Riverport Vets

Riverport Vets Riverport Vets are a caring, great value vet practice looking after the animals in St Ives (Cambs) and surrounding areas.

We are family run and provide a high quality service to pets and pet owners in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

📢 Important Update from APHA – Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) MeasuresPlease be aware of the latest bulletin from the Animal...
06/11/2025

📢 Important Update from APHA – Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Measures

Please be aware of the latest bulletin from the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) regarding new measures to help reduce the spread of avian influenza across England.

Due to the increasing number and wider spread of bird flu cases in both kept and wild birds, mandatory housing measures will now be extended to the whole of England for:
🐔 All keepers of over 50 birds
🥚 All keepers who sell or give away eggs or poultry products (even if they keep fewer than 50 birds)

These measures come into force from 00:01 on Thursday 6th November 2025.

All affected keepers must house their birds and continue to follow strict biosecurity measures.
The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) requiring mandatory biosecurity measures also remains in place across Great Britain.

🔗 Please visit GOV.UK
for the latest updates, including:

Details of disease control zones

Interactive maps of current restrictions

Full declarations for each zone currently in force

If you are worried that one or more of your birds may be showing signs of bird flu, please contact us as soon as possible on 📞 01480 772950.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping to protect our local bird populations.
— The Riverport Vets Team 🩺🐦

02/11/2025

Hello,

We wanted to share a little update about what’s been happening at Riverport Vets and how we’re continuing to improve the care we give your pets 🐾

At Riverport Vets, we’re always looking for ways to enhance the care and comfort we offer our patients. Over the past year, we’ve made some exciting investments in our facilities and services, including:

✨ Behaviour clinics with Kim Sacker, our qualified canine behaviourist
🐱 An improved, dedicated cat ward with its own surgical prep area for calm, stress-free care for felines
🦷 A purpose-built dental suite, enabling dental X-rays to be included with every dental procedure
💙 The launch of our Healthy Pet Club Unleashed, which includes ALL consultations and written prescriptions, plus the discounts already available through our standard Healthy Pet Club:
• 30% off dentals & in-house lab tests
• 15% off neutering
• 100% off insurance admin fees

We’re also proud that every general anaesthetic procedure at Riverport Vets already includes intravenous fluids where needed, two post-op checks, take-home pain relief and/or antibiotics, and a buster collar if required. Our quotes already include everything your pet needs for a safe, comfortable procedure, with no hidden extras.

To allow us to maintain these high standards and continue investing in the very best care, there will be an adjustment to our prices from 3rd November 2025. Rest assured that any estimates provided before this date will remain valid for 28 days, so the price you’ve been quoted will be honoured during that time. We also want to highlight that our initial consultation fee will increase from £50 to £56.

We’ve worked hard to keep these changes as modest as possible while still providing the care and service our clients and their pets deserve.

Thank you for your continued loyalty, understanding, and trust. It means the world to our team.

The Riverport Vets Team

This is little Hettie having her intravenous (IV) catheter placed to allow her to receive fluids and medicines today. A ...
24/10/2025

This is little Hettie having her intravenous (IV) catheter placed to allow her to receive fluids and medicines today.

A vet might recommend that a pet be admitted to the clinic to receive intravenous fluid therapy (IVFT, or 'a drip') if they are suffering from dehydration. This might be as a result of fluid loss through vomiting or diarrhoea, or decreased fluid intake in a patient that doesn't want to eat or drink for any reason.

Dehydration can become very serious, as patients can get stuck in a cycle of feeling more unwell and lethargic, therefore being unable or unwilling to eat or drink and then becoming more dehydrated. Eventually, there is so much fluid lost from the body, and the blood in particular, that the blood pressure will drop. This in turn reduces blood flow and therefore oxygen delivery to vital organs.

For Hettie, the day spent rehydrating in hospital has made her feel much better and she has gone home a happier cat this evening 🙂

08/10/2025

Dear clients,

Please bear with us this afternoon as our practice management system has crashed - this means we cannot access patient records or client contact details, book appointments, print medication labels etc - we are doing our best to continue to function and provide the care patients need while the team who manage the software try to get it up and running again but there are very likely to be delays and difficulties over the course of this afternoon. This is out of our control but we sincerely apologise and hope it will all be up and running again very soon.

This little stunner is Finley who has recently had both sets of kitten vaccines with us. One of the most beautiful kitte...
07/10/2025

This little stunner is Finley who has recently had both sets of kitten vaccines with us. One of the most beautiful kittens we've ever laid eyes on and a cuddly boy to boot 🥰 his family are very lucky!

01/10/2025

It's the 1st of October which is Veterinary Receptionist Appreciation Day.

Here at Riverport we get a lot of positive feedback from clients about our wonderful reception team. They play a vital role in organising just about everything and we couldn't run the practice without them.

Above all, they are the friendly face you see or voice you hear when you come in or phone the practice and we know they do a brilliant job of comforting and reassuring worried pet owners, for which we are so proud of and grateful for them.

Michelle, Rachel, Kim, Emma and Heidi - you are all absolute stars and Riverport is lucky to have you ⭐

This little fluff ball is melting us all this morning 🥰
17/09/2025

This little fluff ball is melting us all this morning 🥰

Beautiful Bridget came in for her puppy vaccines this week. As you can see she was very laid back and didn't actually se...
10/09/2025

Beautiful Bridget came in for her puppy vaccines this week. As you can see she was very laid back and didn't actually seem to notice she was being vaccinated! Such a brave, gorgeous girl. Welcome to the family Bridget ❤️❤️

The most beautiful and loveable Labrador puppy, Bear, came to see us today ❤️Poor Bear managed to snap one of his baby c...
04/09/2025

The most beautiful and loveable Labrador puppy, Bear, came to see us today ❤️

Poor Bear managed to snap one of his baby canine teeth on the bars of his crate at home. This exposed the sensitive pulp cavity, which is painful, so he had the tooth removed under anaesthetic.

We also remove baby teeth if they are damaging the gum or palate due to being maloccluded. 'Malocclusion' means that a tooth is growing in the wrong position. Removing these teeth is important to prevent mouth pain, but also to give the adult tooth the best chance of growing in the correct alignment.

Baby teeth have very delicate, long roots, as you can see from the photo! We use dental x-rays to make sure that there are no root fragments left behind that could cause problems later.

27/08/2025

Dear clients, please be aware that the PetsApp app seems to be glitching today and we cannot log in to see your messages.

We can be reached by email at [email protected] or with any urgent queries please call the practice on 01480 772950

📝 Is Your Data Consent Up to Date?We love keeping our patients happy and healthy – but we can only do that if we can rea...
18/08/2025

📝 Is Your Data Consent Up to Date?

We love keeping our patients happy and healthy – but we can only do that if we can reach you! 🐶🐱

When you register with us, we’ll ask whether you’d like to receive text or email reminders for:
✔️ Vaccinations
✔️ Appointments
✔️ Health checks
✔️ Parasite treatments

You’ll also be asked if you’d like to receive:
✨ Pet care advice
✨ Reviews and surveys
✨ Offers & promotions

This way, you’ll always stay in touch with all of our latest information. 💌

If your data consent isn’t up to date, unfortunately we won’t be able to send you these important updates and reminders.

👉 Consent lasts for 3 years, after which we’ll check in with you again – but remember, you can contact us at any time if you’d like to make changes sooner.

📧 Please feel free to email us at [email protected] to check what data consent we currently hold for you.

Thank you for helping us help your pets stay happy and healthy! ❤️

Address

39 Edison Road
St Ives
PE273LF

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 12:30pm

Telephone

+441480772950

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