A new vetinary surgery has opened up in my area...my sister has joined and apparently its a huge difference on prices of all the other vets in our area..the place is called - your
vets!
there are a few of these situated around the country...anyone know anything more about the company?

I've looked on their website and can't find if they do their own out-of-hours work. To me that would be veryimportant.

Me also. My vet does 24 hour care 7 days of the week. That would be on my tick list when looking for a vet.

my vet has an out of hours surgery,but was wondering if anyone knew about these..

do u mean they come out to you when you ay 24hr care?

ALL vets have to supply 24 hour care in emergencies by law, but the majority these days no longer do it themselves. Newly qualified vets apparently expect 9-5 working weeks. (You only need to look at jobs advertised in the Veterinary Record, they will often state "No out of hours work".) Instead vet surgeries use companies like Vets Now who ONLY do out of hours. Normally it means that if something happens in the middle of the night, you have to travel to a different practice, sometimes even a different town, you see a different vet, you MUST pay in full at the time, fees are higher than normal etc. When I changed vets it was my number one criteria to pick one that did their OWN out of hours, so I knew how to get there (and could get there QUICKLY), knew the vet I'd see, and knew if I didn't have enough money for an unexpected emergency, they would be fine about it. A month later my new vet changed to using Vets Now and there is now none in my area that doesn't -bar the one I changed from who was a very bad vet. :( If we have an out of hours emergency we now have to travel for 45 minutes as opposed to the usual 10.

this is the situation im in! its a good 25 minutes drive up the a127 which is fine cos its basically a straight run BUT if its shut or theres an accident im in trouble..i dont know another route and you can bet your life if its gonna happen it will happen 3 minutes past surgery hours...i know these vets have a surgery near my aunt but never bothered with using them i mean why would i...but these around the corner are 50% cheaper..so if i was to register with them and they do emergencies id feel 100% better..

one of my lot needed out of hours suergery and i had to travel and like you say pay up front....fine but again like u say if you come out in a hurry which ive done tonnes of times and forgotten my card my vets just wave it and say its fine do it next time,or pop back in the morning ect..
just thought about giving them a call but was trying to get a heads up on the services first

The vast majority round here don't do their own 24 surgery. Mine is one of the very few that do and they are determined to stick to it plus they happen to be very good vets.

A good vet that you trust entirely can be your best friend.

i use yourvets at rayleigh never had a problem with them always helpful and dont cost the world

Unfortunately my favourite vet is a one man show so does not do own cover and has a locum Friday, and Saturday morning.

So I am registered with another practice that also has it's own main hospital, but I don't liek usign them as you rarely see the same Vet, unless it's something non urgent and you ask for yoru favourite.

My favourite vets all seem to be either new Zealanders or South African???

iv used their out of hours once and was lovely couldnt have had a better vet see me ect....

However ive had a puppy i recued(v.long story wont go into it) die,the vet carried the puppy dead in her hands out to me in the reception area and told me to see the receptionist to pay!
of course my mother in law flipped and went mental saying it was extremly inapropriate ect i coldnt speak as i was devistated...but belive me i made my feelings perfectly clear when i had a clearer head!

sorta puts you off you know

I had a bad experience took in my 1yr old cat on new years day after he'd cut the end of his nose off on a tuna can in the bin bag (my friend had been looking after them and we'd been away so all we knew was he was fine at 10am when she fed him and it was now 9pm).

Vet wanted proof of payment before opening the door, wouldn't allow us to go in with the cat, brought him out an hour later with a buster collar on to stop him licking his own nose????? Then said it might be a cut or it could be cancer I can't tell!!!!!

When I explained he was still licking his nose and making it sore she told me it was impossible for him to lick his own nose and then tried to lick her nose to prove it - at which time I had to point out that she was not a cat.

Left with a £350 bill which insurance refused to pay & took him to my own vet 2 days later who told me to stop using everything she'd given me as they were all wrong and prescribed new stuff - including bitter apple spray to stop him licking his nose.

But I have taken horses to AMAZING out of hours vets..

WOW susiebell thats amazing,was this actually yourvets in rayleigh?
thats bad bad bad

>When I explained he was still licking his nose and making it sore she told me it was impossible for him to lick his own nose and then tried to lick her nose to prove it - at which time I had to point out that she was not a cat.

A bit irrelevent but I can lick my nose. ;-)

Actually, for a vet to say it is imposible for any animal to lick their own nose worries me, how do they think animals clean themselves? Have they not studied animals at all? Oh, sorry, they spent 5 years at college learning to be a vet.... must never have seen an animal in all that time...

> how do they think animals clean themselves

Tara cleans her nose by licking her lower leg and then wiping her nose with her leg :) I've been told this is what cats do ??? (I do have a cat so don't know)

Tara cleans her nose by licking her lower leg and then wiping her nose with her leg :-) I've been told this is what cats do ???

Yes that's correct but they can still reach their nose with their tongue all the same, just like a dog can. (Tongue not AS long, but still long enough.)

Unbelievable a vet said that!!!!!

Is that the vets in whalebone lane? i have noticed your in romford and im quiet close my sister has said to me about this new vets she has been past a couple of times, i keep meaning to have a look on their web site.

When I explained he was still licking his nose and making it sore she told me it was impossible for him to lick his own nose and then tried to lick her nose to prove it - at which time I had to point out that she was not a cat.

I seriously don't know whether to laugh at that or just sit here with my mouth open. I'm going for the mouth open.

I've heard some strange things from vets and veterinary receptionist over the years but that is up there with the best.

Shame you didn't demand a refund for all the wrong treatment and advice. I think I would have been tempted to contact the RVC as the vet obviously needed re-training. **shock horror**

Are you sure you went to a vet due to your stress and upset :-D You didn't call in at some dotty woman's house by mistake? :-)

***Thumbs up LindyLou I can't do that!***

>When I explained he was still licking his nose and making it sore she told me it was impossible for him to lick his own nose

Cats and dogs can lick their noses, but can't lick their chins. :-)

Oh I'm sure they must be able to lick their chins . . .  because I can!! . . . .

No they can't - their tongues don't go that way.

Well Vets' tongues will do that - so surely the animals can too??? . . .

Different species! A frog can catch insects with its tongue, but that doesn't mean a dog or a vet can!

Put a smear of butter or something similar on the point of your dog's chin - he won't be able to lick it off.

>A bit irrelevent but I can lick my nose. ;-)<br />

Oh, come on LindyLou - you can't just tell us that and leave us wondering.

You will just have to put it on youtube now and post the link for us.   :-)  :-)  :-)

i think shes being comical lol..like because the vet said she cant everything eles must be the same...dont think can possibly be that stupid i think she thinks the OP was that stupid!! vets do sometimes try to patronise if you let them!

I went for laugh out loud myself, Carrington, which is a bit awkward, as I'm at work in an open office....  Apologies Susiebell, and I hope your cat is all healed now.

Yes - sorry, was trying to be funny.  But need to work on my delivery I think.  I cannot believe a vet actually said this - does show she has never owned a cat . . . Unfortunately after James Herriot it became so popular to be a vet that they seemed to select on academics only.  And general animal sympath/empathy & knowledge wasn't given much of a look in. 

If I'm wrong here - please tell me.  I am thinking about changing my vet as he hadn't even heard of raw feeding.  I figure if he's that uninterested generally then he just isn't going to be a good vet.  Fortunately we don't see him often (maybe that's because I feed raw???)

Unfortunately after James Herriot it became so popular to be a vet that they seemed to select on academics only.  And general animal sympath/empathy & knowledge wasn't given much of a look in. 


I agree with you, our vet went through a spell of having in locum's, and honestly, some of them could have been servicing a washing machine for all the compassion they showed, and they weren't very good vets either.

ok, I can only lick the tip of my nose, but I can do it....and I'm not the only one in the family that can. Do you mean you lot can't? ;-)

There is a newly opened YourVets in Dagenham, have been there several times now and have found them to be excellent and much more reasonable in price than my other vet I was using.

Yvonne.