Gorey Vet Hospital

03/11/2023

We are all very sad at the loss of Brendan, our friend and colleague.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

As a mark of respect, we will be closed on Monday 6th November.

For Emergency Cover on Monday, please call 053 94 21151.

The death has occurred of Brendan Barrett MVB, of Gorey, Wexford Ireland, on 01/11/2023. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

13/08/2022

Phone found in Vet Hospital Reception 12.8.22 - please call 0539421151

16/03/2021

Beautiful Lilly & her mammy Margaret came in for her appointment to have her stitches removed. They brought along fab gift in bespoke style as a thank you!!!!! Smiles all round 😍😍😍 🐾🐾🐾

06/01/2021

Where possible please call us in advance to arrange repeat prescriptions - we can take payment over the phone to simplify collection and keep us all that little bit safer.

23/11/2020

Newspaper Appeal

If you have an appointment this week and have any newspapers, we would be very grateful if you could bring them in to us. Thank you

31/10/2020

Little "Minnie" the mouse came to see us today 🐾💜🐾🐁🐁🐁🐁🐁

27/10/2020

Happy Tuesday - a cutie pie who visited us today!

Say Hi to Podge 🐾💜🐾

20/10/2020

As we move to Level 5 let us update you on our

Coronavirus Protocol

Please ring in advance for prescriptions and food on 053 94 21151. We will have items ready for collection on your arrival.

Where possible please pay over the phone or by contactless payment when in reception.

Please wear a mask when entering reception.

Please use hand sanitiser in reception.

Please adhere to social distancing and stand the appropriate distance apart.

Our clinics are now running on an appointment basis. However if there is an emergency please contact us and it will be prioritised. Our staff may be able to offer telephone advice in certain circumstances.

Our appointments are spaced out so that there will be a maximum of 3 people in our waiting room at any one time. We ask that only 1 adult (no children) attends with their pet

We can dispense preventative treatments. (worm & flea doses) for 3 or 6 months if needed, this should help reduce visits to the clinic.

If you are a member of a vulnerable group, please let us know in advance, when booking your appointment or ordering your prescriptions and we will accommodate you and your pet.

We very much appreciate you cooperation with all of our Safety measures. Stay Safe. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

28/09/2020

Red came to see us today with a suspected broken leg. Luckily her leg is sore but not broken & Red went home with some pain relief 🐓🐓🐓

31/05/2020

NUI Galway is studying the habitats and habits of hedgehogs in Ireland - maybe you can help too? 🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔

From attitudes to eating habits, online surveys are looking for information during lockdown

29/05/2020

May is Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month - here is a short piece about our Nurse Laura McDonnell's path to Veterinary Nursing.

This May we celebrate Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, Laura Ann Mc Donnell, a veterinary nurse with The Veterinary Hospital, Gorey, tells us about her path to nursing, love for animals and her passion for nutrition.
https://bit.ly/3ejNw0O
XLVets Ireland The Veterinary Hospital - XLVets Ireland Member

https://xlvetsskillnet.ie/…/celebrating-veterinary-nursing…/

29/05/2020

In this article vet Shane Mc Guckin discusses the most common diseases that we vaccinate sheep for and the vaccines available for the most common types of abortion.

To read this article - Visit https://bit.ly/2ZKokwp
XLVets Ireland The Veterinary Hospital - XLVets Ireland Member

14/05/2020

Supporting our wonderful Veterinary Nurses, during Veterinary Nurses Awareness Month. Check out Laura bottom right with gorgeous Lulu 🐾🐾🐾

May is National Veterinary Nurses Awareness Month
We want to acknowledge the amazing nurses we have within XLVets and thank them for all their efforts during these challenging times. Keep the brilliant work up.

XLVets Ireland

13/05/2020

The Department of Agriculture has launched a calf registration app (Calf-Reg) that is now available free of charge to all herd keepers that have a smart phone.

13/05/2020

Look who came to see us. 🐾🐾🐾 Little Rona, with her Mammy Emma - just 6 days old and needing a little help. She saw our Vet Liam and went home with some supplemental feed. Looking forward to seeing Rona when she is bigger. 🐾🐾🐾

11/05/2020

02/05/2020

Our Patients come in all shapes & sizes -

23/04/2020

How gorgeous is Freya? She came in for an appointment yesterday with her 4 beautiful 8 week old puppies for their 1st vaccinations & microchips. They were all little troopers! Freya is a NWspca: North Wexford Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals dog currently in fostercare with her little family. 🐾🐾🐾 Freya very luckily has found her forever home

30/03/2020

Coronavirus Protocol Update following 27th March Announcement

We are continuing to do our very best during this time to make sure all essential veterinary care is carried out.

We are taking appointments for clinics from 1.30pm - 3pm & 6.30pm - 7.30pm Mon - Fri, and 2-2.30pm Saturday - all appointments need to be booked in advance and we ask you to do your best to be punctual. However if there is an emergency please contact us and it will be prioritised. Our staff may be able to offer telephone advice in certain circumstances.

We ask that only 1 adult attends with their pet.

Please ring in advance for prescriptions and food on 053 94 21151. We will have items ready for collection on your arrival.

Where possible please pay over the phone by card or use contactless payment when in reception.

Please adhere to social distancing and stand the appropriate distance apart.

We very much appreciate you cooperation with all of our preventative measures. Stay Safe. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

25/03/2020

Update to our Coronavirus Protocol

Our Clinic will remain open with the following measures in place:

We ask Clients to ring in advance for prescriptions on 053 94 21151. We will have items ready in a bag for collection on your arrival.

Where possible please pay over the phone by card or use contactless payment when in reception.

Please use hand sanitiser on entrance to reception.

Please adhere to social distancing and stand the appropriate distance apart.

Our clinics are now running on an appointment basis. However if there is an emergency please contact us and it will be prioritised. Our staff may be able to offer telephone advice in certain circumstances.

Our appointments are spaced out so that there will be a maximum of 2 people in our waiting room at any one time. We ask that only 1 adult attends with their pet.

We can dispense preventative treatments. (worm & flea doses) for 3 or 6 months if needed, this should help reduce visits to the clinic.

We very much appreciate you cooperation with all of our preventative measures. Stay Safe. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

12/03/2020

Guidelines

Prescriptions

If you need to collect prescription medication for your pet, please call us on 053 94 21151. We can prepare it for collection and take payment over the phone. Your prescription will then be ready for collection at reception between 9am and 7.30pm daily.

Clinics

Our Clinics will continue to be held from 2-3 & 6.30-7.30pm Monday to Friday and 2-2.30pm on Saturday. We will be limiting the number of patients in the waiting room to four at one time.

Customers who are at risk

For our Customers who themselves are at risk, we ask you to contact us for an appointment.

11/03/2020

Covid19 and our pets - some information

The Coronavirus is an animal (bat) virus that has infected humans and is transmitted from human to human. There is no evidence to date to suggest that the virus can be transmitted to animals from humans. However general public health guidance applies. Take hygienic precautions around animals and limit contact if human infection is present. Any concerns should be reported to local public health authorities for further advice.

You may find this information below helpful:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

24/02/2020

Congratulations to Laura McDonnell, our Veterinary Nurse, who is the first person within the XLVets Network to be awarded the Fear Free Certificate.

The goal is that in 2020 there will be a minimum of one certified Fear Free person within every XLVet Practice.

www.xlvets.ie XLVets Ireland

www.fearfreepets.com Fear Free Pets

31/01/2020

Our Veterinary Nurse Laura, with Eileen Morris who drew out the winning raffle tickets today, and Vet Lindy Vaughan. Thank you to everybody who supported our Australian Wildlife Charities fundraiser 😊

31/01/2020

31/01/2020

29/01/2020

Our raffle for the Australian Wildlife Fund will take place on Friday 31st January. Tickets are still available from reception. Best of luck everybody!!

We would like to thank everybody who has supported the cause and dropped in donations, with particular mention to: Hills Pet Food
Inner Beauty Gorey
Ulrich Rosler
Leah Buchanan
Eileen Morris
Geraldine Kavanagh
Osbornes Daybreak, Gorey
The Little Moon, Coolboy
Gorey Print Ltd

27/01/2020

Fit Fur Babies Update

Congratulations to Joey who started Fit Fur Babies at the beginning of May 2019 weighing 11.2kg. He now weighs an incredible 8.6kg. Joey is a beautiful handsome boy and is feeline great! 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

Our Fit Fur Babies advisory clinic is available on Friday afternoons and is free of charge. By appointment only with our Veterinary Nurse Laura. Please call to arrange one.

08/01/2020

XLVets to support Australian Wildlife Charities

With the emergency situation in Australia it is so easy to feel helpless watching the disaster unfold, especially when you are on the other side of the world but we can make a difference!
ANY donation counts and EVERY donation matters.

All money raised will go directly to Australia based charities involved in treating wildlife injured as a result of the bush fires.

If you would like to donate, please use the link below. Our practice will also be holding a fundraising raffle. Details will follow shortly.

Thank you all.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/australian-wildlife-charity?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

01/01/2020

Just a reminder of our walk-in clinic hours:

Monday - Friday (Bank Holidays excl.)

2 - 3pm & 6.30 - 7.30pm

Saturday

2 - 2.30pm

You can also arrange an appointment by calling us on - 053 94 21151, or dropping us a line on [email protected].