Origin Vets Clinic

11/10/2025

It’s that time of year again where it’s time for the Burgess Excel Vet of the Year Awards 🎉

There are multiple categories to nominate including
Rabbit Practice of the Year
Rabbit Vet of the year
Rabbit Nurse of the year
Rabbit support staff of the year

Guinea pig practice of the year
Guinea pig vet of the year

And more !

Do you feel we have gone above and being for the care of your rabbits and guinea pigs? If so please consider the various categories to nominate the team and our individual members for the awards. It really does mean is much.

The link is here https://www.burgesspetcare.com/burgess-excel-vet-awards/nomination-form/

Then kindly fill out a nomination for each category.

Thank you !
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Pictured: Bella and Buzz who were sibling rabbits loved and adored by their owner who along with the team and Origin Vets Clinic nursed them in their final days each for two different cancers. The compassion and provision of contextualised care allowed them to stay together as long as they were able and kept them comfortable and happy bunnies to the very end.

08/10/2025

Exciting news!
Due to increasing popularity of our clinic we are delighted to say we are now opening on Wednesdays for consultations for rabbits, cats and exotics.
You can book via contacting us on 02922362166 or via Petsapp for registered clients of via the website on www.originvetsclinic.co.uk
We will be running many of our nurse led laser clinic and senior cat clinics these days too !
We look forward to seeing you there !

08/10/2025

Those massive ears are a whopping 6 inches long and belong to none other than the beautiful Katie !

Katie is an Angora rabbit who is one of our long term rescue rabbits. Angora rabbits are big rabbits and have very dense long costs and require a lot of grooming or they will quickly matt up. They can also have problems with eye ulcers where the long fur can become trapped in the eyes.
Katie has been undergoing special treatment and eye medication to treat a nasty ulcer that she arrived into the rescue with.

She also has a mammary cyst that will require removing too.

We support many charities and if you are in a position to considering any form of donation to them then please do so. Katie is under the care of Carrot Cottage Rabbit Rescue who many of our regular clients will meet and share stories with in reception each week !

06/10/2025

Who on earth could this massive floofy ear belong to ??

05/10/2025

🩺 🌟 Welcome Dr Jennifer Stanford MRCVS 🌟 🩺

Many of you may recognise Dr Jennifer Stanford from her student days at Origin Vets Clinic several years ago in fact Jenny found out she passed her finals whilst at placement with us !

🥼 Jenny’s career is very colourful as Jenny came into the veterinary industry a little later on in life. At school, she wanted to be a vet, but sadly didn’t quite get the A-level grades needed. Instead, she followed an interest in geology at university, that led her to pursue a PhD in climate change, researching the small scale non-human forced oceanographic and climate fluctuations of the last few 100 thousand years. Eventually, Jenny became a senior lecturer at Swansea University. It was around this time that she opened her home and heart to rehoming increasingly complicated rescue rabbits. Soon, this reignited her passion for becoming a vet and in her mid thirties, Jenny hung up her lab coat in exchange for a stethoscope and went to study veterinary medicine and science.

👩‍🎓 During her time at university, Jenny was the president of the Zoological Society and she enjoyed educating anyone who stood still for more than 5 minutes in her vicinity, on the complexities of rabbit medicine.

🩺 Jenny graduated in 2023 and began her veterinary career in a very busy first opinion hospital in South Wales where she completed her GDP. She is now ready to embark on following her first passion of being an exotic vet and we are delighted she has joined our wonderful team at Origin Vets Clinic.

🐇 She has five rescue rabbits at home and in her spare time, can be found running, sailing and renovating her house. She also has a keen interest in wildlife and conservation, and has a soft spot in her heart for pigeons 🐦

We do have a special request for our wonderful clients when visiting our practice (especially bird owners) of please do not bring in nuts or any variety as Jenny has a nut allergy. Thank you!

We really are so excited announcing this and would love you all to give a very warm welcome to Dr Jennifer Stanford !

26/09/2025

This beautiful scaled critter called Ax came in for a general health check this week

He is an absolute beauty and was very well behaved for our final year vet student Emer to hold him too

Can anyone guess the species ?

20/09/2025

We are calling out for newspaper !

Once you’ve read it they us recycle it by using it to line out the kennels under blankets etc.

If you have any newspapers you are happy for us to recycle please drop them off during opening hours 08:30-18:30

Thank you 🙏

📰Calling all newspaper readers!📰

Do you have any old newspapers ready to be recycled? If so, Origin Vets Clinic would be extremely grateful to receive them.

Donations can be dropped off at the practice between 8.30 and 18.30 everyday except Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

You can find us just off Newport Road, Cardiff in Unit 13 River Bridge Business Park, Rhymney River Bridge Road, CF23 9FP

Thank you!

15/09/2025

🌟 🩺 Meet Liz our new RVN! 🩺 🌟

Liz has always loved animals , although her career in the veterinary industry did not start until much later.


She previously completed a degree in Computer Games Design, which enabled her to move to Sweden to study as part of a European exchange programme. Liz completed her studies at the height of the Covid pandemic and despite initially enjoying her love of gaming, her love of animals was higher and Liz decided to pursue a career change into the veterinary industry. Liz followed her heart and she went on to qualify as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2024.



🦜 As a nurse, Liz has always shown a keen interest in exotic animals (especially birds!) and is currently studying towards an additional Certificate in exotic animal nursing.



Prior to working at Origin Vets Clinic, Liz worked in a large companion animal hospital where she developed her skills and confidence in emergency critical care and theatre nursing.



🐦Liz's favourite animal is a pigeon, and her goal in life would be to be able to rescue and rehabilitate unwell and injured pigeons that are brought into the practice!



🎮🏒Outside of nursing, Liz enjoys playing couch co-op games with her partner, watching the Cardiff Devil's ice hockey team, reading fantasy novels and going for long walks whilst playing Pokémon Go!

Liz has slotted in so well and is already head over heels meeting and treating her first (owned) pigeon called Beatrice!

01/09/2025

🌟 A warm welcome to Karen !! 🌟

The eagle eyed among our clients would have already spotted that a new friendly face has appeared behind our desks !

Karen has many years experience as a veterinary receptionist and assistant practice manager in a previous veterinary hospital. Karen also has 25 yrs experience as a dog groomer and loves her two dogs Maddie and Flo dearly.

In her spare time Karen takes Maddie and Flo on walks and trips in her caravan to West Wales.

Karen has already settled in well and is loving the variety of our beautiful cats and wonderful exotic patients we have at Origin Vets Clinic !

Please give Karen a warm welcome !

30/08/2025

Meet this absolutely beautiful boy Bingo!

Dr Sophie Jenkins has a very big soft spot for western hognose snakes having one herself called Piglet. So when Bingo came this week for a general health check Dr Sophie was in her element !

We are pleased to say Bingo had a clean bill of health and was confirmed as being a male too. He has a lovely set up with plenty of digging depth that these guys definitely require !

We recommend health checks yearly for all reptiles with a reptile savvy vet

Let’s give Bingo lots of ♥️ of appreciation!

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