Vets Now (Reading) – Vets in Reading
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Clinic Overview
- Fast access in urgent situations is a strong theme, with owners mentioning appointments offered within 30 minutes and pets being seen within about an hour of calling. - Compassionate, reassuring care comes up repeatedly, especially for very stressful emergencies and overnight admissions. Reviews mention staff being empathetic, professional, gentle with pets, and helpful in explaining aftercare.
Services
- •Out-of-hours emergency care for dogs, cats and small animals during nights, weekends and bank holidays.
- •Critical care and hospitalisation, including a hospital ward and isolation unit. Reviews describe pets being kept in overnight for monitoring and treatment, including bladder drainage, rehydration, IV fluids, IV antibiotics and pain relief.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring on site, including in-house laboratory testing such as haematology, blood smear analysis and blood pressure monitoring, plus X-ray, ultrasound and ECG.
- •Procedures and advanced treatments listed by the clinic include an operating theatre, endoscopy, blood transfusions, advanced fluid therapy and advanced pain management.
- •Recent examples of emergency cases mentioned by owners include urinary blockage and bladder stones, acute haemorrhagic gastritis or gastroenteritis, probable rabbit constipation or gut stasis, toxic ingestion of raisins or fruit cake in dogs, an injured cat, and urgent appointments for small pets including a hamster.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Anita (vet) is praised for patient, thorough rabbit care.
- •Paula is thanked for a calm, attentive examination of a nervous rabbit.
- •Cherie and Joanne (receptionists) are both mentioned positively for kindness and helpfulness during emergency visits.
- •Maddie (nurse), Lara, Natasha, Dannii and Nathan are all singled out in reviews for caring support during urgent treatment and overnight stays.
Reviews
Google reviews sit at 4.1 stars from 339 reviews.
- •Fast access in urgent situations is a strong theme, with owners mentioning appointments offered within 30 minutes and pets being seen within about an hour of calling.
- •Compassionate, reassuring care comes up repeatedly, especially for very stressful emergencies and overnight admissions. Reviews mention staff being empathetic, professional, gentle with pets, and helpful in explaining aftercare.
- •A wide range of emergency cases appears in recent feedback, including dogs with toxic ingestion, urinary problems and severe stomach illness, as well as rabbits, cats, puppies and even a hamster.
- •Cost remains the main criticism, with several owners describing out-of-hours fees as very high or unclear at the outset, although some still felt the clinical care itself was good.
Special Services
Emergency Services
