About us

Our veterinary surgeons and nurses work with rabbits, exotic animals and wildlife exclusively, and undergo extensive additional training and qualifications to ensure that their knowledge and expertise remains at the highest level. 

Our service 

We offer routine appointments Monday to Friday. We also provide an out-of-hours (OOH) emergency service, supported by our Emergency and Critical Care colleagues in the Hospital for Small Animals, to ensure your pet’s needs are met 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 

Our facilities

As part of the Hospital for Small Animals, our team uses the latest high-grade equipment allowing your pet access to the very best veterinary care. We also have a dedicated surgical theatre, surgical preparation room, species-specific wards and a dental suite.

Diagnostic equipment 

Our practice provides in-house specialist dental equipment, endoscopy and video-otoscopy, We provide routine diagnostic imaging – ultrasonography, digital radiography, with access to advanced diagnostic imaging – computed tomography (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning. We run in-house faecal parasitology, urinalysis and biochemistry and haematology.

General anaesthesia 

Our team has the expertise to safely anaesthetise rabbits and other exotic animal patients. 

We place an intravenous canula and intubate every rabbit undergoing a general anaesthesia. This, along with constant monitoring of heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, end tidal carbon dioxide (CO2), blood pressure and body temperature, significantly decreases the risk involved for these patients. For our avian and reptile patients we have species-adapted endotracheal tubes and a mechanical ventilator to ensure they breathe consistently throughout their procedure.

Conscious rabbit CT scans 

We perform 99 per cent of scans on our rabbit patients while they are awake. This avoids the need for a sedation or general anaesthetic.

How do we achieve this? 

Rabbits are placed on a bed of blankets, then put into a Perspex® tunnel, allowing the patient to nestle while their scan takes place.

How long does a CT scan take?

With an in-house CT suite, the process takes no more than a few minutes. We do not have to refer to another practice, sedate our patients or interrupt their normal behaviour with a recovery from sedation.