Belvoir Vets

04/05/2026

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month.

Registered Veterinary Nurses, Student Vet Nurses and Patient Care Assistants make up our nursing team at Belvoir Vets.
The degree level role of Registered Veterinary Nurse is often a 'hidden' role within a vet practice.
Our Veterinary nursing team are absolutely integral to the way we work. Our nurses are there for our patients, offering cuddles and reassurance while restraining for procedures or recovering from anaesthesia. They monitor all anaesthetics keeping your pet safe through operations, they take bloods and medicate hospitalised patients following vet care plans.
Some of our Nurses can be seen running their own consulting lists, while others are based 'out the back'. They also prepare medications, run blood samples, complete orders and keep the practice clean and tidy.

We would like your stories and experiences of our Nurses, during the care of your pets and plan to reward the nurse with the best stories with some lovely gifts at the end of the month.

To help you, here is the list of our lovely Nurses:

Melissa - our head nurse
Karen - our practice manager
Wendy - mainly found in consults, also coaches nurse students
Lucy - mix of consulting and theatre, cat crazy
Courteney - mainly theatre or prep and a clincial coach
Georgie - joined us a year ago, mainly theatre and clincial coaching
Tom - completed his training with us, qualified a year ago.
Laura - originally on reception, is in her final year of training to become an RVN
Sarah - is in her final year of training to become an RVN
Tina - originally on reception, due to start nurse training later this year
Lily - just started with us as a patient care assistant.

30/04/2026

The Three Amigos! 🤠🤠🤠

We had 3 matchy little dudes in today: Annie, Yoda and Alfie. They have all done super well and are heading home for a recovery afternoon in the sunshine 🌞

28/04/2026

5, 4, 3, 2 , 1 Launch🧨

From 18th May we will be offering community nurse visits in our Belvoir Vet Van 🚑

Nurse van visits will be running on
18th May
20th May
22nd May
26th May
27th May
28th May
(June dates to follow)

Our nurses Wendy, Lucy and Tom will be able to come to your home to provide any of the following treatments

2nd Vaccinations
A**l Gland Emptying
Nail clips
Post op checks
Librella injections
Solensia injections
Cytopoint injections
Coming soon Laser Treatments for healing, inflammation and arthritis

Nurse visits will cost £40 additional to any medications/ normal nail clips cost for example

For Vet visit availability please ring reception.

27/04/2026

Today Jasper has come in for treatment of his extremely sore mouth.

Jasper has Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis (FCGS) which is a severe, painful, immune-mediated disease causing chronic inflammation and ulceration of the gums and oral mucosa. It is believed to be an overreaction to plaque, often linked to viruses like Calicivirus. Treatment usually requires full or partial mouth tooth extractions, which offer a 70–80% success rate, alongside pain relief.

Today Jasper has had all his premolar and molar teeth extracted alongside the most severely affect Canine tooth.
The 4th photo is immediately following extractions of multiple teeth on an arcade, and although immediately post op, it is already starting to look calmer.
Jasper is going home with multiple pain relief treatments and antibiotics, but he was a superstar patient and even ate his lunch before going home. A very positive sign that once healed hopefully we will have given Jasper a much more comfortable mouth

24/04/2026

This week marks National Veterinary Receptionist Week, and we wanted to take a moment to recognise and celebrate our incredible client care team, who play such an important role in everything we do at Belvoir Vets.

They are the first voice our clients hear and the first face they see, setting the tone for every visit. Whether it’s a routine appointment or a difficult day, they are there for our clients and their pets.

Behind the scenes, they are constantly juggling calls, coordinating appointments, managing insurance queries, and keeping us on the straight and narrow. It’s a role that requires organisation, resilience, and genuine care, and they bring all of that, every single day.
What makes them truly special is the way they look after people as well as pets. They recognise when someone needs a bit more time or a kind word, and they respond with compassion and understanding.

They are a vital part of our team and a big part of what makes Belvoir Vets feel the way it does.

Thank you for everything you do, not just this week, but every day.

23/04/2026

🏥NEW WRITTEN PRESCRIPTION PROTOCOL

Due to some fraudulent activity we are ceasing to issue paper written prescriptions and will now email any written scripts directly to your chosen online pharmacy.

Procedure:

1) Your pet must have been for a medication check within the last 6 months or the script can be issued at the time of a vet consultation

2) Call our reception team or place your medication request online via our website with details of the brand name of the drug you wish to order on a written script. Payment for the written script can be completed at the time of ordering if ordered via phone.

3) Inform the reception team via phone or email [email protected] with your order number from the pharmacy.

4)The vet will then complete the written script and it will be emailed directly to the pharmacy

5) You will then be able to get any repeat orders from the pharmacy as appropriate

Thank you in advance

Belvoir Vets

17/04/2026

🇬🇧📘📘TRAVEL UPDATE FOR PETS📘📘🇬🇧

There has been an update for travelling to the EU for pets with EU issued passports.

From 22nd April 2026 pet passports issued in the EU or Northern Ireland to residents of the United Kingdom will no longer be valid for travel.

You must have permanent EU residency to travel your pet on an EU passport.

If you currently have a passport issued in Europe but your main residnecy is the United Kingdom you will need to get an Animal Health Certificate to travel.

This is very disappointing news from the government/EU and not the pet passport update, we as vets were all hoping for.

If you need an AHC for your pet please book this with plenty of notice

31/03/2026

30/03/2026

Merle here has been on quite the journey!
At the start of March she had an altercation with a cat causing some wounds to the side of her face. Sadly for Merle cat bites and scratches often contain some really nasty bacteria and Merle's face became hugely infected with nearly half of her skin sloughing off and despite antibiotics, she became septic.
With a rapid transfer to Dick White Referrals and a spell in ICU she turned the corner from her sepsis and started the skin healing journey.

We are now 4 weeks on and she still has a little way to go. She is the sweetest dog and so tolerant and even seems thankful for all the bandage changes and intervention.

It's safe to say she is a firm favourite with all of us at Belvoir Vets🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

06/03/2026

We often surprise ourselves how invested we become in cases, so it is always lovely when we get gorgeous thank you gifts. Wishing our patients that are currently in referral hospitals a speedy recovery

24/02/2026

INTRODUCING.....CHLOE ZAREBA

Client Care Advisor

Chloe has been working in the veterinary industry since 2017, gaining valuable experience in both small animal and mixed practice settings before starting with us in January. She is passionate about providing compassionate care and building strong relationships with clients and their pets so you will see her smiling when you come in and saying hello to your pets.

Outside of work, Chloe enjoys spending time with her guinea pig, Ernie, and her cat, Barney, who mean the world to her. She looks forward to getting to know all of our lovely clients and their furry friends.