Thirsk Veterinary Centre

11/04/2025

🐥 EASTER OPENING TIMES 🐥

Friday 18th April CLOSED
Saturday 19th April 9am-12 noon
Sunday 20th April CLOSED
Monday 21st April CLOSED

As always out of hours care is available by ringing the practice number on 01845 444681 where you will be diverted to the provider of your choice.

🐰 Happy Easter to all our clients and patients 🐰

09/04/2025

🐢 Did you know tortoises have been around for more than 230 million years and coexisted with dinosaurs! 🐢

Turbo the tortoise came to see us today for a health check and beak trim. He enjoyed eating some grapes during his visit and was very well behaved!

07/04/2025

Teddy has been a very brave boy when he came in for a consult with vet Isabella for this piece of stick stuck in his mouth!

☀️ He is feeling much better now it’s been removed and is going to finish his walk in the sunshine ☀️

04/04/2025

🐍 ADDERS 🐍

Adders are the UK’s only venomous species of snake and can be identified by their distinctive zig zag pattern. They are now awake and can commonly be found in woodlands, moorlands and at the coast.

Adders tend to keep themselves to themselves but can be startled by dogs and bite, particularly the face or lower leg. Adders bites are an emergency and need a vet ASAP to treat.

If you are concerned your dog has been bitten, stay calm, carry them if possible and contact the surgery as soon as you can on 01845 444681

26/03/2025

This is Pip a 10 Week old Guinea Pig that came in for a health check up with Nikki, she has settled into her new home fabulously.
Pip is one of 4 Guinea Pigs - did you know a group of guinea pigs is called a 'herd!’
Welcome to the herd Pip 🐹

22/03/2025

Woody will do anything for a gravy bone 🤤

Happy Saturday! 🐶🐱🐰🐹

15/03/2025

🎉 Happy 4th Birthday to us! 🎉

We’re celebrating four years of Thirsk Veterinary Centre today 🐾

Thank you to all of our loyal clients and dedicated staff who have helped make our practice not only a success but a truly happy place for pets and people alike.

Heres to many more years 🥰

14/03/2025

⚠️ GRAPHIC PICTURES WARNING ⚠️

Gracie has been one of our regular patients with us for the past 3 months, and we just had to share her success story with you.

Gracie was attacked by another dog in December last year, she received emergency treatment with a different practice, but unfortunately her wound broke down due to the infection.

The defect left behind by this was just too big to close surgically so we opted to manage the wound via secondary intention. This means we let her body do the work and heal the wound from inside to the outside.
The best bit about healing by secondary intention is that Gracie did not require any further anaesthetics, her body did the hard work.

With regular check ups and bandage changes with our Vets and Nurses, after 3 months Gracie is finally fully healed.

The pictures below show her healing process and also how well she tolerated everything.
We will certainly miss our regular Gracie cuddles because she really was a super patient.

Isn’t the body just amazing 🤩

Facebook has hidden the graphic photos so if you do want to see just click the ‘learn more’ button and it will say ‘see picture’!

07/03/2025

‼️ ‼️ Please don’t bring poorly birds into the practice, if you have any concerns please call us first ‼️‼️

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed at a premises near Thirsk, Thirsk and Malton, North Yorkshire.
A 3km Protection Zone (PZ) and 10km Surveillance Zone (SZ) have been put in place around the premises.

All bird keepers in these areas must keep their birds housed to protect them from bird flu. This applies to pet birds, commercial flocks and just a few birds in a backyard flock.

All bird keepers should remain vigilant and follow the housing and stringent biosecurity measures in addition to following any Protection/Surveillance Zone restrictions in their area to prevent future outbreaks.

06/03/2025

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Busy day yesterday!

Started with some admin catching up on reports.

Then headed to a very busy Thirsk Veterinary Centre to refresh some lovely staff on the ins and out of physiotherapy and how successful a vet-led, collaborative approach can be for our small animal community. 🐾

Next up, over to AquaPaws Hydrotherapy for some appointments. 💧

Finally followed by an evening of physiotherapy assessments over at Positively Canine. 🐶

⬇️ Literal depiction of me after arriving home at 8:30 last night. 😂

28/02/2025

Four years ago, Anne and Julian delivered Sapphire by caesarean section. Her mum (Gina) was our first ever patient. Today, Sapphire had her own litter! Great teamwork everyone and a happy and healthy bunch of babies!

14/02/2025

💘🐾 Happy Valentine's Day from some of our staff pets to you! 🐾💘

The love we have for our pets even though we have never shared a conversation, is proof that actions speak louder than words 💗

Here’s to the unconditional love they bring every day 💝

22/01/2025

Poor Barney regretted his choice of eating a tub of Quality Street this afternoon!

Thankfully his owners brought him in straight away for us to induce vomiting. The wrappers are nearly as dangerous as the chocolate, so it was very important these were removed and didn’t form an obstruction.

He went home feeling a bit sorry for himself but will be back to normal in no time 🐶🍫

12/01/2025

❄️ A handy guide in this extremely cold weather! ❄️

24/12/2024

Happy Christmas from all of us!!! 🎄🎄
🐶🐱🐰🐹

21/12/2024

Isabella, Amy and Sam feel very festive today in their Christmas Jumpers! 🎅 🎄

16/12/2024

🎅🏼🎄✨CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES ✨🎄🎅🏼