Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd

Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd is a specialist clinic focused on alpacas and llamas, operating from a purpose-built clinic and led by an RCVS-recognised Specialist in Camelid Health & Production. The clinic’s work spans hands-on veterinary care, including surgery and reproduction, alongside lab-backed herd health support such as faecal testing, cria IgG testing, and plasma-related services. Recent reviews continue to highlight successful surgical cases, fertility work, fast lab turnaround, and a calm specialist setting for camelid patients.

Services

•Specialist camelid care for alpacas and llamas: the clinic’s core focus is camelid medicine, with reviews repeatedly pointing to its species-specific expertise and handling environment.
•Surgery and more complex case work: website information includes surgical care, and reviews mention successful treatment of a severe jaw infection requiring removal of damaged bone, as well as leg surgery for a cria.
•Reproduction and breeding support: the clinic offers reproduction services, with recent examples including pregnancy scanning and investigation/treatment for infertility that owners say led to a healthy cria.
•Herd health and parasite monitoring: herd health checks remain part of the service, with reviews describing ongoing faecal testing for worm eggs and coccidia, clear follow-up guidance, and practical support for herd management.
•Laboratory services: website-listed lab work includes faecal testing and cria IgG testing. Reviewers describe faecal sample booking as straightforward, results as detailed, and turnaround as very quick, sometimes by the next day.
•Blood, plasma and neonatal support: the clinic offers blood and plasma collection and plasma processing, and reviews mention plasma transfusions for premature cria.
•Advice and case collaboration: reviews describe Claire discussing cases with owners and local vets when camelid experience is limited, with quick responses to questions about results and treatment decisions.
•Training and education: the clinic provides training courses and online resources. Reviews mention an intensive online camelid care course, a formulary, fortnightly Q&A sessions, and an educational talk for vet students on camelid medicine.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

Claire is the only named team member who appears repeatedly in reviews. Owners link her with surgery, fertility investigations, herd health checks, pregnancy scanning, faecal testing support, case discussions with local vets, and camelid education and training; reviews also refer positively to the wider team and nursing/support staff.

Reviews

Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd has 4.8 stars from 25 Google reviews.

•Reviews are strongly positive about the clinic’s camelid-only focus, with one recent reviewer specifically praising the purpose-built facilities and the calmer environment for alpacas.
•Several owners mention complex clinical care, including successful jaw surgery after a serious infection, leg surgery for a cria, and support for multiple premature cria needing plasma transfusions.
•Reproductive work is a recurring theme, with reviews highlighting pregnancy scanning and fertility investigations that owners say resulted in successful pregnancies and healthy cria.
•Lab and communication feedback is consistently strong, with reviewers describing faecal testing as efficient, results as detailed and quick, and follow-up explanations as clear; training and educational content also receives very positive comments.

Reviews for Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 25 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Nikki Hayton

4 months ago

Just the best alpaca specialist! My cria needed leg surgery and Claire was the only person i would entrust with her care. Completely successful surgery and everyone at the practice gave cria and her dam the very best possible care. The facilities are superb . Being a camelid only specialist means they really understand alpacas and the relaxing environment helps settle the patients. If your alpaca needs any treatment just get referred here!

Tracy Frost

8 months ago

Hello :-) I would like to offer my updated, opinion of my experience with Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd, Goring Heath, Reading. We took two of our Alpacas to Claire last year (2024), one of which had a nasty infection that had destroyed a large part of its jawbone, Claire carried out an operation to remove this part of the jaw, as our local vets, despite much effort had been unable to stop the infection over a continued period of time. The operation was successful, we followed Claires aftercare instructions and "Frostie" fully recovered, you would never know she had been unwell, her jaw and face look beautiful, she is now happy, healthy and looking perfect, a year later, (as I write this updated review), she is a beautiful 4 year old girl, with lots more years ahead of her, I cant thank Claire and her team enough! The reason I am writing this a year later is because The second Alpaca that travelled with Frostie, "Torie" had been unable to conceive , Claire and her team investigated and carried out some procedures and this year "Torie" now has a healthy Cria at foot and looks very happy to be a Mum at long last! Thank you so much to Claire and her team for the care and commitment to "Torie" who is a very Proud Mummy! We have also used Claire two years running for Faecal Testing to check our Herd for worm eggs and coccidia burdens, this process is made easy by Claire and her team and offers peace of mind with your Herd, the first year we had some parasites detected and this enabled us to treat the affected Herd and prevent any real problems, we have just dropped off this years samples! Claire is very knowledgeable and I trust her implicitly and would thoroughly recommend her as anyone's point of contact if you need any help with anything to do with alpacas. THANKYOU again to Claire and All her Team, with an extra big thank you from Frostie and Torie :-)

Hello :-) I would like to offer my updated, opinion of my experience with Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd, Goring Heath, Reading. We took two of our Alpacas to Claire last year (2024), one of which had a nasty infection that had destroyed a large part of its jawbone, Claire carried out an operation to remove this part of the jaw, as our local vets, despite much effort had been unable to stop the infection over a continued period of time. The operation was successful, we followed Claires aftercare instructions and Frostie fully recovered, you would never know she had been unwell, her jaw and face look beautiful, she is now happy, healthy and looking perfect, a year later, (as I write this updated review), she is a beautiful 4 year old girl, with lots more years ahead of her, I cant thank Claire and her team enough! The reason I am writing this a year later is because The second Alpaca that travelled with Frostie, Torie had been unable to conceive , Claire and her team investigated and carried out some procedures and this year Torie now has a healthy Cria at foot and looks very happy to be a Mum at long last! Thank you so much to Claire and her team for the care and commitment to Torie who is a very Proud Mummy! We have also used Claire two years running for Faecal Testing to check our Herd for worm eggs and coccidia burdens, this process is made easy by Claire and her team and offers peace of mind with your Herd, the first year we had some parasites detected and this enabled us to treat the affected Herd and prevent any real problems, we have just dropped off this years samples! Claire is very knowledgeable and I trust her implicitly and would thoroughly recommend her as anyone's point of contact if you need any help with anything to do with alpacas. THANKYOU again to Claire and All her Team, with an extra big thank you from Frostie and Torie :-)

Daniel Roscoe-hudson

1 year ago

Great practice, amazing staff!

Jane Kidd

Staff very helpful when booking in a faecal test. Very efficient and get results later the next day via email. Would definitely recommend The Alpaca Vet for their testing.

Jacqueline Greenway

Swift and insightful service. Thank you.

Jacquelyn Edwards

Claire and Camelid Veterinary Services have been amazing over the years. She's always got great advice and is willing to talk things through with our local vets, who don't have much alpaca experience. She's been out to help us with herd health checks and pregnancy scanning and gives so much information. She's helped us through a season of 5+ premature cria and the necessary plasma transfusions. We send all our fecal samples to Camelid Vet and they are processed very quickly with detailed advice on next steps. It's always an amazing experience.

Fiona Cairns

Excellent service. Communication is very good between the lab and customer, the results are detailed and very quick, and explanations of any worming needed are clear. If any clarification is needed, they’re quick to respond to queries. I assume it’s a fairly large lab / practice, but the service provided always seems very personal. Definitely recommend!

CFAVS Cambridge

2 years ago

Claire delivered an absolutely brilliant talk on camelid medicine for vet students at the Cambridge Farm Animal Veterinary Society. The talk was very informative and engaging, with plenty of anecdotes in between. There were also plenty of great discussions. Camelid medicine is not something that we receive huge amounts of teaching on in the veterinary curriculum, but Claire's talk gave the students a lot more confidence on how to approach a camelid case. Thank you so much for coming Claire - we would love to have you back!