Vets for Pets Perth

17/08/2025

Hello everyone

We just wanted to let you know that due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be closed on Sunday 24th of August. All calls will be diverted to Vets Now Dundee. Please only call if you have a genuine urgent or emergency issue. For those patients that are on medication, please make sure that you have enough and order before Thursday 21st of August if you feel you may run out.
We will be open as usual on Monday 25th of August.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Best wishes

Vets for Pets Perth team🐱🐶

11/07/2025

Some great advice from the Rabbit Welfare Association on keeping Rabbits safe during the summer 🥰

Beat the Heat: Keep Your Rabbits Cool This Summer! 🐰🌞

Summer brings sunny days which means we need to take extra care for our furry friends.

Here’s how to keep your rabbits safe & comfortable:

💧 Offer a water bowl so that they can get a better drink; they will drink more efficiently and faster this way, and that’s important in the heat. Cool water will help to cool them down a bit. Don’t chill the water, but make sure it’s not boiling in the sun.

🧊 Do not give your rabbits ice cubes, as they can cause problems with their digestive system.

🧴 Sun tan lotion is a no. They are likely to lick it off, and we are yet to see a rabbit with ear skin cancer.

☁️ Offer plenty of shade, but if you are draping something over a run, make sure the air can circulate. The use of a battery-operated fan on runs or enclosures can help. Aim the fan at a frozen water bottle to cool the air it's circulating.

❄️ Frozen water bottles or cool pods are helpful.

No need to change their diet at all; just stick to their usual diet and make sure they drink lots by following the tips above.

Access to a safe, shady exercise area 24/7 is even more important in this heat as they will want to exercise when it cools down am and pm.

Share your keeping cool tips and photos with us! 📷

More tips here: https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/hot-weather-care/

11/07/2025

More great info from Cat The Vet 🥰

11/07/2025

Some great advice from Cat The Vet on keeping your cats cool this summer 🥰

11/07/2025

☀️🐾 HOT WEATHER + PETS = RISK OF HEATSTROKE 🐶🐱

With sunshine finally here and UK temperatures reaching over 25°C, now is the time to protect our pets from the dangers of heatstroke – a life-threatening emergency that develops when body temperature becomes dangerously high.

🌡️ WHAT IS HEATSTROKE?
Heatstroke occurs when a pet’s body temperature rises above 39.2°C, with brain damage possible from 41°C upwards. Pets can’t cool down like we do, they can’t sweat, except a little through their paw pads. They rely on panting and access to shade, but often can’t move freely to cooler areas.

Causes include:
• Exercise in hot weather
• Being confined in warm/humid spaces (cars, conservatories, poorly ventilated rooms)
• Certain health or breed risks

🚨 SIGNS OF HEATSTROKE IN DOGS & CATS
(earliest signs may be subtle – especially in cats)

🐾 Panting and excessive drooling
🐾 Red or darkened tongue and gums
🐾 Agitation, restlessness, seeking shade
🐾 Vomiting or diarrhoea
🐾 Lethargy, weakness or wobbling
🐾 Trembling or seizures
🐾 Collapse or unresponsiveness

🆘 WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT HEATSTROKE

COOL FIRST – then transport. Do not delay.

✅ Move your pet to a shaded or cool area
✅ Use cool (not ice-cold) water to soak their body
✅ Use a fan, breeze or air con with water to aid evaporative cooling
✅ Offer small amounts of cool water to drink (if alert)
✅ If they dislike water, sponge it on gently — watch for fear or confusion
❌ Don’t cover them with wet towels (this traps heat)
❌ Avoid pouring water on or near their face/nose especially brachycephalics
🚗 Once they begin to cool, call the vet and transport immediately

🧊 BEST COOLING METHODS (based on UK veterinary guidance):

✔️ Young, healthy dogs: Cold-water immersion (bath, paddling pool, hose)
✔️ Older, unwell, or anxious pets: Evaporative cooling (pouring water + fan/airflow)
❌ Avoid ice baths or ice packs directly on the skin – they can worsen the situation

📞 Call your vet while cooling – don’t wait to be seen before starting treatment. Every minute matters.

🛡️ PREVENTION IS KEY
• Walk pets early morning or evening only
• Provide fresh water + shaded areas at all times
• Let them cool off with safe water play (no blue-green algae!)
• Never leave pets in cars, conservatories, or hot rooms, not even for 5 minutes!!

Flat-faced breeds, thick-coated pets, seniors, kittens/puppies, and overweight animals are much more at risk, be especially cautious.

📚 WANT TO LEARN MORE?

💡 RVC – Heatstroke in Dogs & Cats
💡 BVA – Vet Heatstroke Warning
💡 Vets Now Advice
💡 RSPCA Pet Insurance
💡 Heatstroke.Dog – Cooling Facts

🌞 Let’s enjoy the summer safely — and make sure our four-legged friends stay happy, hydrated, and cool!

29/05/2025

⚠️ Important Client Notice. Traffic Disruption at Retail Park ⚠️

Hello everyone,

We’ve been made aware of significant traffic congestion affecting both entrances to the retail park, including the Morrisons car park. Temporary traffic lights are causing long delays, with some clients reporting up to 20 minutes of waiting just to reach us.

To help ease the situation and avoid unnecessary stress for your pets, especially those waiting in cars, we have made the difficult decision to cancel appointments for the next hour or so.

Our reception team is currently contacting clients with upcoming appointments. If you feel your pet’s appointment is urgent or cannot be postponed, please let us know. In these cases, we may be able to make alternate arrangements using a back route to the practice, but this must be arranged in advance with our team.

We are actively monitoring the situation and will continue to keep clients updated as things develop. Please check our social media or call the practice for the latest information on 01738783826.

Thank you for your understanding and patience as we do our best to support both our clients and their animals during this disruption.

Vets4Pets Perth

24/04/2025

Hello everyone

We are very sorry to let you know that we are currently experieincing significant issues with our oxygen supply. Unfortuntely, this means we are unable to carry out any routine or emergency operations at the moment. An engineer has visited today and advised that it may take until the middle of next week before we can safely use our oxygen supply again. We understand how distruptive this is and please be assured that we are doing everything we can to get back to full operation as quickly and safely as possible. Regrettably, we have had to cancel all routine procedures booked for today and we will also need to cancel procedures scheduled for the weekend, Monday and Tuesday. A member of of reception team will be in touch with anyone affected to rearrange appointments. If your pet has an emergency during this time, please still call us. We will do our very best to help and advise you on the most appropriate course of action. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and worry this may cause. Thank you so much for you patience and understanding during this time. If you have any questons or concerns, please dont hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you

The Vets4Pets team

10/04/2025

Hello everyone

Unfortunately, we will not have a vet this weekend. Please make sure you have enough medication for your pets to last until Monday. The last orders for meds to be available for the weekend is by 6:30pm today (10/4/25) We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Many thanks

Team Perth

10/04/2025

Hello everyone

We have a slight change to our hours over the Easter period. PAH closes at 6pm on Good Friday and Easter Monday, so although we will be at the practice, we will be taking emergencies only on those days after 6pm. We hope this doesn't cause too much inconvenience.

Best wishes

Team Perth

06/04/2025

Hello everyone

From 1pm today- we do not have a vet on site- only on call.

Unfortunately our duty vet has had to go to hospital to due to a cat bite. She will be returning to the practice asap. However, we do have a receptionist and a nurse on hand at the practice to answer any urgent calls.

Thank you to those clients who we had to call to rearrange your appointments today, we really appreciate your kindness.

27/03/2025

Please feel free to share 🥰

19/03/2025

Hello everyone

We are recruiting for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly team. Please feel free to share and if you would like any more information, you can either ring the practice on 01738783826 and ask to speak to our Head Nurse, Flo or alternatively, she can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also apply here: www.vets4petscareers.com/job-vacancies/30945-registered-veterinary-nurse
Please note: this is for a qualified nurse position.

Thank you

25/02/2024

When Kelly from our Colton store's Pets Grooming salon discovered a lump on the tail of nine-year-old Rufus she suspected something wasn't right, so alerted his owners Les and Andrea so they could get it checked out. They brought him to Vets for Pets Leeds Colton where it was confirmed he had a cancerous tumour which needed surgery.

Les, who adopted Rufus from Dogs Trust in Leeds as a puppy, said: “Rufus is such a big part of our life; we’re absolutely besotted with him. We probably wouldn’t have noticed the lump if not at the groomers as the tail isn’t somewhere you would usually stroke and feel. Kelly loves Rufus and really looks after him, so we want to say a big thanks for spotting it. Who'd have known what would have happened if she hadn’t noticed.”

Rufus had to have his tail removed, but is now making a good recovery. He's been visiting Kelly for a groom every six weeks for the last three years. She said: “You get to know everything about a dog as you groom them. I’ve discovered similar things before on other dogs so I mentioned it to the owners so they could get it checked out. Dogs are my life and you do worry; I’m so pleased they caught it. Now he’s got a fully docked tail like a little bunny rabbit. It’s lovely and suits him – when he gets washed he wiggles his bum.”

21/02/2024

Arthur's owner Louise says he "looked like a brand-new tortoise" after having his beak filed at Sutton in Ashfield Vets4Pets.

Louise adopted the four-year-old Horsefield Tortoise from a family member in October. Although she has had other pets, Arthur is her first tortoise, so she has been doing some research on how to best care for him.

Louise said: "I noticed Arthur's beak was unusually long, so I brought him in to Vets for Pets; I bring all my pets there. When he came out, I thought 'you beautiful boy, look at you – you look so handsome!"

Vet Steph, who looked after Arthur, says that tortoise beaks continuously grow and normally grind down themselves while they're eating. She said: "Arthur needed a little help as his jaw isn't perfectly aligned; his lower jaw is further out than his top jaw, so I filed it around half a centimetre. He was really good; a real cutie."

18/02/2024

Owner Claire says she couldn't be more grateful to Vets4Pets Hamilton after their quick diagnosis saved the sight of six-year-old Alba.

Claire knew there was something terribly wrong with her miniature dachshund cross when she called her in from the back garden last summer and Alba ran headfirst into a closed patio door. She rushed her to the vets, where investigations led the team to diagnose her with uveitis – an eye condition which causes inflammation of the middle layer of the eye.

Claire said: "It all happened so suddenly; Alba must have heard my voice and guessed where to go. It was quite scary seeing how bad she was. We couldn't be more grateful for the team in Hamilton spotting the uveitis as quickly as they did, otherwise Alba would have gone blind within a matter of days. Their knowledge saved Alba's sight. I still can't believe it happened. It's taken months of treatments, but it's such a relief to have our girl back to being her funny, bossy self."

Vet Neil, one of the team who treated Alba, said: "Alba's pupil was really narrow and wouldn't respond to light properly, which can be a sign of uveitis. Once we had ruled out other conditions, we were able to get her to an eye specialist for ongoing treatment. She's now doing really well."

16/02/2024

Ducky's owner Antonia was in a state of panic when she saw a fox had dug its way into the field where she keeps him – killing two of her other ducks and chickens.

Antonia was about to move her brood into their pen for the evening when she saw what had happened and noticed that Ducky had severe bite wounds under his wing. She rushed him to Vets4Pets Vets Milton Keynes for emergency surgery – and after having his wound stitched up the one-year-old duck is now making a good recovery.

Antonia said: "I was so worried. You don’t often hear of ducks recovering from fox attacks, but there is something about Ducky and the way he was so brave. I'm sure he was protecting a lady duck, as he's a bit of a romantic. It's the first time we've gone to Vets for Pets, and the team were amazing; they've done an incredible job."

Vet Becca, who treated Ducky, said: "He's a really lucky duck, as it was quite a big wound. When he first came in, he was understandably subdued and quiet but when he came back for his stitches to be taken out, he wanted to explore and tuck his head into everyone’s shoulders."

07/02/2024

Well done to the team at Vets4Pets Guildford who've been awarded a silver level certificate for being a rabbit-friendly clinic.

After head veterinary nurse Ella noticed that more customers were bringing in rabbits the practice took a series of steps to give them as stress-free an experience as possible. Ella, who also fosters rescue dogs in her spare time, said: "There was a long list of things that we needed to prove that we did from making sure the rabbits are kept separate from other animals and not booked in at the same time as barking dogs, to providing heated kennels for those who need to stay in, and using special equipment made especially for rabbits."

Practice manager Kevin said: "All of our vets have plenty of experience with rabbits we have some real rabbit geeks here, so it was a big thing to us. There are so many good people in this world and I'm so proud to be around them."

28/01/2024

Beautiful Bear was born deaf, so he's learned to follow his owner Lisa's visual commands.

Lisa, who shops at our Tamworth store – "it's my second home!" – got two-year-old Bear as a kitten and suspected he was deaf when he didn't respond to her voice. She had it confirmed by her vet soon after. She said: "He was very scatty, and scared of people he didn’t recognise. He wasn’t bothered by loud noises like my other cat Emily and when I came home from work he wouldn’t hear the door open.

"He's doing really well though. I try to do some sign language with him – I point at him and do a solid hand sign at him to stop. He picks up on vibrations and scents too. He meows, making a really loud chirping sound which I’ve never heard a cat do before, and he’s always rubbing his head against my legs and following me everywhere. I was advised not to let him out because he wouldn’t hear cars or other dangers, so he comes outside with me every morning to have a sniff around the garden and always comes straight back in." Bear and Lisa's other cat Emily are on Instagram as

27/01/2024

Ten-year-old Dutch rabbit Alfie has been visiting vet Kate at Vets4pets Wolverhampton for dental treatment for the last eight years – and she says he's such a loveable character that he's become "part of the family".

He's one of the oldest rabbits treated by Kate and the team, and she says his longevity is down to the care and love he gets from his owner Tracy and her family. Kate said: "Alfie is famous in this practice – everyone knows him. We and his family are dedicated to making sure her little old man is happy. The beautiful thing about being a vet or vet nurse is you build these relationships with the owners and their pets – they become your surrogate pets."

Tracy's been keeping rabbits all her life, and says that having space and routine is key. She said: "Alfie is an old man now and has a routine. He goes into a hutch at night and is let out in the morning. He's out all day and has his favourite spots in the house. We clean him out every day and give him a lot of attention. When he was younger he would follow us around; if I was clearing a cupboard out he would be in the cupboard to help. Now he's old and wants to be warm and watch instead. I can't thank Kate and the practice enough. Kate's been fantastic with him."

26/01/2024

Eight-year-old Winnie the Schnauzer cross is running around like a puppy again thanks to laser treatment and physiotherapy after two successful knee operations at Vets for Pets Basildon.

Worried owner Tracy brought Winnie in to the practice after she collapsed on a walk last year – and the team discovered the cruciate ligament in a knee had ruptured. She’s since had ops on two knees and is on a recovery plan led by vet physiotherapist Izzy.

Tracy said: "Winnie has had a tough year with 15 teeth removed, two cruciate ligament operations and two bouts of pancreatitis but thankfully she's hardy. She’s treated fabulously at the Basildon practice. Izzy is great with her – she totally relaxes in her hands and does little snores with her eyes open. Winnie has a new lease of life again and is running around like a puppy."

Izzy said: "When pets have surgery or injure themselves they move differently which causes them to be sore in other places. Winnie has laser therapy then a massage to help the healing process. Laser treatment is a specialist service that not enough people know about – it can help in so many ways after an operation.”

19/01/2024

The team at Vets4Pets Cramlington say greyhound Frank was "an absolute gentleman" when he came in for some dental work.

Seven-year-old Frank was brought in by owner Harriet to get rid of some plaque which had built up and to treat a gum inflammation. Veterinary nurse Vicki said: "Frank was a very good boy and left with clean, fresh and sparkly teeth. It's so very important to get your dog's teeth checked and we advise pets to have an annual dental check. Eighty per cent of dogs over the age of three have dental disease. Prevention is much better than cure and regular checks and routine cleaning keep your pet's mouth healthier for longer and can help to prevent extensive extractions later in life. We are always happy to offer advice on maintenance and dental care at home such as teeth brushing or dental supplements."

18/01/2024

Veterinary nurse Mel from Vets4Pets Bristol Longwell Green loves cats so much she's helped the practice make a number of improvements to give cats as stress-free an experience as possible when they're brought in.

Mel, who has an Advanced Certificate in Feline Behaviour for Veterinary Professionals, helped introduce facilities like a separate feline waiting area and cattery and the use of quiet clippers – and the practice now has a silver level certificate for being a cat-friendly clinic. She said: "I love dogs but I'm really a cat person. Cats can be misunderstood which can lead to them having quite a stressful life, so if we can make things easier for them and help people understand what cats need then everyone will be happier.

"As animal lovers there's always more to learn and understand about what makes them happy. Enrichment at the home is important for a happy cat – and as cats are naturally solitary animals if you live in a multi-cat household it's important to understand what they need. The rule is to have a resource per cat, plus one spare. So if you have two cats you should have three feeding stations, three litter trays and three scratch posts spread around the house so they have the opportunity to move around to wherever they want to go. Scratching is as natural a thing for cats to do as going out hunting is, so if they're unable to go out it's about providing the chance for them to behave as naturally as possible."

07/01/2024

Four-year-old Sebastian the Jack Russell is back to his usual boisterous self after being treated at Vets4Pets Abingdon for a condition that was causing the knee caps on his back legs to dislocate when he walked.

The condition, known as medial patellar luxation, would cause him to hop or skip when exercising. It's quite common in terriers and small dog breeds, but Sebastian's case was quite severe and he was given surgery by orthopaedic surgeon Joe to deepen the groove his patella runs in on his right hind leg, and also to move and reattach his patellar tendon.

Sebastian is owned by practice vet Hannah who said: "After the operation he just wanted to get back to normal straight away but he couldn't ... and that's where we struggled. He wanted to be out and about, charging around and playing with his toys but he needed to rest." Hannah had to give him medication for six weeks to give his knees time to heal. She said: "He's absolutely fine now – he's fully recovered and running around like a lunatic again!"

05/01/2024

When 11-year-old lurcher Jess was brought into Vets for Pets Leeds Birstall 24/7 Small Animal Hospital on Christmas Eve feeling very poorly with pyometra – a life-threatening uterus infection – the team knew they had to act fast; so vet Emily and nurses JD and Hannah headed straight in to perform emergency surgery on her in the early hours of Christmas morning.

The operation went so well that by lunchtime nurse Krishna was able to call her owner Beth to say she was well enough to come home to recuperate – and Beth made the hour-long drive from her home in Keighley so she could bring Jess home before the family sat down for their Christmas dinner. Beth said: "It was a stressful start to Christmas, as we were worried about Jess because of her age and because she's never had anything wrong with her before. We're so grateful for everything – it was so nice of them to come in on Christmas Day to operate on her, to look after her so well and to get her home on top form. The vets were fantastic from start to finish. Jess is recovering nicely – you can see the happiness is back in her!"

Krishna said: "Our night team always do an amazing job, and performing serious surgery like that at that time of night and on Christmas Day of all days is just brilliant. Jess did amazingly well to bounce back so quickly, and it was amazing being able to call her owners to say that she could come home to spend Christmas with them. It's the sort of call we all love to make, but doing it on Christmas Day was extra nice."