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Hi does anyone know of a good dental Guinea Pig vet in South Yorkshire?

My 10 month old guinea pig has just had his molars filed under anaesthetic. The vet says he'll need it doing repeatedly so I should think about having him put to sleep.

He is such a lively healthy pig I can't face the thought of that, but I need a dental vet to give me the options available.

Thanks for any advice

I am prepared to travel.
 
Does anyone know of a good piggy vet in the Peterborough area.
I see on the list Luke at Rutand Vet Centre in Uppingham. Does anyone have any experiences with this vet.

Thanks x
 
Highly recommend vet in Swindon

Hello,
I have just joined this site today. I am currently getting over the loss of my beautiful Guinea Pig Scrumptious who passed away yesterday having been misdiagnosed by 2 local vets - Best not to comment any more on them...

In his last 24 hours I found a fantastic Vets in Swindon which I would whole heartedly recommend and will from now on, use for all future furry babies.
I wish someone had been able to recommend them to me earlier - He would have been correctly diagnosed immediately, given appropriate treatment and would have made a full recovery.

If you live around Oxfordshire, Wiltshire or Gloucestershire this will be the closest specialist to you

Great Western Exotic Vets - 01793 603 800
Unit 10 Berkshire House, County Park Business Park
Shrivenham Road, Swindon, SN1 2NR
www.gwev.co.uk

The quality of Care Scrummy received was exceptional - he had surgery to remove a damaged kidney owing to large Kidney stone. He survived surgery but the damaged caused through wrong treatment, stress and pain over the previous week left him with no strength to keep going.

Had I known about them a week ago, Scrumptious would very likely still be here happy and healthy and we could have avoided a week of unnecessary pain and suffering for him owing quite simply to ignorance.

I live about 17 miles from this vets in the Cotswolds but I would go nowhere else now. They are exotic pet specialists and their Knowledge and facilities are second to none.
In addition their compassion and genuine love of animals is something I have not experienced in the last ten years of having guinea pigs and experiencing various vets in the area and they made the last heartbreaking days as bearable as possible.

So much is PREVENTABLE with piggies and there is so much that can be done to help them - too many vets just want to write them off rather than acknowledge limitations and refer to specialist.

I just really want to make sure no-ones piggies suffer unnecessarily and I hope some of you find this recommendation helpful.
x
 
Another fantastic guinea pig savvy vet, who is also very experienced in dental work, but often overlooked as her husband is so highly thought of. We are so lucky here in Northampton to have both Simon and Kim. She is definitely one of the best!

Kim Maddock
Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic
Duston
Northampton.
NN4 0ST

01604 478888
 
I have just started going to
Swanbridge
Tranby Lane
Swanland
East Yorkshire
HU14 3NG

They have other practices all over East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
They are so much better that my other vet where I'm sure I knew more than them.
 
I know there aren't many of us but for any South African guests/members I have found an exotic/small animal vet in Pretoria - Dr Dorraine Elliot at Ondersterpoot Vet Academic Hospital.
 
I have found a vet which has indicated they are experienced with exotic animals - is this a good vet?

They have experience at working with exotic animals at a zoo.
 
My trouble is with savvy pig vets is distance. Even though the nearest one to me is in Kings Lynn, which would be ok for occasional trips, it's really quite far still.

At the same time, I need to know I'll see the same vet/s because the one I use at the moment, you never see the one you saw before. They'll say to you 'bring them back in a week to see me', you come back and they've been replaced with someone else! I know they're just locum vets but it drives me insane! It means I have to explain everything again to this new person and I suffer with social phobia so its very difficult for me to talk to people in the first place, I have to have my mum with me most of the time to talk for me. Then to top it off, they talk for absolutely ages, rambling on about things I already know because the previous vet told me or I just knew it anyway, and even when I say 'yea I know' and nod and smile and be polite about it, they still go on like their lives depended on it! I know they're just doing their job but it's costing me grrrr

So I need a reliable vet in the area that knows about guinea-pigs, aren't swapping and changing all the time and won't take all my money from me just whilst in the consult room!

I'm going to contact a couple in Spalding and fingers crossed, I get something positive from it! Will post the address if they have rodent knowledge.
 
Hello!

I'm new here...looking through all the info, it's very helpful.

I'm looking for a vet in East London.

Any recommendations?

I have a poorly guinea pig on my hands who won't eat.

Thanks
Katy
 
Central Scotland Vet

Highly recommend Glen and all the vet nurses @

Apex Veterinary Centre
Winchester Avenue
Denny
By Falkirk
FK6 6QE

Their knowledge and expertise in piggies is without out a doubt second to none compared to all the other vets Ive wasted money on across Scotland.

From Troon to Denny via Glasgow took me 1hr 10mins and as soon as the new M80 removes the 40mph restriction it will be reall quick to get to for anyone from the South :)
 
Mackie & Brechin

Just wanting to recommend my local vets Mackie & Brechin.

http://www.mackieandbrechin.co.uk/index.htm

I've got 2 guinea pigs, and we also have a three legged rabbit now (found her with a compound fracture in our garden). We had a bout of illnesses lately (ear infections, eye infections, mange with a newly adopted piggy). They are just great, diagnosis is always spot on and most stuff clears up pretty quickly (most of the vets seem to be trained in furries). they also have a 24 hour emergency service, which they do themselves and sometimes they stay behind if you have an emergency and last time they didn't charge extra.

It's a bit of a distance for us, but having been to a different vets (one of them with an allergy against guinea pigs:(), this practice is really good and they do specialise in small animals.
 
Want to mention my vet as he has in the past week clipped my elderly rabbits teeth and my elderly guineas teeth - wthout and sedation. He is very rabbit savvy and although he does not admit to it he is more guinea savvy than he gives himself credit for.

Details are:

Rod Stroud - Senior vet & exotic animal specialist
Clent Hills vetinary practice
12, Kidderminster road
Hagley
Stourbridge West Midlands
DY9 0QD

Tel: 01562 883621


http://www.clenthillsvetgroup.co.uk/

You need to book to see Rod Stroud - other vets there are good but they all use sedation for dentals - Rod is the only one confident to do dentals without sedation.
 
Staffordshire?

Does anyone know some good vets in the Staffordshire area so I can see if a lovely poorly piggie has a problem with a lump weve found x
 
Mr Audrey & Mr Marilyn said:
Hi there,
Can anyone recommend any vets in South London?
Thanks,
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Last time we tried CJ Hall near east sheen station - they looks professional but imho really expensive.
Also you can try Ann from Goddard Veterinary Group‎
150 Kingston Road
Surrey KT17 2ET
020 8393 6049

We tried many vets for 6 months but our little honey died as we been told from cancer.
 
bealos said:
Hello!

I'm new here...looking through all the info, it's very helpful.

I'm looking for a vet in East London.

Any recommendations?

I have a poorly guinea pig on my hands who won't eat.

Thanks
Katy
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sorry to find your post so late - if you still need doctor please let reply.
You need mix pellets and feed him and syringe (150gr a day) and try to find good vet.
 
Puinea Gig said:
Does anyone know of a good piggy vet in the Peterborough area.
I see on the list Luke at Rutand Vet Centre in Uppingham. Does anyone have any experiences with this vet.

Thanks x
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I can't pm you as you haven't enough posts but for your needs I would recommend Vedra at the CCT for most things like dental, fungal, mites etc she will help & is very near you :
http://www.britishassociationofrodentologists.co.uk/CCT.html

She is not a vet but a trained Rodentologist with over 30 years experience of guinea pigs.
 
Spanna98 said:
Does anyone know some good vets in the Staffordshire area so I can see if a lovely poorly piggie has a problem with a lump weve found x
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I've not used them myself but The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue in Kidsgrove (a member of this forum) uses Beechwood Vets in Kidsgrove. Not sure if they recommend a particular Vet within the practice though.

I'm sure Helen or Claire (from the Rescue) wouldn't mind you getting in touch with them if you need any more tips/advice on local piggy stuff:
http://www.thepotteriesguineapigrescue.co.uk/contactus.html

Good luck!
 
kotov said:
Last time we tried CJ Hall near east sheen station - they looks professional but imho really expensive.
Also you can try Ann from Goddard Veterinary Group‎
150 Kingston Road
Surrey KT17 2ET
020 8393 6049
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BTW Anne O'Meara at Goddard only works Monday evening, all day Tuesdays and Wednesday evening these days
 
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