Vetcare at Home

11/02/2025

Our advert states “An amazing life deserves amazing end of life care”. We pride ourselves on making this incredibly difficult time as stress free as possible for you and your pets. We always visit our elderly patients in their own home to save them the stress of travelling into practice and offer compassionate and individualised care.

* We offer pain relief, disease management and palliative care for your pets in the comfort of your own home.

When the time comes to to say goodbye

• We usually perform a clinical assessment and quality of life discussion unless this has already been done with your usual vets before our visit.
• We always discuss the procedure beforehand to help you understand the process and to address any fears or worries you may have. We are happy to accommodate any individual requests such as which treats to bring, places where the pet is more comfortable and who will be present when we arrive.
• ALL our visits are in the relaxed setting of your home or garden. This means most pets are already more at ease.
• We are happy to take referrals from your usual veterinary practice - We just need a copy of your pet's medical history and we will update them afterwards for their records.
• We use our unique combination sedative as standard to ensure your pet is fully relaxed and pain free in their final moments. Many older pets are uncomfortable being restrained, so we sneak this injection in at the back of the neck while they are distracted with treats, just like having a vaccination.
• Once the sedative injection is administered, we are happy to stand back and let your pet fall asleep with you in a quiet room. We only give the final injection once we are happy that they are fully asleep and relaxed.
• We only use local, well respected pet crematoriums which we have personally visited so that we can guarantee your pet will be well looked after once they have passed away and their individual ashes can be returned to you.
• If you are struggling to come to terms with the loss of your pet, we have a member of staff trained in pet bereavement to help you find the appropriate support at this difficult time.

We hope that by providing this information you will be better informed when the time does come to say goodbye. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of our team and we will support you through the process.

21/01/2025

We have two spaces that have just become available for tomorrow, for our surgery day in the high peak area or Belper Derbyshire area. Please get in contact with us if you are interested. We are offering 20% off all procedures booked in today, for tomorrow only. This includes our very popular dentals 🦷🐈🐕🐾🐰

15/01/2025

We would love to nominate Sacha for our pet of the month in January. We first met Sacha in March 2024 when we were called out to look at her sore ears. She was initially very nervous around us as her and her brother were not used to letting strangers into their home. With gentle reassurance from her owner and lots of treats and affection from us we finally won her over and she is now happy to be examined. This is one of the benefits of our home visits, we allocate a generous amount of time for a consultation so that pets do not feel rushed or pressured during our time with them (obviously several schmakos also help them feels at ease 😉). Sacha developed other medical issues during the course of 2024 so we regularly went to visit her to keep up to date with her progress. Nearly a year on she is doing brilliantly on her medication and her owners have worked tirelessly to get her back to her former health. Well done Sacha 🥰🐶

19/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all our High peak clients and their pets. Please can we remind you to get orders in before Friday as our last delivery will be Monday the 23rd of December. Our Christmas opening hours are:
Christmas Eve - 8.30am until 2pm for urgent calls only.
Christmas Day - Closed all day
Boxing Day - Closed all day
27th December- usual opening hours
New years Eve - 8.30 - 2pm for urgent calls only
New Year’s Day - Closed
2nd January - Open as normal.
Due to staff having a well earned holiday we will NOT be able to cover end of life emergencies on the days we are closed. If you need urgent veterinary care please contact our out of hours provider Vetsnow, they are located in Macclesfield and they can be contacted by calling 01625 402729
Thank you so much for your custom over the last 12 months and will see you in the New year 🧑‍🎄🌲

19/12/2024

🎄🎅Christmas opening hours 🎄🎅

We are open normal hours over the Christmas and new year period with exceptions on the following days:

Christmas Eve - Emergency care only after 1pm
Christmas Day - End of life care Only
Boxing Day - End of life care Only
New years Day - End of life care Only

Please also remember to order medication in advance.

We would like to wish all our wonderful customers and of course all your furry family a restful and joyful Christmas. Love all the vetcare@home team xx

06/12/2024

Some of you may remember Patch (one of our 7 piggies) He was the runt of the litter and absolutely tiny.
He’s still the boss and loves living with his mum and auntie ❤️ they get along great 💕

29/11/2024

We have a few spaces left for our surgery day on Thursday 5th December. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss or get booked in. This offer includes our popular dental’s 🦷
We are offering 10% off all operations carried out on this day. All at the comfort of your own home. (On your drive) This is in the Belper area or surrounding area only.

21/11/2024

Jo would like to nominate Harley for our pet of the month 🤩. He has been such a superstar when facing multiple challenges with his health this year. He was rescued by his current owners 12 months ago and has not only had to undergo surgery twice for much needed dental work but he has also been battling with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). FIP used to be invariably fatal and almost was for Harley but with incredible determination from his owners and intensive treatment including the use of a game changing new medication he is now thankfully back to full strength. Well done Harley and his lovely owners 🥰

19/11/2024

We had a good amount of snow today here in the Belper Derbyshire area.
Our Guinea pigs enjoyed heat pads and sleeping bags along with lots of cuddles 🥰
This is a view of beautiful Belper up on the hills ☃️
I hope you have all enjoyed your snowy day if you got it too 🐾
Would love to see your snowy day pictures ❄️

16/09/2024

30/06/2024

Please keep an eye out for Jasper he is missing from his home in new mills and his family are starting to worry as it’s out of character for him to wander

26/05/2024

19/04/2024

A lovely card sent to us from a local school today. Such a lovely and kind thought ❤️

20/03/2024

Bonnie certainly cheered nurse Olivia’s day up today and was a ray of sunshine on a wet March morning. Olivia called to see Bonnie for a routine nurse appointment and Bonnie enjoyed lots of tummy rubs and schmackos in the comfort of her own home. Well done Bonnie definitely the star of the day ⭐️