience!

Urgent!
Our phone lines are currently down.
There are vets on site to provide emergency treatment if required.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

Please contact us via WhatsApp 07360497355 or email [email protected] to contact us for appointment or medication requests or other general enquiries.

08/05/2024

Urgent out of hours contact number reminder: vets now, sopwith close 01642 269398

Our phones are still broken so if you call it will ring out. Please use WhatsApp or email below for non urgent enquiries and these will be answered Thursday morning from 8.30am when we open.

Update- computers back on but phones down.
Please contact us via WhatsApp 07360497355 or email [email protected] to get through!!

Urgent!
Our computers & phones are currently down.
We hope they will be up and running very soon as have an engineer on site!
There are vets on site to provide emergency treatment if required.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

03/05/2024

Bank holiday weekend is almost here ☀️

We will be OPEN as normal Fri 3rd May (8.30-7pm) & Sat 4th May(9-12pm)
but CLOSED Sun 5th May & Mon 6th May

We hope you won’t need us but for any emergencies whilst we are closed, please call our out of hours provider:
Vetsnow, Sopwith Close, 01642 269398

27/03/2024

We are closed over the Easter Bank holiday. In an emergency please contact our out of hours provider Vets Now Middlesbrough who will be available for you on 01642 269398.

22/03/2024

Update: Dog with the dog warden
Urgent 🐾🐾
Stray dog found by M.O.P on Borough Road
Male entire JRT no microchip
Call 01642 828900 if this could be your dog. Proof of ownership needed.

10/03/2024

Happy Mother's day to all you pawsome mums 🐾

25/02/2024

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

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

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

21/02/2024

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

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

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

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

18/02/2024

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

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

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

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

16/02/2024

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

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

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

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

07/02/2024

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

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

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

28/01/2024

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

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

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

27/01/2024

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

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

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

26/01/2024

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

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

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

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

18/01/2024

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

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

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

07/01/2024

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

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

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

05/01/2024

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

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

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

03/01/2024

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

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

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

02/01/2024

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

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

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

24/12/2023

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

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

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

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

19/12/2023

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

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

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