The Carisbrooke Vets

18/09/2025

Was a absolute pleasure to help this beautiful seal, and make sure he made it to the RSPCA rehabilitation on the mainland. We wish him all the best in his recovery and onward journey. 🦭

Very cute cargo alert!🚨😍

Last week, our team helped transport this beautiful young Grey seal pup aboard Red Osprey.🦭

The pup had hauled out on the shopfront of an Island business, curling up beside their benches - much to the surprise of customers and staff alike!

Marine Mammal Medics were quickly on the scene and found him underweight at just 13kg. At approximately four weeks old, he was also dehydrated and exhausted. He was taken to The Carisbrooke Vets for assessment, where he received round-the-clock care and feeding overnight to stabilise him for his onward journey.🩺

The next morning, Medics transported him across the Solent, before handing him over to the expert team at the RSPCA rehabilitation centre. There, he has been named Elmer, and he’ll spend the next couple of months regaining his strength - and piling on the blubber he’ll need to thrive when he’s released back into the wild on the west coast.

Read more on Elmer's story, thanks to British Divers Marine Life Rescue: https://bit.ly/41VrFrM

14/09/2025

Just another reminder for all who will visit us the next few days 😊

Notice to clients

We would like to ensure our clients have notice of work that is due to commence on Monday 15 the September till Wednesday 17th September

As some of you may have seen, we have been working on our Newport site.

Our next job is our conservatory on our hospital building. It has been a long standing feature that we use to admit and discharge your companions to you, but it has come to a point where it needs updating.
We are going to be having scaffolding in place for the dates mentioned above, and so our car park may be limited on room.
We have been working towards this for some time, and hope that you can all bear with us while we undertake this next step.

We shall be open as normal during this time, so please allow extra time to reach us

Thank you for your understanding

12/09/2025

We have been made aware by the Cats Protection of a female long haired black and white cat in the Carisbrooke high street area, towards The Waverly. She does not have a microchip and may have wandered a little too far from home.

If you think she is yours please contact us on 01983522822 or The Cats Protection on 03000 120251 or [email protected]

05/09/2025

Notice to clients

We would like to ensure our clients have notice of work that is due to commence on Monday 15 the September till Wednesday 17th September

As some of you may have seen, we have been working on our Newport site.

Our next job is our conservatory on our hospital building. It has been a long standing feature that we use to admit and discharge your companions to you, but it has come to a point where it needs updating.
We are going to be having scaffolding in place for the dates mentioned above, and so our car park may be limited on room.
We have been working towards this for some time, and hope that you can all bear with us while we undertake this next step.

We shall be open as normal during this time, so please allow extra time to reach us

Thank you for your understanding

27/08/2025

Every one meet our little star Kiki 🌟

This lovely girl was in recently for her spay and was such a pleasure to have in for the day. She was brave from start to finish, took everything in her stride, and so it was only right she was given one of our bravery certificates 😊

26/08/2025

On line prescription requests

It appears that some of the prescriptions we are getting though are only selecting one item.
If you are needing to request more than one medication please check your list before sending or alternatively please contact the practice so we can assist.
We hope to have this resolved soon and apologise for the inconvenience

18/08/2025

Prescription reminder

Just a reminder to all that we have another bank holiday on Monday 25th August.

Please ensure that any medications you may need, are requested in time for us to dispense to you.

03/08/2025

We've had a female tortoiseshell kitten brought into us from Shorwell Shute. She is approximately 9 weeks old, and has no collar or microchip.
If you think she is yours please contact us on 01983522822
Thankyou.

31/07/2025

Note to clients

Following the big baby boom that has descended on the practice (Which we are delighted with) we have had to make some adjustments to our branches and schedule.

We are currently closed at Freshwater on a Tuesday and Sandown on a Wednesday.

These are just temporary measures while our staff get to enjoy the new challenges that come with parenthood.

We know it can be frustrating trying to book appointments and to have your animals seen, we will always endeavour to do what we can but with the staff levels running a little low, we need to look after the team that are still working.

So please be kind to all you meet and speak to, and let’s continue to work together as the happy community we know we are

27/07/2025

Some of our wonderful farm team 😊

Tb testing - last week, the practice and three of us farm vets, were audited by UK farmcare (APHA subcontractors). The Tb testing that we do out on farms is only a small part of the background work that goes into providing this service - we have to keep records of fridge temperatures, (daily), calibrate the fridges for storage of the injections, the guns have to be sent away to be regularly serviced and cleaned and taken apart weekly in the practice, the vets have to re train every two years (and pay for the privilege. Every year, the practice is audited including all records, training, our anthrax and brucella testing. Thank you to the farm we were on for being patient during the audit and very big thanks to everyone in the office who keeps the show on the road. (Sorry Euan and Rosie for the photo but it had to be done). Happy to say audit passed for another year!

24/07/2025

7.30pm update

Please only for genuine emergencies

“We’re currently experiencing network issues due to a nationwide problem affecting Vodafone, Three, EE and BT. As a result, calls may not be getting through and we’re unable to divert to our usual out-of-hours number.
If your call is urgent, please hang up and redial 07960 465213.

Please note that due to these issues, you may still have difficulty getting through. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.”

*******Out of hours phone line *******

To all our clients we are currently experiencing issues with our out of hours service.
The phone lines are being manned by our team, but are still coming through but to our normal line without the emergency message.
Please can we ask that only genuine emergencies use our phone lines, and all rouitne enquiries be called for in office hours
Thank you

16/07/2025

Do you have a cat 😺, dog 🐶 or rabbit🐰? Are you part of our Pet Health Plan?

Joining the Pet Health Plan is easy, and is a great way to be proactive about keeping your pet healthy, whilst spreading the costs of pet care into easy monthly amounts.

The plan's monthly payments include such benefits as:
🐾 annual vaccines
🐾 vet prescribed flea and worm treatments,
🐾50% off a wellness blood test
🐾10% off dental procedures .to name a few!

Please speak to our reception team or go to our website to sign up.